If you liked Space Invaders but find it to be a bit too “retro”, then Hyperspace Invaders II could well be the perfect game for your pixel-destroying frenzy. Okay, let’s get one thing clear first. Whilst this game clearly takes some inspiration from Space Invaders, the similarities begin and end with the pixelised art style,…
A platformer that’s a blend of music and Greek mythology? Well, now is the perfect time to get your Funk on! Funk of Titans, from developers A Crowd Of Monsters, is an adventure platformer that focuses around “Funk” being ousted by the emergence of Rock, Pop and Rap that causes humankind to become mindless, dancing…
Score Rush seeks to be a fundamentally pure shoot’em up, the forefather to the FPS genre, in a game that tests your ability to multitask as you dodge, fly and shoot your way to glory. Score Rush Extended, brought to us by developers Xona Games, identifies itself as an “intensified arcade-style” game – with plenty of…
If you want to understand Neon Chrome, then forget everything you know about top-down shooters. Well, maybe not everything, but most of it. Death isn’t the end of the game anymore; it’s actually the start. Neon Chrome, brought to us by developers 10tons, claims to be a “ruthless top-down cyberpunk shooter” which is a very…
Off the bat, Dub Dash asks “ARE YOU READY FOR THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE?”, and instantly, you know you’re in for something special. Especially when the soundtrack is laden with branded DJs, and you’re promised “graphical fireworks”. Dub Dash, from Developer Incodra and published by Headup Games, is a fast-paced rhythm-based action/racing game. From the off, the game proudly…
A lone ship, armed with a super laser beam that can fire in any direction, must stand alone in the vast emptiness of space (I think) and time (possibly). It raises just one question: “Are We Doomed?” Brought to your screens by developer Vertex Pop, We Are Doomed is a top-down “twin-stick arena shooter” that…
They are Earth’s last chance against an invading Alien race. The perfect mix of badass and superhero. You’ll know them from your favourite movies, comic books, cartoons and, uh, a few that nobody knows. They are: SIG – Super Intergalactic Gang! Brought to us by developer Martin Cerdeira, Super Intergalactic Gang is a 2D shoot-em-up…
By the 26th Century, robots have become mankind’s supreme overlords, reducing us to a state of stupidity so immense, the death penalty for being slightly smart is to compete on a game show. If that made you think of The Running Man, then you’re pretty much on track with the idea of the game, although…
“Hostile takeover” is a term most people are familiar with. But this is a literal hostile takeover, with guns, flamethrowers and dogs all courtesy of your rival corporation. Imagine a corporate version of Hotline Miami if it wasn’t on ANY drugs, and you’re close to Turnover. Bought to us by developers Long Division LLC, Turnover…
Armed with nothing but his trusted longsword, the White Knight is no match for the valiant Smokey, who cuts him down with a single laser blast to secure the holy grail for himself… hang on. Knight Squad, from developers Chainsawesome Games, is not going to win awards for being historically accurate, but that’s okay! Eight…
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so when a game imitates classic shooters like Metal Slug and Contra – and has a character resembling Mr T albeit armed with a flamethrower – it sounds like a recipe for success! “Oh crap”, your character exclaims, as a giant Metal Slug imitation boss rises…
“Woah, woah, woah, let me get this straight: A ‘musical shooter’? What on earth…?” You heard correctly! You dodge obstacles and blast enemies that are in tune (i.e. created) by the levels indie drum ‘n’ bass soundtrack (the entire OST is also thrown in). Cosmophony is a musical shooter. Who’d have thunk it? So what exactly…
“The End” is here. Well, that’s his actual name but he’s hell-bent on destroying the world unless a group of highly-trained mutants can stop him! Not those mutants, though: mutants with guns, swords and enough backstory to fill a novel. That is until you make a pink-haired schoolgirl punch a robot to death, then everything…
It never ends well for aliens in games, does it? Regardless of where they’re from or how advanced they are in comparison to us, they always end up staring down the protagonist’s barrel or twitching under their mighty boot. Except in Angus Hates Aliens, where it’s a stereotypical redneck farmer complete with a trucker cap…
Driv3r appeared with the smell of burning rubber and the bellow of exhausts, yet it was quickly and quietly forgotten about and left in the bargain bin. Was it really that bad? Driv3r, the third installment in the popular Driver series, was the first game to progress from the PSX onto the sixth generation consoles….
For those of you who weren’t clutching controllers in the early 2000’s, Black may have slipped you by without much notice. But for those of us with Sony’s black box or Microsoft’s monolith, this was a game of legend. Criterion making an FPS had always been big news. They claimed to “do for shooting what…
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