Knight Squad is an 8 players top-down Bomberman meets Gauntlet video game.
You’ll take on opposing knights in top-down arenas and engage them in sword fights while also picking up laser guns, miniguns and all sorts of other cool weapons.
You’ll also get the opportunity to use collectable power-ups to run faster to shield up or even to unleash a kamikaze power up to blow up your opponents!
This game was released on PC in 2015 to very positive reviews and has now made its way over to the switch as of the 6th June 2020!
Published by Chucklefish and developed by Robotality, who brought us a sci-fi turn-based strategy RPG called Halfway back in 2014.
Robatality’s new game, Pathway is a strategy adventure game set in the 1930s and leans heavily on influences from Indiana Jones and XCOM style turn-based battles.
A PS4 port of a 2012 PS Vita game, if you are familiar with the Ys series, you are in safe, if familiar hands. If, however, the Ys games are something you have never played before, this acts as a great starting point.
An astonishingly well-balanced crafting game that is elevated through the use of a subtle but key narrative push, Aground is a game that I am already certain will make it into my ‘Games of the year’ list and I urge everyone to play it, there’s a free demo so I don’t want to hear any excuses!
Hardspace Shipbreaker is my new obsession! Embark on a journey to pay back the 1 Billion debt that you owe LYNX Corp and cut up a load of space ships in the process. You are basically a one-man scrap metal merchant and I love this game!
I first reviewed the original version of this game when it was released on PC in 2018 as Rigid Force Alpha. Below I have combined that review with updated thoughts on the Redux versions released on consoles.
TAITO Darius Cozmic Collection Console - PS4 £34.99
The Darius series pioneered horizontal Shoot 'Em Up Games and was developed by the legendary TAITO Corporation. The first Darius game wowed arcade going fans when it was released in 1986 with its dedicated dual-display cabinet, imaginative enemy designs and revolutionary sound design.
Darius Cozmic Collection Console - Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 includes 6 titles (9 versions) from the Darius home console series:
HomeSheepHome: Farmageddon Party Edition re-launches on the Greenlight label for Nintendo Switch and I have been playing this lovely little puzzler on my switch.
Edna & Harvey: The Breakout was Originally released in 2013 and now The award-winning cult classic point n click adventure game is back with a new paint job! You’ll set out to assist young Edna and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey on an attempt to escape from her padded cell.
You’ll be in for a thrilling ride as you get to experience a bizarre journey all across the insane asylum and then far beyond its brick walls.
Fly Bunch Boom! - Take 100g of Saturday morning 80’s cartoons, a slice of madness, two shots of over the top cartoon violence and your someways toward describing the crazy button timing beat em up that is Fly Punch Boom!
The Waylanders is pitched as a classic party-based RPG featuring some of the top-talents who brought us well-known titles within the genre like the Dragon Age, Mass Effect or Pillars of Eternity sagas.
Here's one for all you Space Invaders lovers out there...
TAITO and Strictly Limited Games announced what is reported to be the most complete Space Invaders collection on cartridge ever is coming to the Nintendo Switch.
Three limited, physical versions of the Space Invaders Invincible Collection will be available exclusively on strictlylimitedgames.com starting from Sunday June 28th.
Championship Manager 2 has been on my list of games to play on YouTube for years now and finally, I have pulled my finger out and taken the job of Nottingham Forest Manager.
Come see how my season unfolds in these short sharp Champ Manager vids.
By Ben Steele So Arcades are mainly a thing of the past now although there are still a few dotted around they are nothing like what they used to be and I feel bad for new generations never knowing that feeling of putting 10p or 20p coins into these wonderful machines and having the time of your life well the time of my life.
Fans of retro games will find this unearthed treasure a must to check out. With its pedigree, development team and new and updated restoration, UltraCore is a real nostalgic sojourn! ININ Games announced that they were now able to give fans of retro platformer games the opportunity to play Ultracore after more than two decades of waiting!
