18/11/2021
🪱 ‘Earthworm Jim’ Set For Small Screen Revival 🪱 #EarthWormJim
12/11/2021
🚀🪨 Gleylancer | Advanced Busterhawk | Nintendo Switch | Review | 7/10 | "A No Nonsense Scrolling Shmup!" 🚀🪨 @RatalaikaGames #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGames #RetroGaming
The Nintendo Switch has become a system choc full of classic shmups oer the years and now it has another cracking release in the form of Gleylancer.
11/11/2021
🤓💻 The Benefits of Hiring Unity Video Game Developer 🤓💻
What is it with Unity that makes it so unique?
Of course, it's the technology! While many C++ programmers exist, working with Unity necessitated the usage of C# programming abilities. C# is a higher-level programming language that is easier to learn and utilize. It comes at the cost of being unable to deal directly with memory, which is often why C++ is used by many developers.
10/11/2021
🕹️ Atari - 50 Not Out? 🕹️ #Atari #RetroGaming
So Atari has nearly hit the big 5-0! Here's an insight into what the legendary Atari brand has in store for its 50th year of birth...
09/11/2021
⚔️ Xuan Yuan Sword 7 | Xbox Series X | Review | 7/10 | "An Enjoyable Experience, Let Down by Some Inconsistencies" ⚔️ @XuanYuan_Sword #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieGames
I had never heard of this series - which is not surprising as it’s the first of the series to be released in the west.
An ARPG with a heavy focus on story, the game is linear, which to my mind isn't a bad thing, it follows Taishi Zhao, an orphaned mercenary who is trying to earn money to pay for his sick sister's medicine - this is the basic plot but fairly quickly it takes a turn.
🐶 To The Rescue! | Dog Shelter Simulator | PC | Ten minute Taster | "Who Let The Dogs Out?!!" 🐶 @ToTheRescueGame #IndieGames #GameDev #IndieGame
08/11/2021
🕹️ NQ64 Cardiff | Arcade Bar | "A Real High Point For Gamers in Cardiff (and Yes It Has Point Blank 2 and Wrestlefest !!)" 🕹️ #Arcade #RetroGaming #Cardiff #NQ64
Long have I and my friends dreamed of a decent arcade bar in Cardiff, and finally, that dream is now a high-score (and gaming-themed cocktail) fuelled fantasy!
07/11/2021
🔶 Super Hiking League DX | Nintendo Switch | Review | 7.5/10 | "An 8bit Styled Vertical Climbing Platformer" 🔶 @bitinkstudios @qubytegames #IndieGame #IndieGames #GameDev
Super Hiking League DX is an 8bit styled verticle climbing platformer, with a jump swinging mechanic that sets it apart from the pack. You can race to the top - against a friend with local play, or you can take on the AI in Story mode and see who reaches the summit’s diamond first.
06/11/2021
👊💥👊 Giants Uprising | Early Access | PC | Ten Minute Taster | Gameplay | No Commentary | "I Am Giant!" 👊💥👊 @GiantsUprising #IndieGame #IndieGames #GameDev
Giants Uprising is a medieval fantasy action-adventure game full of Giants and unlimited destruction! Take on the role of a powerful Giant who finally breaks free from enslavement to seek revenge on the ruthless human race.
05/11/2021
📀🎶 Skelattack | Original Video Game Soundtrack | Music by Jamal Green 💿🎵 @JamalGreenMusic @MondoNews @skelattack #Vinyl #VideoGameVinyl
Available From:
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A perfect pack of Halloween tunes suitable for all the family, the Skelattack soundtrack is taken from the 2020 action platformer of the same name. Featuring songs that instantly come across in a very whimsical, ‘Burton-esque’ way, the joyously kooky ‘n spooky approach that Jamal Green takes really makes this an addictive listen that sets a great mood, calling to mind not just some great games but also timeless family favourite movies.
04/11/2021
🩸🌳 Blair Witch - VR Edition | PSVR | Review | 2/10 | "In 1999 I spent a summer working as a lumberjack" 🩸🌳 @PixelHunted @BlairWitchGame #IndieGame #IndieGames #GameDev
In 1999 I spent a summer working as a lumberjack in the mountains outside of Durango, Colorado. Each Saturday night we’d pile into a pickup and head into town to the multiplex. One visit, having exhausted most of what was on offer, we decided to roll the dice on The Blair Witch Project. None of us had heard anything about the movie, but a horror movie about a witch? Rad.
Turns out that The Blair Witch Project is the absolute worst film to watch if you’re camping out in the woods that night. With no evidence to the contrary I thought it was real and - though I still doubted the existence of actual witches - I spent the night sleeping in the backseat of someone’s car. The Blair Witch Project remains the most terrifying experience I’ve had in a cinema and makes me basically the prime target for Blair Witch VR.
03/11/2021
🎮 Paratopic | Nintendo Switch | Review | 7/10 | "Videodrome Vibes" 🎮 @arbitrarymetric #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGames
Paratopic is a game that has been on the periphery for me for some time and a recommendation from the head honcho at Stumpy Frog Records was what it took to finally push me over the edge. What I discovered was an experience that was difficult to pin down, but I found that it stuck in my mind through the days following completion.
02/11/2021
🪓 Battle Axe | PS4 | Ten Minute Taster | Gameplay | Golden Axe On Steroids!" 🪓 @NumskullGames #IndieGames #GameDev #IndieGame #PixelArt
01/11/2021
🔥🚒 Nuclear Blaze | PC | Ten Minute Taster | Gameplay 🔥🚒 @deepnightfr #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieGames
Nuclear Blaze is a unique 2D firefighting game from the creator of Dead Cells, with all the devastating backdrafts, exploding walls and sprinklers you could expect. Fight your way through a mysterious facility and try to keep the blaze under control.
31/10/2021
🌑 Phobos - Subhuman | PC | Gameplay 🌑 @PhobosSubhuman #IndieGame #IndieGameDev
30/10/2021
29/10/2021
📕📗📘📙 Bitmap Books – A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games | Available 29th October 2021 📕📗📘📙 @bitmap_books
Having previously covered – and been extremely impressed by – Bitmap Books’ Game Boy: The Box Art Collection (https://www.gamesfreezer.co.uk/2021/05/bitmap-books-game-boy-box-art.html), I already knew what to expect from them this time around. Solid, robust packaging, luxurious, glossy paper as well as well-researched and well-presented text augmented by crisp imagery and screenshots. Good.
28/10/2021
🔥 Far Cry 6 | Review | Xbox Series X | 8.5/10 | "Rum and Rifles (also the names of my fists)" 🔥 @FarCrygame
My relationship with Far Cry 5 was rockier than Sylvester Stallone in 1976. The darker tone and focus on twisted zealots, cults and brainwashing (sadly reflective of the over-arching social climate of the time, which could well have added to my tiring of it) – not to mention the constant, constant dream sequences - wore me down and it was only through revisiting it via the online co-op campaign some months later did I eventually begin to settle into it and enjoy the experience.
Far Cry 6 however, drew me in straight away. Whilst there are darker moments here, the overall sense of the game is that of fun and the traits of the series return in a way that makes exploration feel enjoyable - not through any real reinvention but rather through the solid gameplay, vibrant presentation, jaunty music, moment-to-moment scenes and satisfying gunplay.
27/10/2021
🎴 🧟 Cards of the Dead | Xbox Series X | Review | 7.5/10 | "A Halloween Title Shambles into the Fold" 🧟🎴 @BoomfireGames #IndieGames #GameDev
Just in time for Halloween, Cards of the Dead bursts from the deck to eat our brains. A fun, well-presented and accessible title that only really falls short when it comes to the balancing act.