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Marenian Tavern Story: Patty and the Hungry God Reviewed by Shaun (@reviewsbyhughes) Developer: Rideon, Inc. Publisher: KEMCO Category: Role-Playing, Simulation, Adventure, Strategy Release Date: 29.11.2018 “You level up not by defeating monsters, but by eating food.” If only this were true of real-life! If…
Continue readingMonster Loves You Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Radial Games Publisher: Radial Games Category: Simulation, Puzzle, Adventure Release Date: 09.30.2018 Monsters, Inc. Monster Loves You is certainly an interesting concept, but how well does it translate into a fully fledged gaming experience? For…
Continue readingDark Souls Remastered Reviewed by Kieran Developer: From Software Publisher: Bandai Namco Category: Souls Release Date: 10.19.2018 Before embarking on a vocal journey through the quite brilliantly named land of Lordran, home of the Lords, let me tell you a little…
Continue readingNefarious Reviewed by Kieran Developer: StarBlade Publisher: Digerati Category: Platformer Release Date: 09.13.2018 Update As the game has since been patched and I have been able to progress, I now feel as though providing a score is feasible. Read on for my…
Continue readingDe Blob 2 Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Blitworks Publisher: THQ Nordic Category: Platformer Release Date: 08.28.2018 Colour me impressed De Blob 2 for Nintendo Switch arrives on the console over 7 years after it originally launched on Xbox 360 and PS3. Given…
Continue readingFall of Light Reviewed by Kieran Developer: RuneHeads Publisher: Digerati Category: Action, Adventure Release Date: 08.30.2018 Hello darkness my old friend Do you ever play a game and find yourself thinking, what if? What if the dungeons had been better, the AI…
Continue readingSigl – A fart for Melusina Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Sometimes You Publisher: Sometimes You Category: Action, Adventure, Platformer Release Date: 09.07.2018 Full of hot air When I initially started reviewing video games, not for one second did I believe that I…
Continue readingunExplored Unlocked Edition Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Nephilim Game Studios Publisher: Digerati Category: Role Playing, Adventure, Puzzle, Simulation Release Date: 08.09.2018 Are you ready to enter the dungeon of doom? Unexplored is a rogue like dungeon crawler on the Nintendo Switch. For…
Continue readingFlipping Death Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Zoink Publisher: Zoink Category: Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer Release Date: 08.21.2018 Flipping heck! From time to time a game comes along that makes you question your own mortality, your very existense. This isn’t that game. What it…
Continue readingAll-Star Fruit Racing Reviewed by Kieran Developer: 3Dclouds.it Publisher: Pqube Category: Kart racing Release Date: 08.21.2018 The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest Before we get started, I would just like to offer full disclosure, I wrote this review myself, as…
Continue readingCosmic Star Heroine Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Zeboyd Games Publisher: Limited Run Games Category: JRPG, Aventure Release Date: 08.14.2018 Golden Brown On a personal level, there are 3 things I really like in this world: JRPGs, Sci-Fi and fried chicken. 2 of…
Continue readingGuns, Gore and Cannoli 2 Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Crazy Monkey Studios Publisher: Crazy Monkey Studios Category: Platformer, Arcade Release Date: 08.02.2018 Leave the gun, take the cannoli When I was a younger man, I had a real fondness for Gangster movies….
Continue readingOvercooked 2 Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Ghost Town Games Publisher: Team 17 Digital Ltd Category: Strategy, Party, Communication, Simulation Release Date: 08.07.2018 Don’t get (over)cooked, stay off the hook. Overcooked 2 for Nintendo Switch is a strange beast. The original game laid its…
Continue readingMegaton Rainfall Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Pentadimensional Games Publisher: Pentadimensional Games Category: First Person, Action, Simulation Release Date: 08.09.2018 Make it Rain This might just be the best ever Superman simulation game that DC never licensed. If you are like me, you…
Continue readingGuts and Glory Reviewed by Kieran Developer: HakJak Publisher: tinyBuild Games Category: Puzzle, Arcade, Action, Simulation Release Date: 07.19.2018 Guts over Fears Guts and Glory is a violent physics game that launched back in 2016 in beta with a full launch happening…
Continue readingState of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Sometimes You Publisher: Sometimes You Category: Action, Arcade, Racing Release Date: 08.01.2018 Sometimes it’s me, Sometimes You Sometimes you play a game and just have to ask, why? State of Anarchy: Master…
Continue readingCandle: The power of the flame Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Teku Studios Publisher: Merge Games Category: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 07.26.2018 Candle in the wind An example of how fractured this title is takes place in the very beginning moments. A…
Continue readingThe Journey Down: Chapter One Reviewed by Kieran Developer: SkyGoblin Publisher: BlitWorks Category: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.21.2018 The flames went higher The Journey Down is a point and click adventure with a Caribbean twist. As is the norm with this type…
Continue readingYs VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Nihon Falcom Corporation Publisher: NIS America Category: Action RPG Release Date: 06.26.2018 Ys everybody playing this series? Ys games have been around as long as I have, 31 years to be exact. Since their…
Continue readingReviewed by Kieran Developer: Atooi Publisher: Atooi Category: Arcade, Sport Release Date: 06.14.2018 Right back Atooi ya! Before I crack on with talking about this little gem, I’d just like to share a theory I have about Atooi. I’ve thought about…
Continue readingXenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country In this new mode, uncover the full history of Jin and the fall of his homeland that took place 500 years before the events of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. The newly refined combat…
Continue readingHe’s finally back and about time too After months of waiting, Ubisoft has finally revealed the release date for the highly anticipated Donkey Kong themed DLC for the excellent Mario + Rabbids. Donkey Kong Adventure DLC will be available to…
Continue readingRing-a-ding-ding baby At yesterdays Bethesda conference, Todd Howard announced that Fallout Shelter would be coming to Switch. It has since gone live on the Nintendo eshop and is available to download for free. 3 years after its original launch on…
Continue readingGRIDD: Retroenhaced Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Antab Studios Publisher: Kongregate Category: Action, Arcade, Racing Composer: Dream Fiend Release Date: 06.07.2018 Take your place on the starting grid GRIDD: Retroenhanced is a stylish shooter set to a synth track that keeps on giving….
Continue readingE3 2018 is here EA have officially kicked off this years E3, with their EA Play conference, announcing a few new titles. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, FIFA 19 is the only announced game coming to Nintendo Switch. It will…
Continue readingThe Infectious Madness of Dr. Dekker Reviewed by Kieran Developer: D’Avekki Studios Publisher: Wales Interactive Ltd. Category: FMV Adventure Release Date: 06.05.2018 No Great Mind Has Ever Existed Without A Touch Of Madness Occasionally a game comes along that I have…
Continue readingYoku’s Island Express Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Villa Gorilla Publisher: Team 17 Digital Ltd Category: Puzzle, Adventure, Music Release Date: 05.29.2018 Yoku’s Island Express I recently cleared out some of my old toys from the attic of my parents house. Amongst…
Continue readingFramed Collection Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Surprise Attack Games Publisher: Surprise Attack Games Category: Puzzle, Adventure, Music Release Date: 05.17.2018 Story In Framed you take control of a collection of culpable characters as they attempt to flee crime scenes and carry…
Continue readingSuper Chariot Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Microïds Publisher: Microïds Category: Physics Platformer Release Date: 05.10.2018 The King Is Dead, Long Live The King Never have I seen such an example of video game schizophrenia than as what I experienced with this…
Continue readingDon’t Die Mr. Robot DX Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Infinite State Games Publisher: Digerati Composer: Infinite State Games Category: Bullet Hell Release Date: 05.03.2018 I Hope He Didn’t Die. Unless He Left A Note Naming Me His Successor, Then I Hope He…
Continue readingDragon Blaze for Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Psikyo Publisher: Zerodiv Category: Arcade, Action Shmup Release Date: 04.05.2018 Sometimes I honestly wonder why I do this. A game comes along that I absolutely suck at and I question my abilities as…
Continue readingMetropolis: Lux Obscura Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Sometimes You Publisher: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle, Other Release Date: 04.04.2018 On a cool spring evening, in a dimly lit forest, a light flickered in a dank cabin. As the flames of the fire petered out…
Continue readingReviewed by Kieran Developer: Terrible Toybox Publisher: Terrible Toybox Category: Puzzle, Adventure, Point & Click Release Date: 09.21.2017 Nostalgia can be a powerful thing. Used correctly, it can put a smile on your face that will be hard to wipe off. At…
Continue readingSpiral Splatter Sometimes You Developed By: Sometimes You Published By: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle Release Date: 3.13.2018 Spiral Splatter for Nintendo Switch is a cross between the classic ball maze and the board game Operation. The object of the game…
Continue readingDamascus Gear: Operation Tokyo Arc System Works Developed By: Arc System Works Published By: Arc System Works Category: Isometric Hack’n’slash’n’shoot Release Date: 03.01.2018 Let’s get this out of the way right now; I love giant robots. I love giant robots…
Continue readingGuilt Battle Arena Nintendo Switch Developed By: Invincible Cat Published By: ForwardXP Category: Indie Party Brawler Release Date: 03.01.2018 Guilt Battle Arena for Nintendo Switch is a party brawler in the vein of Castle Crashers and kind of like a…
Continue readingRadiation Island Nintendo Switch Developed By: Atypical Games Published By: Atypical Games Category: Crafting, Survival, Exploration Release Date: 02.22.2018 Mobile gaming has been making some pretty huge strides in the last few years, but the general consensus has been…
Continue readingJoining The Switch Effect on today’s Industry Interviews is Michael Goroff, Associate Editor for EGMNow. EGMNow, an offshoot of Electronic Gaming Monthly, is one of the premier sources for all things video game related. Michael, thank you so much for…
Continue readingWondering how a company navigates the ever-changing gaming industry? Then welcome to the latest Industry Interviews where we had the pleasure to speak with Christopher Kassulke, CEO from HandyGames, a German publisher/developer game studio that was founded in 2000. HandyGames…
Continue readingJoining The Switch Effect on today’s Industry Interviews are two very special guests: Artur Mikolajczyk and Szymon Lukasik. You might be familiar with their debut game, Bulb Boy, which released on multiple consoles and just recently added the Nintendo Switch…
Continue readingJoining The Switch Effect on today’s Industry Interviews is Rob Vitorino, PR & Marketing Manager for Mad Mimic Interactive and Head of Planning for Indie Roll. Mad Mimic Interactive is a relatively new Brazil based indie game publisher, but has already…
Continue readingToday on Industry Interviews, The Switch Effect is joined by indie game developer, Katata Games. Formed in 2017 by a husband-wife-cat trio, Top Run is an endless runner set in the ‘80s. Starring as Kevin and joined by his dog,…
Continue readingJoining The Switch Effect on today’s Industry Interview is Ricky Wild, indie game developer and founder of Wildlogicgames. With Ricky’s first project, Attack of the Mutant Fischrows, currently in development, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to learn more!…
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