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Nikoderiko: The Magical World At a Glance… Genre: Platformer  Target Audience: Everyone, families Multiplayer: Local co-op, up to 2 players Accessibility: 9 languages, subtitles, 2 difficulty options Available On: Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch, PC Developer: VEA Games Publisher: Knight’s Peak Release Date: October 15th, 2024 After...

Let’s get the awkward bit out of the way, shall we? I managed to break Saviorless in roughly 2 hours, so I was unable to progress beyond a certain point. There’s this door, right? And you need to redirect a giant laser through it. Well, there’s this lever you...

If you didn’t grow up with a PS2 or a GameCube and want to know what games were like back in the early 2000s, look no further than Astor: Blade of the Monolith. I don’t think it was an intentional design decision by developer C2 Games Studio – it...

Demons of Asteborg is a homage to the SEGA Megadrive/Genesis era of gaming and is strongly influenced by famous classics such as Ghouls’n’ Ghosts, Mickey Mania and Castlevania. So much so, that Demons of Asteborg is physically available on Megadrive/Genesis… In 2024! In Demons of Asteborg, an evil force...

Orion Haste is a retro-inspired run-and-gun action game where you take on the role of a space commando who must defend a human-occupied planet from an alien invasion. Harness a full arsenal of weapons as you travel across 7 different levels, each containing an epic boss at the end...

I recently had the opportunity to play Raccoo Venture, a loveletter to 3D platformers from two decades ago. So much so, that the titular hero has a games console in their house that looks suspiciously identical to a N64 – a nice little homage I can get behind. Raccoo...

I love a good Metroidvania; it’s probably my favourite genre. There’s something extraordinarily satisfying about improving my character’s arsenal of skills over time, eventually granting them access to areas previously teased but tantalisingly inaccessible the first time I saw them. And in equal measure, I dislike turn-based strategy games....

A Flawed return...

Japanese for gaming dummies......