The Games Shed | Following on the heels of the mighty TAITO Milestones, the sequel of ten incredible games drops on August 31st 2023. ININ and TAITO offer up an absolute monster compilation of classic retro smash hits in this 10 game sure-fire winner: NewZealand Story (1988) Kiki Kaikai (1986) Darius II (3 Screen Arcade Version) (1989) Gun Frontier (1990) Ben Bero Beh (1984) The Legend of Kage (1985) Liquid Kids (Mizubaku Adventure) (1990) Solitary Fighter (1991) Dinorex (1992) Metal Black (1991) This stunning collection comes exclusively to Nintendo Switch in both physical and digital for ..read more

The Games Shed | Highrise City, the ambitious city builder from FourExo Entertainment and Deck13 Spotlight will be leaving Early Access later this year – after releasing countless huge updates, implementing community feedback and new features.   A rapidly growing PC wishlist and gamers eager to experience the final release of this epic experience, focus is on ensuring this meets everyone’s high expectation. More Power! Today the final major update before leaving Early Access has been released for Highrise City, introducing a new research system, an overhauled UI, smaller visual improveme ..read more

The Games Shed | Some 29 years since its initial arcade release, the latest in a long line of Puzzle Bobble titles lands with Puzzle Bobble EveryBubble!. Featuring Bub, Bob and a whole host of pals to bring order to an out of control bubble epidemic on Rainbow Island. Bringing familiar puzzle gameplay we’ve come to love since the early 90’s, Everybubble features a wonderfully wacky Story Mode, local 2v2 battle and four-player co-op modes, on top of this you’ll delight in the all-new on-line multiplayer and the ever-so-fun Puzzle Bobble vs. Space Invaders bonus game. My time was mostly spent in ..read more

The Games Shed | Over 30 years since the Nintendo handheld device which changed the world came out, the Game Boy is still having new physical games released for it. The latest forthcoming title is Kudzu – developed by designer Chris Totten using GB Studio engine, a game set in a world awash with biologists, in which you, Max, must overcome mother-nature to find your master gardening mentor, Zoen, who has mysteriously gone missing. Presently sat on Kickstarter and having achieved its initial target easily and smashed a couple of stretch goals, the team and publishers Mega Cat Studios are seeki ..read more

The Games Shed | Hunt the Night is a top-down souls-like dungeon crawling adventure RPG (..and breathe) title some are comparing to classic Zelda games and Bloodborne, but what do we think of this curious clash of genres? At the heart of Hunt the Night is a story of Vesper, a hunter charged with well err.. hunting the Nigh, the titular evil which has spread over the lands, once kept at bay by the magical Seal of Night, now broken and spread throughout the world, engulfing it in darkness and evil. You must collect the fragments of the seal to return the light and restore balance. Developed by S ..read more

The Games Shed | What The Bat is entirely a ridiculous VR physics experiment, with a rather silly twist – you play a character with baseball bats in place of arms & hands. You start each stage unable to move your lower body, only your head and arms and you must find a way to complete each stage using nothing more than trial and error. There are no instructions, no guidance, nothing. Each world you start on introduces you to the style of challenge each stage within the world will throw at you, but largely it’s a case of try and see what happens. The stages usually revolve around locating a ..read more

The Games Shed | Strayed Lights is a forthcoming title from a studio named Embers. We got our hands on the 1 hour preview, so here are a few initial thought. Strayed Lights is a mysterious 3rd person action title which aims to put all of its focus into its somewhat unique battle mechanic. Waking up under water, perhaps drowning – we’ve no idea how we got there or indeed who (or even what) we are. Clambering our of the water only adds to the mystery. Press releases inform me that we play an ‘unbalanced being of light and darkness on its path towards awakening’, which genuinely does very little ..read more

The Games Shed | Horizon Chase 2 releases this 9th of September on Apple Arcade and coming to PC and Consoles in 2023. The sequel to the award-winning Horizon Chase, one of the most successful arcade racers of the last decade is coming to….. Apple Arcade. On 9th of September those on Apple devices will be able to play Horizon Chase 2, exploring online multiplayer (across all game modes), with an overhaul across the entire game to “considerably improve the experience of the first game in every aspect”. Race across 55 tracks over 5 countries around the World in a “unique, entirely 3D art style ..read more

The Games Shed | Remote Life is an indie developed, Ratalaika published shoot ’em up with some seriously appealing content. Styled around what can only be described as an HR Geiger nightmare, this low cost shmup offers up bags of stylistic, haunting gameplay. The draw in Remote Life is not in the traditional score based gameplay, but its unique twists and turns, its ever evolving gameplay and its relentless attack on the senses. Flashing lights, tight pin-point enemy attack patterns and some difficult-to-master timed maneuvers all perfectly laid out to make a truly memorable shmup. Remote Lif ..read more

The Games Shed | The tenth entry in the COTTON shoot ’em up series since 1991 (known in Japan as Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll) and the third in a year – this delightfully cute mostly-side-scrolling shooter follows a young witch by the name of Cotton and her band of equally delightful yet twisted friends. Familiar to those who have dabbled in shoot ’em ups, this colourful entry gifts us with 6 playable characters (including guest from other games) each with their own completely unique abilities, forcing you to play to each strength and weakness as need be, from the super powerful Kawase (Umihara Kawas ..read more