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Earthion PS5 Review – Retro Shmup For a Modern Age
Earthion gives players on 5 a unique and fun shoot 'em up experience that feels overdue. Being a fan of retro yet having limited experience of shmups, Earthion was the…
6 More Games From The PS1 Era That Need To Make A Comeback
6 More Games From The PS1 Era That Need To Make A Comeback More of them? Yeh, we thought of another 6 and we felt like these ones were just…
6 Games From The PS1 Era That Need To Make A Comeback
Remakes and reboots in gaming are nothing new, but as we approach 2020 we’re living in a world of possibilities. Perhaps now more than ever. We’re living in a time…
Crowd Funding Still Kickstarting Indy Developers
The demand for independent games is growing, look at one of the many online gaming stores and you’ll see its full of indy games. More artistic games used to be…
Throwback Thursday – Underappreciated Survival Horror Game – The Thing
It’s Thursday and I’m conscious that we’ve not done a Throwback Thursday for little while. Perhaps we can revisit this idea more often on a slow news day? You may…
Is Retro Game Collecting Dead?
Have we finally seen the end of retro game collecting as a hobby? This is a topic that has reared its ugly head on many gaming forums and YouTube videos…
20 Classic Games That Turn 20 in 2016
It was the year of the Tamagotchi. Trainspotting, Scream, and Independence Day saw their cinema releases. Dolly the cloned sheep greeted the world. The year was 1996. As significant as these…
Snow Day: Our Favourite Winter Worlds in Gaming
Everyone hates ice levels, right? You lose traction, accuracy, and control of your player, all for sake of including a gorgeous, wintry world to shake things up in a game.…
Mega Man Legacy Collection Review – A Definitive Retro Offering
The Blue Bomber has been around since 1987, and since then over 50 different titles bearing his name have been released. He has many different series under his name: Classic,…
Metal Gear Week: Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
Before the release of Ground Zeroes, Peace Walker was the last time we’d seen Big Boss in action. In fact, it was the latest Metal Gear Solid game, coming out in…
Let’s Replay: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Who's ready to feel awful? I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream recently saw a revival of its lovely self on Steam. Seeing as I mentioned it on my…
Let’s Replay: Ogre Battle – March of the Black Queen
In all my years I can honestly say I've never played another game quite like Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen. From its tarot-reading introduction (which determines the stats…
30 Years of Yu Suzuki’s Hang-On
One clear cut age line on the wrinkly face of the arcade motorbike game Hang-On is that it, along with its sister F1 racer Super Monaco GP, advertised cigarettes. That’s…
Most Famous Moments in Video Games
There are some things in life that people just know, whether they actively seek that knowledge or not. Everyone knows that Bruce Willis is a ghost, that Paul McCartney sings…
Power Up Gaming’s Tastiest Video Game Easter Eggs
There’s a special blend of satisfaction and smugness that comes with discovering and deciphering a digital Easter egg. The very best are substantial enough to be interesting yet subtle enough…
The History of Mortal Kombat, 1992-2014
The Mortal Kombat series first hit arcades in 1992 and, if the hype coming out of E3 surrounding the Mortal Kombat X announcement is anything to go by, the franchise…
