Jul 18, 2014

Mario Maker Adam: I’m not generally the kind of person to enjoy level editors and the like, but Mario Maker’s tools were so easy to use (and its components so familiar) that I was able to put together a portion of a level within seconds. Thanks to twenty years of Mario games, it’s an incredibly intuitive toolset: You already know what each block,...

Jul 16, 2014

Format: 3DS (version reviewed), Wii U Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: The Game Bakers Developer: The Game Bakers Players: 1 Site: www.thegamebakers.com/games Squids have subtly infiltrated the public consciousness for a long time now. For years Mario has been bumping off their squishy heads, or using their ink to gain the upper hand in races; and we recently...

Jul 15, 2014

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Adam: I was looking forward to seeing this the most, having been a huge fan of Captain Toad’s levels from Super Mario 3D World. It’s exactly that but with some new mechanics. The haunted house level had doors that led to one another, set into walls that you could move with the gamepad, which will hopefully be...

Jul 14, 2014

Adam: I was quite looking forward to Sonic Boom since its team is composed of people behind one of my favourite 3D platformers, Jak & Daxter. I figured that we might finally see the good Sonic game that’s been missing for varying lengths of time (depending on who you ask) thanks to a new team with new mechanics and a new take on Sonic. It certainly...

Jul 11, 2014

Format: PC (version reviewed), Wii U, 3DS Unleashed: PC: Out Now, Wii U & 3DS: Out now USA, TBA Europe Publisher: Yacht Club Games Developer: Yachet Club Games Players: 1 Site: www.yachtclubgames.com/shovel-knight/ You’d be forgiven for taking a glance at Shovel Knight and assuming it’s another game that relies on nostalgia rather than any...

Jul 9, 2014

Last year’s E3 was all about the new consoles from Sony and Microsoft, but thankfully this year the focus was purely on the games. While there were no poor shows, there weren’t any ‘wow’ moments either, with most of the new games on show scheduled to launch in 2015. Microsoft hit back with plenty of games announcements this year, after...