KarmaZoo is a wholesome little thing with some real potential to become a multiplayer favourite. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with a couple of other critics, and a member of the Pasta Games dev team to play through some of the co-op experience. Though I’m not someone…
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Conan Chop Chop wants to sit somewhere between Gauntlet and Hades. It wants to be an action roguelike with a moreish loot system, but also being orientated heavily towards bringing four friends together for some button-mashing chaos. Unfortunately, it’s much too inconsistent to reach the heights of either genre-defining great,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Conan Chop Chop wants to sit somewhere between Gauntlet and Hades. It wants to be an action roguelike with a moreish loot system, but also being orientated heavily towards bringing four friends together for some button-mashing chaos. Unfortunately, it’s much too inconsistent to reach the heights…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve spent a lot of time over the past weekend trying to understand what Date Night Bowling is. It’s got a gorgeous 80’s and 90’s style aesthetic, with plenty of neon colours and that CRT filter to double-down on that nostalgic edge. And it is nostalgic.…
Read MoreWe have a very Nintendo-focused podcast this month. With new Pokémon titles out this month (or, at least, remakes of Pokémon titles), we have a good chat about those games, and the broader Pokémon experience – where are things at with the series, and what has made it so enduring?…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. You’ve got to be impressed with the kind of gonads a developer team would have to have to look at the whole zombie arena thing and think to themselves “hey let’s do a no-frills, budget version of that!” Undead Battle Royal is a perfectly playable game,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. On the grand scale of disappointments in video games, I do think that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition will rank highly. The original, released way back on the GameCube, was a delightful little game. It was a homage to everything people loved about Final Fantasy,…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. We’ve seen a surge of horror-themed multiplayer games, in which one person plays as the monster, and the others scramble to avoid becoming its prey. Friday the 13th, Dead by Daylight, Dusk, Predator and others have all tried their hand at the tricky balance between monster…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Hood: Outlaws & Legends is an interesting looking take on the Robin Hood mythology and spirit. It’s being developed by Sumo Digital, and will be a team-based multiplayer game in which a group of outlaws need to commit heists against “an oppressive government in a dark…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Square Enix’s next big release is a remaster of the GameCube classic, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Unfortunately thanks to COVID-19 there weren’t hands-on preview sessions for this title, but Square Enix did send us plenty of B-roll, unedited footage to get a feel for what to…
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