Ready or Not Xbox Series X Review 8/10 “A Surprisingly Dark Descent Tied To SWAT Tactics” 👮‍♀️💥 @VOIDInteractive #IndieGame #GameDev

I tend to play online co-op games with fellow GFer Transvaal, and our usual approach of ‘shoot, shoot, shoot’ sometimes hits a wall when playing games frolicking on the more tactical side of life, such as here with VOID Interactive’s Ready or Not, a game playable in both single and multiplayer modes that casts you in the role of a SWAT team commander in the fictional Los Suenos Police Department (LSPD) as you make your way through a surprisingly generous amount of missions, in the hope of arresting the guilty whilst protecting the innocent. Each mission leading on from the last – although you wouldn’t necessarily know this until you get a high enough ranking in completion of said missions, which adds key context to your actions, filling out the narrative background.

Victory Heat Rally Nintendo Switch Review 7/10 "A Super Vibrant Retro Racer" 🚗💨 @skydevilpalm @PTonicFriends @VHRgame #GameDev #IndieGame

A vibrant racing game with retro-arcade style mechanics, Victory Heat Rally makes a great first impression with its energetic audio, bright graphics and kinetic sense of energy. Indeed, whilst the devs of Victory Heat Rally are based in LA, it’s very easy to assume that this is a Japanese-made game, so strong are those classic arcade vibes! 

Featuring many stages and environments, the order of the day here is super-fast arcade racing. It’s a very bare bones setup in terms of the core game loop, the tracks are often short, and you can whip around them in around thirty seconds, with the high speed action being all about avoiding other cars and managing your boosts. 

The Demo Discs on PS2 Episode 2 [Official Playstation 2 Magazine Demo Disc 28] 💿 #PS2 #Retrogaming

Rich takes a look at the OPS2M Demo 28 EUR disc which is a PAL-region PlayStation 2 demo DVD distributed with the Official PlayStation 2 Magazine across various European countries around December 2002 to January 2003. These demo discs were a staple of early 2000s gaming culture, offering players a curated taste of upcoming or newly released PS2 titles.

🕹️ Contents of Demo 28 EUR The disc includes:

1. Playable demos of:
2. Battle Engine Aquila
3. MX Superfly
4. The Getaway
5. Treasure Planet
6. V-Rally 3
7. Video previews for:
8. Big Mutha Truckers
9. Defender
10. Micro Machines
11. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
12. Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly

There was also a German variant (SCED-51376) with slightly different video content, including Nightfire, Rayman 3, and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. 💿 Collector’s Notes

• Serial number: SCED-50750 (UK/European version)
• Region: PAL
• Format: DVD
• Language support: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian

These discs were often bundled with magazines or sold/traded among collectors. If you're cataloguing retro demo discs or building a PS2 archive, this one’s a solid snapshot of the 2002 holiday season line-up. Want help tracking down other demo disc contents or SCED codes? I’ve got the database for it.