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Schildmaid MX
PC Reviews

Schildmaid MX – We get our Steam pew pew on

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Schildmaid MX is a horizontal shoot 'em-up from first-time developer HitP Studio. Studio head Michiel kindly got in touch with Fusion to explain that it's currently awaiting release on consoles but has been on Steam since March of this year. We've given this PC version a go and given our thoughts in this review. Like any shmup, you're charged with protecting the planet from impending doom and go on a
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Gameboy Nintendo Reviews

Gamebook – handling the history of the Game Boy

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Back in April, we reported on GAMEBOOK, the new crowdfunding campaign that aimed to create a tome of Game Boy history. The 280-page book has now been released by Ninty Media and its founder Paul Murphy has kindly sent a copy for Fusion to review. The book, titled GAMEBOOK: The Unofficial DMG Companion, takes a thorough journey from the early days of the Game Boy right through to the release
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Fort Solis
Indie PC Reviews

Fort Solis – In space no one can hear you Steam

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Fort Solis is an adventure game from first-time developer Fallen Leaf and publisher Dear Villagers that they've described as a "uniquely singular cinematic experience". We've reviewed the Steam version, but it's also available now on PS5. You play engineers Jack Leary and Jessica Appleton as they respond to an unusual alarm call at a space base called Fort Solis. The overall feel is that of a sci-fi thriller set in
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Dead End City
Indie PC Reviews

Dead End City – Mad Max meets Galaga on Steam

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Dead End City is a vertical-scrolling shooter from Pixel Licker LLC. It's set in a post-apocalyptic world where cars have cannons and you're on a mission to wipe out a band of criminals hellbent on destroying what remains of humanity. It has a real Mad Max vibe due to the combative cars and desert setting. It's available on Steam now. As with any shmup, you take on waves of enemies
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Arcade Collection Indie PC Reviews

Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol. 2 Steam review

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Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol. 2 is here and we've been chomping at the bit to get this review to you. Following the success of Vol. 1, which we rather liked, Bitwave Games is once again quenching our thirst for pew pew games of old with the second instalment available on Steam and GOG from 24th August 2023. Before we get cracking on with the review, it's good
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xtreme sports
Gameboy Indie Nintendo Reviews

Xtreme Sports – Switching between extremes

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Xtreme Sports was originally released on GBC in 2000 and has been given a new lease of life on Switch thanks to WayForward. It was released at a time when the extreme sports genre was at its height thanks to games like Tony Hawk Pro Skater and SSX. The game has five events, skateboarding, street luge, in-line skating, skyboarding, and surfing. You choose to play as either Guppi or Fin
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Nintendo PC Reviews Sony

Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine Review – Super Meat Boy returns

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The tile-matching puzzle genre gets put through the meat grinder! Yes! Super Meat Boy is back - well kind of... The nefarious Dr. Fetus has cloned Meat Boy using an imperfect DNA specimen, and this is producing imperfect clones. You are tasked to help perfect these clones by matching at least 4 of them together, Puyo Puyo style. Yes, this is the love child of your favourite match-four puzzler and
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Nintendo Reviews Sony

Robolt Review – run fast and shoot faster in this new pixel art blaster

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Robolt is a frantic side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter in the all too common pixel-art style. My first impressions weren't exactly great as the first (and the second) time I started Level 1-1, I died before I had even located my character on the screen. When I received my first trophy, I pressed the controller button to see what it was for, returned to the game, only to find the game didn't
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Reviews Sony

Shantae PS4 Review – Half-Genie but All Classic

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Twenty years ago Shantae appeared on the Gameboy Color and was very highly acclaimed - an enhanced version was released sometime later, and ultimately re-released as a classic package on the Switch in 2021. Now this classic Shantae has been let loose on the PlayStation by WayForward - does it still hold up? The first thing that hits you are the large colourful sprites that allude to a certain charm,
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Indie Nintendo PC Reviews Sony

Explore the surreal with Under the Warehouse – Review

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You play as an unnamed worker in a dark concrete building filled with boxes, traffic cones, documents, and workers, all of which seem to be doing very little work. The sprawling complex is both haunting and mysterious, and you're tasked with finding a giant colourful egg, somewhere underground, for an unknown person on the end of a telephone. Everything in this game is quite surreal and ominous. Whether it's the
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