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Developer: Moon Kid Publisher: Devolver Digital Categories: ? Release Date: 08.27.20 It’s hard to really place down the genre that Witcheye is in. It’s not quite a platformer, as there aren’t really platforms. You’re an eye, well a Witch’s eye,…
Continue readingDeveloper: ChinyKian Games Categories: Platformer Release Date: 08.27.20 Serious Scramblers is the kind of game I’d dub a “Bathroom Game”. To further explain that, it’s the kind of a game that is perfect for a quick bathroom break, pick up…
Continue readingOthercide for the Nintendo Switch is an interesting experiment in mixing together turn-based strategy games, roguelike elements, and an absolutely brutal difficulty curve. The results are frequently stunning, but just as frequently frustrating.
Continue readingAeolis Tournament – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Beyond Fun StudioPublished By: Beyond Fun StudioCategory: Party, MultiplayerRelease Date: July 23, 2020 It’s been said that most original ideas have been thought of already, so when a combination of existing ideas comes together…
Continue readingStrugglingNintendo Switch Developed By : Chasing Rats GamesPublished By : Frontier FoundryCategory : Puzzle, Platforming, PhysicsRelease Date : Aug 27, 2020 Puzzle games are just about everywhere nowadays. And with so many off-shooting sub-genres, it’s still surprising that there aren’t…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Caracal GamesPublished By: Ignition PublishingCategory: Platformer, ArcadeRelease Date: 09.08.20 OkunoKA Madness is a game brought to us by Caracal Games and Ignition Publishing. The title introduces us to KA, who tries to save his planet, to do this he will have to go…
Continue readingDeveloped By: The Working PartsPublished By: BulbwareCategory: Survival, HorrorRelease Date: 29.07.2020 In starting They Breathe, I had to do a quick Google search for the word Thalassophobia, which if you don’t know, means a fear of the sea. This includes…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Mografi Categories: Adventure Release Date: 08.26.20 Nothing ever happens in the small town of Arthurton. This is however, until the death, alleged murder of an esteemed man of the town. This is the story for the next installment…
Continue readingUnder the Jolly RogerNintendo Switch Developed By: Lion’s ShadePublished By: HeroCraftCategory: Adventure, Action, Role-Playing, Pirate SimRelease Date: 09.03.20 Today’s game, Under the Jolly Roger for the Nintendo Switch, was originally released a few years ago on Mobile and PC under…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Sumo Digital, Lucky Mountain Games Published By: Curve Digital Categories: Racing, Arcade Release Date: 09.10.20 In the sea of retro inspired games, it’s very rare to find games in the style of 3D Retro. You get a typhoon…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Thunder Lotus Games Categories: Adventure Release Date: 08.18.20 With all of the violent games that are released, or even that I review, it’s very refreshing to play games that are not only non-violent, but also more focused on…
Continue readingManifold GardenNintendo Switch Developed By : William Chyr StudioPublished By : William Chyr StudioCategory : Adventure, PuzzleRelease Date : Aug 18, 2020 There are many different elements to all the games that we play. Many of these elements can draw…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Metronomik Published By: Sold Out Categories: Action, Rhythm Release Date: 08.25.2020 It’s hard to place down in words how much I love this game. Just near every facet of No Straight Roads brings joy to me and while…
Continue readingIt’s not often that you come across a game that does as little to distinguish itself as Tiny Racer for the Nintendo Switch. While I generally tend to enjoy spending a little bit of time with smaller, indie arcade racing games, Tiny Racer offers so little in the way of polish or even basic competency that it was difficult to find anything about which to be positive.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Cape CosmicPublished By: Cape CosmicCategory: Adventure, Action, RPG, Platformer, “Metroid-vania”Release Date: 08.20.20 Phoenotopia: Awakening is a 2D Action RPG Adventure game following in the footsteps of classic series such as Cave Story and the Legend of Zelda. Join Gail, a simple villager, who must heed…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Kadokawa Corporation Published By: Nippon Ichi Software America Categories: RPG, Creator Tool Release Date: 09.08.2020 It’s rather difficult to decide on how to review something like RPG Maker MV. It’s not really a game, but a tool. While…
Continue readingContrary to what you might be thinking if you’re looking at Nintendo focused social media today (3rd Sept), Mario is not the only game on Switch at the moment (although the idea of a Mario Galaxy themed shmup definitely ought…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Ovid Works Published By: All In! Games Categories: Adventure, First Person Release Date: 08.12.20 You wake up after a long night of partying with a strongest of hangovers, slowly you realize rooms are full of giant furniture. Then…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Finish Line Games Published By: Modus Games Categories: Adventure, Action, Platformer Release Date: 08.04.20 I’ve always had a bit of a love for videogames about controlling a marble like Marble Madness or Kororinpa. Nice little physics based puzzle…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Atmos Games Published By: Serenity Forge Categories: Adventure Release Date: 07.16.20 NeverSong seems to be full of childlike wonder and imagination. A city full of kids with silly names and colorful language, adults are all missing and seen…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Crackshell Published By: Blitworks Categories: Roguelike, RPG, Retro Release Date: 07.30.20 Do you like Diablo or the Gauntlet series? Heroes of Hammerwatch might be up your alley then. Dungeon crawling, large, almost absurd hordes of enemies, loot, loot,…
Continue readingWindboundNintendo Switch Developed By : 5 Lives StudiosPublished By : Koch MediaCategory : Adventure, ActionRelease Date : August 28, 2020 I’m probably not the only person who’s a little burned out by roguelikes and roguelites by now. Sure, there are…
Continue readingRock of Ages 3: Make & BreakNintendo Switch Developed By : ACE Team, Giant Monkey Robot Published By : Modus GamesCategory : Strategy, ActionRelease Date : July 21, 2020 As someone who has played the last two Rock of Ages…
Continue readingDeveloped By: CreamativePublished By: CreamativeCategory: Arcade Beat’em UpRelease Date: 08.06.20 Clan N is an up to four player couch co-op indie Arcade style Beat’em up game that combines the classic arcade game with today’s modern fighters. With a fast-paced nature, you must dodge,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Adam Robinson-YuPublished By: UndefinedCategory: Adventure, PlatformerRelease Date: 18.08.2020 Now more than ever we witness the power video games have to shape how we interact with the world. Committed to lockdowns and isolations, we’ve come face to face with…
Continue readingAgeless for the Nintendo Switch is a puzzle-platformer from Malaysian developer One More Dream Studios that has drawn comparisons to crazy-popular indie sensation Celeste from several sources I have seen, mostly due to the similarity of the two games’ genre and graphical style.
Continue readingDouble Kick Heroes – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Headbang ClubPublished By: Plug In DigitalCategory: Rhythm action, ShmupRelease Date: August 13, 2020 Ever since the boom and bust of Guitar Hero and Rock Band in the late noughties, the gaping hole left…
Continue readingRadical Rabbit Stew is a perfect fit for the Switch. Its short levels are perfect for when you only have a few minutes to play, and the crisp 2D sprites look fantastic in docked mode. This isn’t a game that you’ll be playing for a particularly long time, but it’s a fun time while it lasts.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Veewo Games Published By: Team17 Categories: Platformer, Shooter, Roguelike Release Date: 07.14.20 Crude, grimy, drug fueled, colorful, neon. A game influenced by the 80’s style, right? More like a game fully drenched in the culture and feel of…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Moving Pieces Interactive Published By: Screenwave Media Categories: Arcade, Puzzle Release Date: 07.31.20 Do you remember QBert? Dodo Peak is somewhat of a modern effort in a QBert like game, only with a much cuter, less foul mouthed…
Continue readingREZ PLZNintendo Switch Developed By: Long Neck GamesPublished By: Graffiti GamesCategory: Platformer, Puzzle, Action, MultiplayerRelease Date: 07.15.20 REZ PLZ for the Nintendo Switch is a cooperative puzzle platformer that features an intriguing character switching gameplay mechanic and wonderful graphics that…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Deqaf Studio Published By: No Gravity Games Categories: Horror, puzzle platformer Release Date: 07.10.2020 You know those goth kids that would always fill highschool halls? The Hot Topic shopping crowd that would always fawn over quirky edgy, but…
Continue readingShantae and the Seven Sirens – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: WayForwardPublished By: WayForwardCategory: Adventure, MetroidvaniaRelease Date: May 28, 2020 Shantae is a franchise that has done it’s bit for the popularity of 2D gaming and built up quite a cult following,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Radical Fish Games Published By: Deck 13 (Digitally), ININ+Strictly Limited Games (Physical) Categories: RPG, Retro, Action Release Date: 07.09.20 Ever since playing the dotHack series in my adolescence, I’ve always been rather fascinated by games that feature fictional…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Code WakersPublished By: Armor GamesCategory: Shooter, Action, ArcadeRelease Date: 12.05.2020 Jet Lancer demonstrates from its opening moments that humans were always meant to fly. With a flashy presentation of stylish visuals and a catchy, energetic soundtrack this arcade…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Digital Illusions/EA DICE (Originally), Strictly Limited Games (Final Release) Published By: ININ Games (Digitally), Strictly Limited Games (Phyiscally) Categories: Retro, Shooter Release Date: 06.23.20 In a recent trend of bringing cancelled games back from the depths of obscurity…
Continue readingSuperliminal Nintendo Switch Developed By : Pillow Castle GamesPublished By : Pillow Castle GamesCategory : Puzzle, First-Person, AdventureRelease Date : July 07, 2020 They say perception is everything, that how you see things can somehow exhibit superiority over how things…
Continue readingAfter the bumper month that was June, there was no way July could continue in the same vein…or was there? Well, no. In fact, there were a relatively small number of announcements made during the month, which would have been…
Continue readingThe Great PerhapsNintendo Switch Developed By: Caligari GamesPublished By: Drageus GamesCategory: Adventure, Puzzle, PlatformerRelease Date: 07.10.20 The Great Perhaps for the Nintendo Switch has plenty of quality ingredients needed to make it a memorable experience, but unfortunately it just doesn’t…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Dreadlocks Ltd Published By: Qubic Games Categories: RPG, Cyberpunk Release Date: 07.24.20 The first thing to comes to mind for majority of Western RPG games for me is top down, turn based, themed in Tolkein-esqe fantasy. Of course,…
Continue readingNever Breakup Nintendo Switch Developed By : ISVR Published By : indienova Category : Platformer, Puzzle, Party Release Date : July 16, 2020 If I’m being completely honest, when I was claiming this code after the previous game I played…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Tribute Games Categories: Retro, Platformer Release Date: 07.21.20 If you’ve been paying even the slightest attention to games in the last decade, you’d notice that retro throwbacks have became rather popular. Nostalgia always sells, Capcom proved this with…
Continue readingAcross the GroovesNintendo Switch Developed By : Nova-boxPublished By : Nova-boxCategory : Adventure, Narrative, Visual NovelRelease Date : June 17, 2020 As much as I love reading, I never thought I’d be the type to enjoy visual novel games. Instead,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Retrific Categories: Shooter, Roguelike Release Date: 07.16.20 It’s sometimes tough to decipher if a game is challenging, or downright unfair and hard. Challenging games always feel like you can learn something to get further and further in, while…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Limit Break Categories: Shoot-em-up, Retro Release Date: 07.09.2020 As an American, I don’t exactly have any nostalgia towards the Commodore Amiga, however I always been a fan of the shoot-em-up genre. At first look, I assumed 1993 Shenandoah…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Phobia Game Studio Published By: Devolver Digital (Digital), Special Reserve Games (Physical) Categories: Horror, Metroidvania, Indie Release Date: 07.23.20 While not a new idea by any means, there’s always a novelty factor to playing as a villain or…
Continue readingBipedNintendo Switch Developed By: NEXT StudiosPublished By: Postmeta GamesCategory: Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, ArcadeRelease Date: 07.02.20 Is there anything in the world more frustrating than a platformer with imprecise, inconsistent controls? Well, yeah, probably – but not in the gaming world….
Continue readingSpongeBob SquarePants : Battle for Bikini Bottom – RehydratedNintendo Switch Developed By : Purple LampPublished By : THQ NordicCategory : Platformer, Action, AdventureRelease Date : June 23, 2020 I thought I’d seen it all. The remaster, remake, reboot, re-everything in…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Deqaf StudioPublished By: No Gravity GamesCategory: Strategy, Action, ArcadeRelease Date: 16.04.2020 War is hell. Bloody fights of nation against nation, tribe against tribe in modern cinema, television, and video games are increasingly more horrific with each new installment…
Continue reading1971 Project HeliosNintendo Switch Developed By: RecotechnologyPublished By: RecotechnologyCategory: StrategyRelease Date: 06.09.20 1971 Project Helios for the Nintendo Switch is a frustrating game to review; it has so much potential, but much of it falls just short of being great….
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