The next entry in the stunning Microsoft Flight Simulator series is now just a couple of weeks away, but if you were hoping for Flight Sim 2024 to get some reviews in the near future, it sounds like you might be waiting until post-launch. This is according to an email we’ve received directly from Microsoft, … Read more
Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension It’s hard to effectively communicate in words the remarkable impact WipEout had on the world of video games when it launched alongside the PlayStation in the West in 1995. From its iconic box artwork to its groundbreaking music and cutting-edge visuals, it was, alongside Ridge Racer, the game which … Read more
With four collections dedicated to its library on Evercade, Toaplan is one of the better-represented developers on the system, and with good reason. During the ’80s and ’90s, the company was responsible for some of the most iconic shmups of all time. The previous three collections have done a commendable job of covering Toaplan’s enviable … Read more
Data East has a rather odd reputation in the world of arcade gaming. While a great many of the company’s games are classics – such as BurgerTime, Joe & Mac, Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, Kung-Fu Master and RoboCop, the Japanese firm was also responsible for a lot of very average (and very odd) coin-ops, too. … Read more
Sonic X Shadow Generations launched towards the end of last month, and here at Pure Xbox we were rather happy with the Blue Blur’s latest outing. Having said that, with this game containing a bunch of remastered content, it’s always worth checking in with the tech experts at Digital Foundry on something like this – … Read more
Esteemed Japanese developer Toaplan may no longer be with us, but current rights holder Tatsujin is making sure its legacy is remembered. We’ve seen Toaplan games on Switch and PC, and there are now four special collections for the Evercade family of systems, covering pretty much all of the company’s key releases during the ’80s … Read more
Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension Blaze’s Evercade range covers both the home and portable markets thanks to its Evercade VS and Evercade EXP products, and it recently expanded into the lower end of the handheld sector via subsidiary HyperMegaTech’s Super Pocket devices. The company’s next move was always going to be noteworthy, and the … Read more
Like most COD games, multiplayer is the real meat and potatoes of the experience – it’s where lots of us will be spending months and months shooting each other digitally over the internet. And, the good news here is that Black Ops 6 MP is really, really good – in fact, we reckon this is … Read more
Call of Duty is stuck in this weird spot of being both an industry-shaking success year after year that fails to completely please its core player base time and again. This year, it feels like Treyarch and Raven have gotten as close as possible to recapturing the ‘lost magic’ of the PS3/360 era while also … Read more
Something I’ve always appreciated about Life is Strange as a franchise is its quiet versatility. The elevator pitch would describe it as a choose-your-own-adventure series about superheroes in modern America, sure, but there’s room within that brief outline to tell all sorts of different stories. Every Life is Strange game typically contains some greater or … Read more
