The few people out there who actually own a Wii U might be aware of a well-received strategy puzzle game by the name Factotum. Well, the developers TACS Games have chosen to completely overhaul the game and get it out to a wider audience with the Xbox One release of Factotum 90. Factotum 90 is…
When you think of stealth games, you probably automatically think of titles like Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell. But what about a stealth game set in the office? Moving Player’s new Xbox One game Level 22 is a great variation on the genre that certainly breathes new life and a huge dollop of humour into it – but…
Tower defence is one of the oldest and most popular genres in gaming; it’s pretty much been done to death. So when a new one hits the market, you have to ask the question of whether it will offer anything new. Fortified is the latest game to be questioned, a new title for the Xbox…
Remember the days when scrolling beat ‘em ups were king? Titles like Final Fight, Streets of Rage, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Double Dragon ruled the arcades and dominated our home consoles. But with the rise of one-on-one fighters, they’ve sadly all but disappeared. Well, Zheros hopes to change that by showing there is still some…
Watching the trailers for Soma Games’ new title G Prime Into the Rain led me to believe that this game would be some kind of epic space exploration game akin to the recently released Elite: Dangerous. Starting the game also leaves the same impression with its intriguing back story, but what really is G Prime?…
I am not even sure how to start off describing Lovely Planet, a game by QuickTequila first released on Steam in July 2014, and now out on Xbox One. I suppose it could be described as a FPS of sorts, but certainly not one that I have ever seen the likes of before… Just reading some…
What do you get if you cross the classic top down racing game Micro Machines with Super Mario Kart? It’s not a joke, so don’t expect a punchline – this is exactly what Super Toy Cars is, a new racing game from Eclipse Games available to download now from the Xbox Store. As both a huge fan…
It’s been a while coming but the second chapter of my life in the arcades is here. Last time round we covered 1976 and 1977 in one fell swoop and this time, it’s the turn of 1978. 1978 saw plenty of innovation and one coin-op that would totally change the world of video games forever. So…
Back in the late eighties and early nineties, platform-based beat ‘em ups were all the rage. We had titles such as the console versions of Ninja Gaiden, Rygar, Black Tiger and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Clearly, bonus points were being handed out for having “ninja” in the name, because, you know, ninjas are cool. Fast…
It’s impossible to underestimate the impact of Sonic The Hedgehog on the gaming industry. Almost overnight, it turned Sega from just another player to the undisputed king of the video game industry. Sega’s reign might not have lasted, but Sonic’s legacy has. He still remains one of our favourite video game icons and so it’s…
Arcade games have always been a huge part of my life. My earliest memories of video games all come from the glowing neon arcades of the 80s on holiday at some British seaside resort, staring up at magical titles such as Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Q*Bert – not even tall enough to grasp the controls….
Back in the ’80s and early ’90s you couldn’t move without coming across an arcade machine, they were everywhere. As well as in the arcades themselves, you found them at your local café, corner shops, takeaways, cinemas, amusement parks and who can forget the buzz of when the fun fair came to town? People would…
The original Sega Mega Drive version of Gunstar Heroes was released in 1993 to huge acclaim. It was the debut game from Treasure, a team of ex-Konami coders who went on to wow audiences with technically impressive classics such as Guardian Heroes, Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga. Thanks to developer M2 this has now become the latest…
The Atari 2600 Video Computer System, or VCS, is one of the greatest consoles of all time. It was the system that truly kicked off the games industry we have today and turned it from a geeky pastime into a global phenomenon. First released in 1977, the last games were released for it in 1991, giving it an…
Over the years there have been loads of great gaming machines that just never got as much love as they truly deserved. Some of these were a victim of bad timing, others suffered due to the  finances of the company behind them, and a few were probably just doomed from the start. GameSpew has decided…
What could be better than a collection of 10 arcade games on the Nintendo 3DS for less than a couple of quid? “Not much surely!”, we hear you shout, but what do we really have in the 10-in-1 Arcade Collection? Is it 10 forgettable duffers or 10 addictive time wasters? We should probably begin this…
In the first part of this series we showed you five of the many Nintendo Game Boy titles available to purchase in the 3DS eShop. We reviewed them, rated them and told you if they worth downloading, and now we’re looking at five more. Are these Game Boy games monochrome masterpieces or just a pile of…
The original Dr. Mario title was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy in 1990 and was one of the first true Super Mario spin-offs. The game has now been massively updated and brought into the modern age for a release on the 3DS, so GameSpew makes an appointment with the doctor to…
Seeing the success of Double Dragon and then Final Fight, Sega decided they wanted a slice of the beat ‘em up pie and so in 1991 they unleashed Streets of Rage upon the world and the game was a huge success. But they knew that just copying other people’s games was not enough, they had…
Anyone who owns, or is even familiar with, the 3DS will know that within the Nintendo eShop are a ton of original Game Boy titles available for download via Virtual Console. Some people are a bit put off by paying out for an old monochrome game, so we thought we’d round up some of them…
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