SteamWorld Heist is full of crazy robots with witty robots who’s jokes you don’t expect to laugh at, but you definitely will. The dialogue is both creative and charming, leaving us never hoping it will be over. Coupled with the “adults in Charlie Brown” mumble voice and a stunning soundtrack worthy of more praise than it has ever received, the soundscape in Steamworld Heist is sure to impress. This update is tailored to the new Nintendo Switch console, which adds additional f

Billed as a heavy metal , Gothic puzzle-platformer, Slain looks and feels like the NES game I always dreamed of playing as an Iron Maiden loving child. Complete with gorgeous pixel art and chugging soundtrack, it’s a blood-drenched throwback to a bygone era of gaming. Such pixelated faux-nostalgia has become so common as to be passé but in Slain’s case the aesthetic is perfectly matched to the feel of the game. This is not always a good thing, however, as many gameplay mechan

Guns, Gore & Cannoli is developed by Crazy Monkey Studios, who have created a 2D side scrolling shooter like such games as Metal Slug and added in zombies, cheesy comedy, and over the top action. You play the game as Vinnie Cannoli, who is a gun for hire gangster who has a contract to find a man called Goodfella in Thugtown. Before getting off the boat, Vinnie’s job in searching for Goodfella is halted by zombies! Nearly everyone in Thugtown have now turned into the walking d

SpellSpire is a very simple game that introduces a wizard able to cast a variety of powerful spells based on the combination words that you can create. In order to successfully complete powerful moves, you must act fast make sure to be as creative as possible when using a set of given letters as your main resource. You begin the game at the bottom of a very tall castle, filled with monsters of all kinds. Each floor of the castle brings a more intense challenge, and your main

It should be noted that The Coma: Recut is a remaster of the original Korean horror game The Coma: Cutting Class, something I haven't personally played. The game puts you in the shoes of Youngho, a struggling high school student who stayed up too late studying for exams and as a result is running late to school. Once you get to there, an ambulance takes one of your classmates away after a suicide attempt. It's horrible enough on its own but you'll still have to sit for your e

Sparkle Unleashed, like its predecessors, is based on the classic marble shooter Zuma. For those not familiar with the premise, a snake of different coloured marbles slowly make their way towards a “portal” and it is your job to make sure the rolling balls of terror do not reach their target. You do this by shooting more marbles to match three or more of the same colour. This will lead to those marbles disappearing, with the level continuing until all marbles have been remov

Acorn Tactics has been on my radar ever since it was announced. For one, I really like the developer who is handling the game. I thought their game Factotum was really good on the Wii U. And secondly, I love turn-based strategy games. One of my first loves, at least on consoles, was Shining Force. It was a tactical RPG that was very story and character driven, boasting unique recruitable heroes like werewolves, dragons, and bird people. Players would maneuver their army acr

Nearly 20 years ago, Nintendo released a game called Advance Wars. It was a turn-based military strategy game that quickly drew a lot of attention and soon became a cult classic. Nintendo’s Wars series went from very high obscurity to mainstream success with the rise of the Advance Wars games on the GBA. The franchise was largely unknown for thirteen years and all it took was the first English-translated installment to bring it to prominence and result in Nintendo also greatl

Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King is reminiscent to the old style Zelda games of the SNES and NES eras, and the story seems to borrow/pay homage to some of the great fantasy classics, too. I’m a huge fan of the classic 2D Zelda formula, and Blossom Tales undoubtedly takes that formula and runs with it. It’s one thing to use a template from a classic game that everyone loves, but it’s another thing to successfully capture what made it so beloved in the first place. The story of

Time Recoil is a top-down perspective shooter that takes place in the 80s. You play as the rouge scientist Alexa and after you find out what's going on in your lab, you defect to put a stop to it. Only to be captured and experimented on with different time travel tests and injections. Once you finally wake up from the tests, you realize you can travel through time without dying like previous participants. You even have new powers to help you through your travels like stopping