Author: Danny Neleman

If you’re a regular visitor here and enjoy playing games on Steam, you might want to pay attention. The Humble Store is currently hosting a massive sale aimed at gamers who enjoy retro-inspired pixel art games from time to time. It’s difficult to pinpoint the highlights as it seems like every pixelated and retro-inspired game you can imagine is included in this sale. Many of the games we reviewed last year are available, such as AK-xolotl and Pocket Bravery, as well as indie legends like Celeste, Rogue Legacy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (including DLC), and Streets of Rage…

SFB Games, critically acclaimed creators of the award-winning Tangle Tower and Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together!, announced that their upcoming survival horror game Crow Country is launching on Xbox Series X/S on May 9th 2024, alongside the previously announced PlayStation 5 and Steam versions. In this completely new horror game, inspired by classics from the PlayStation 1 era, you venture deep into an abandoned theme park and uncover the secrets behind its owner’s sudden disappearance. Crow Country employs various visual tricks to establish a dense atmosphere. It has an authentic PS1 dither and prerendering look. It also simulated low resolution…

Soon after Ubisoft dropped the reveal trailer their upcoming addition to the Prince of Persia game you’d had to do you best to read around the snarky comments on Reddit and Youtube. People were either seriously afraid the remake of Sands of Time would dwindle away as vaporware for some reason or get meme-y with the tagline “Persians aren’t purple”. With the narrative dominated by discourse over artistic choices or not delivering on some sort of follow up on Prince of Persia’s 3D legacy, it’s easy to forget that Ubisoft is making applaudable choices by putting highly capable outsiders on…

This Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron FLYBOYZ EDITION review is played and tested on the Nintendo Switch. The game is available for $19.99/19.99 Euro on the Nintendo Switch and is also available for PC on Steam. The Warhammer Imperium has never shied away from letting developers, big and small, take on their expanded universe and create games based on it. With such a vast stream of games, however, quality can vary greatly. Recently, Warhammer 40K: Darktide and Boltgun turned out really well. So, as of late, the turnout is decent and above average. Warhammer 40K: Dakka Squadron FLYBOYZ Edition is a game that was…

“In God’s name, why would you start a niche video game website?” Yes, in this current online climate, creating outlets that focus on specific topics like retro gaming may seem extremely silly. People would rather watch or listen than read. Still, starting this site, alongside fellow editor Rob, has been so rewarding. With a team of six, we’ve created 244 articles, including 113 reviews. Discovering gems like Tiny Thor, Topdee, Downdee, and Legend Bowl is extremely gratifying, as we aim to inform people about indie games they might otherwise have missed. At the same time, we offer a platform for…

This FloraMancer: Seeds and Spells review is based on the Switch version of the game. It is available for €/$ 5,99. Developed by Joel Sullivan, a solo-indie developer with no prior game credits to his name, Floramancer and its creator are both somewhat enigmatic. And at first glance, Floramancer: Seeds and Spells promises to be a unique amalgamation of genres that casts you as a floramancer entrusted with the task of rescuing a world besieged by a relentless mechanical horde. Given this game came out of nowhere for me, my curiosity is triggered by the very distinctive graphical style and…

This Kickback Slug review is based on the Switch version of the game. It is also released on: Steam. Many of us fantasized how it would be to roam the galaxy like Han Solo, being a smuggler or an adventurer in space, the final frontier. but have you ever thought about how to make an actual living in space? In the end everyone needs to make a living. If there is anything like a interstellar community out there, there must be space capitalism as well. Kickback Slug: Cosmic Courier sheds some light on those blue collar aliens out there, just trying to make a living.…

This Dead End City review is based on the Xbox Series S/X version of the game. The game is also available on Steam, Nintendo Switch and Playstation. What do you get when you mix a top-down racer with a Galaga-like arcade shooter? Well, Dead End City, of course. This isn’t the first time cars were mode of transport in a top-down shooter. Spy Hunter (Arcade, 1983), for instance, or Battle Formula (NES, 1991) where there long before. My personal favorite in this very particular subgenre are the Time Bokan games, and Dead End City visually actually reminds me quite a…

The Sega fan community has been set ablaze in the past week. Seemingly out of nowhere, a little-known fan project emerged from Itch.io, and for good reason. We’re talking about Turbo Outrun Reimagined, a fan project by the anonymous solo-dev ‘Sk1ds’. It has been publicly in development for God knows how long, but due to some rightfully excited Youtubers the game started to gain some serious traction, lately. Retro-inspired racers resurgence We’ve been inundated with retro-like racing games in the last couple of years, and to be frank, many of these games are pretty good. New Star GP, 80’s Overdrive,…

If you thought this was news about a sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, I have to disappoint you. But off the back of the highly beloved pixel beat ’em up, Nickelodeon and Raw Thrills polished up the arcade game TMNT: Wrath of the Mutants from 2017 for a home release on April 23rd, 2024. Raw Thrills is known for high-octane, highly fluorescent arcade games and cabinets you find in modern-day, ticket-driven arcades. They are responsible for arcade games based on popular franchises like Halo, Jurassic Park, and the Fast and the Furious as well. If you’re not…