Have you ever wondered why so many kids were running round with blue teddies of a thing with elongated limbs? They were sold everywhere you went during the summer holidays of 2022. That’s Huggy Wuggy, and he is anything but child friendly. Find out his origins today as Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1 releases on Xbox.
The LEGO Ninjago Movie is out in cinemas now, and so it only seems right that a video game tie-in also gets its release around the same time. So here it is - finally available in the UK - and available to download, or purchase as an old-school disc, right now!
To celebrate their 30th anniversary back in 2016, previously having been known as Data East Pinball and then later Sega Pinball, Stern Pinball released Ghostbusters Pinball, a brand new table based on the original two films. This has now been converted into digital form and is available in the Stern Pinball Arcade, with the Limited Edition version of the table to follow shortly.
Excited for the next Forza game in the series but can’t stomach the price of the Ultimate Edition? Fear not as the Standard and Deluxe editions are both now here to download now!
I’m not sure whether it was because it was late at night, or whether I had watched one too many Children of the Corn films, but the opening to Maize was completely terrifying. Walking through tight rows of corn with blind corners everywhere, I was at my wits end wondering if anything was going to jump out at me. Thankfully though, the horror was all in my head and what followed was a short, but very pleasant journey through a unique game world.
The sequel to 2015’s racing simulator is available to download and buy now on Xbox One, PS4 and PC - and this time it comes promising more tracks, cars and events.
Surfing has always been a strange concept in my eyes; it’s not like other ‘extreme’ sports in that this is much more weather dependant than far less ‘radical’ sports like Cricket or Golf. Maybe it’s because I was once very nearly sucked under by a wave off the coast of Portugal, one of the locations in this game. Or, maybe it’s because I am from a landlocked place - Leeds in the UK - and my nearest beaches on the East Coast such as Bridlington or Scarborough aren’t known as surfing hotspots. In fact, my nearest locale is about a seven hour drive away, which may well be the reason why.
Which is why I am intrigued by Surf World Series. The way the waves serve up fluid quarter pipes for riders to get some air off, just like their skateboarding counterparts, sounds right up my street. But how does this transfer into a virtual environment?
The Games with Gold scheme continues on into September and the first game available from the 360 side is Hydro Thunder Hurricane. And best of all, it’s playable for both Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners via Backwards Compatibility!
Another post-apocalyptic zombie game arrives on the Xbox One today, but Dead Alliance offers something different from the multitude of others already out there.
Sonic Mania was announced alongside Sonic Forces last year to celebrate the titular character’s 25th anniversary. Whereas Sonic Forces will focus on the old and new versions of Sonic together, akin to Sonic Generations, Sonic Mania is a straight-up 2D side-scrolling platformer matching up with the series’ original titles.
And this game really is a love letter for the fans of the original titles, led by project lead Christian Whitehead who was responsible for the ports of the first two Sonic games onto mobile, and later consoles.
Microsoft has just wrapped up its 90 minute Gamescom livestream but for anyone that missed it because they may have been too busy watching Monarch of the Glen on Sunday evening we have conveniently brought all the announcements into a neat little article for you. So, what did we learn? Well if I am honest, not much we didn’t know already
For those of you who have been living under a rock or deep in the jungle for the last ten years, the Devil May Cry games feature a protagonist called Dante. And this is Dante when he was just effortlessly cool...
KontrolFreek have been making Performance Thumbsticks for Xbox for longer than I care to remember, pushing out a multitude of products with varying features, specifications and ideas. You can get high-rise concaved designs, you can caress your thumbs with mid-rise convex options, and you can put the lowest of height increments on your standard controller, giving an increase in grip, surface area, feel and overall user experience. It is with the latter in which the OMNI come into their own.
Cars and coffee, eh? Those are two of the things I like in real life, but now they have come to Forza Horizon 5 and Series 36 of the Festival Playlist Weekly Challenges.
