March 29, 2021

29Mar

By JasonNo Comments

Wired Direct Showcase Round Up 2021

Wired Direct happened tonight courtesy of both Wired Productions and the amazing Julia Hardy. Wow, what a line up of exciting new games that we have in store! Check out the reveals below! Reveal number 1: From the creative minds who brought us Fable we saw the first look of Tin Hearts, an amazing toy inspired puzzle game with a story surrounded by invention and family values. Due out in Winter this year and across all platforms it looks truly incredible. Kostas Zarifis, creative director of Rogue Sun said it was "a mix of Lemmings and Charles Dickens Christmas carol." Leading toys from point A to point B, Tin Hearts incorporates VR, although playable without it, and utilises the small scale of the toys alongside storytelling to make the gamer feel almost god-like. Take a look at ...

Astral Ascent Demo Preview – Fight Your Way To Freedom

29Mar

By Martin HoskingNo Comments

PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

Astral Ascent Demo Preview – Fight Your Way To Freedom

Astral Ascent is the latest PC game I had the pleasure of checking out early. Man what a game we're in for with this one. Astral Ascent is a rogue-lite action-adventure game brought to us by Hibernian Workshop (Dark Devotion). Astral Ascent - Fight Your Way To Freedom In Astral Ascent, you must escape from the Garden. The Garden is an astral prison that is guarded by 12 strong and vicious bosses, The Zodiacs. Will this game fight its way to the top or be another drop in a pool of rogue-lites? Read on to find out my initial thoughts for this preview. You can read my previous article here. Gameplay The gameplay in Astral Ascent kind of reminds me of Dead Cells. Jump, hack, slash, use a spell. You get the idea. Of course, there's more to it than that, but that's a general idea. If you've ...

Numskull Designs Meets Dark Souls With Official Dark Souls TUBBZ!

29Mar

By Martin HoskingNo Comments

News & Updates

Numskull Designs Meets Dark Souls With Official Dark Souls TUBBZ!

The latest from Numskull Designs is in. This time it is Dark Souls themed TUBBZ. We have Oscar Knight of Astora and Solaire of Astora along with some Dark Souls themed bathtubs. These are official Dark Souls merchandised designed and engineered by Numskull. There's currently 2 to collect in the Dark Souls range. These are premium collectables with highly detailed features made from high-quality PVC. They are approximately 9cm tall when outside of the tub display stand. Numskull has the below on their site to help entice you into buying. "Even as an Undead duck, the jovial Solaire of Astora is determined to complete his quest through the collapsing world of Lordran to find his very own sun. This officially licensed collectable is part of the TUBBZ range, a highly collectable series o...

Epic Chef – Culinary Combat Coming To Consoles Alongside PC Release

29Mar

By Martin HoskingNo Comments

News & Updates

Epic Chef – Culinary Combat Coming To Consoles Alongside PC Release

Team17s latest shapes into the form of the culinary combat game, Epic Chef. Fight, cook, chop and survive in the latest from developers Infinigon Games. Epic Chef currently is yet to have it's release date announced. However, the game is already looking like a beautiful prime rib of beef. I can't really add "well done" after a prime rib of beef as that would be sacrilege! - Back to the game though, it does look fantastic. Read the official press release below: Friday, 26th March 2021 – Team17 and Infinigon Games have today announced that the quirky narrative-driven cooking adventure Epic Chef will be making its way onto Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch™ alongside the PC launch later this year. Fresh off the boat, new to the city of Ambrosia, and playing as Zest, players w...

GamesMaster – The Oral History Book Has Launched On Kickstarter!

29Mar

By Martin Hosking2 Comments

News & Updates, Retrogaming Corner

GamesMaster – The Oral History Book Has Launched On Kickstarter!

Dominik Diamond and the crew are back! kind of. Read-only memory, publishers of other beautiful books about videogames have launched a Kickstarter for their latest piece of work... GamesMaster: The Oral History. This will be a book full of the highs and lows of one of my favourite TV shows during the 90s, the almighty GamesMaster. The book will feature photography, stories, a foreword from the one and only Robbie Williams (yes, of Take That fame), and much more. In the book, we find out amazing facts about the show, such as the below quote. "It took two Amiga 2000s for designers Chris and Simon to create animated maps of Patrick’s distorted face, purposely run slightly out of phase to create a time-lapse effect" I never knew that one. Amazing. You can get a copy of the book starti...