CrossKrush bringing road rage puzzles to consoles this fall.

Henry & Florence are a happily married couple, they enjoy music & have been dancing all their lives. But now, a noisy road has been built right in front of their home, and they can't even have a dance without traffic noises creeping through their most beloved songs. So, they decide to take matters on their own hands and set to clear the road forever!

No jewels or candy, but lots of cars to destroy! Defend your peaceful abode by blowing up as many cars in a row as possible (think Tetris), or whack and hack at them with your cane to finish them off.

Battle wave after wave of oncoming traffic as the challenge increases, and team up with a friend for additional mayhem.

Features:

Simple & intuitive controls

10 levels with 10 puzzles each, for a total of 100 challenges!

Local multiplayer action: play with a friend, or against a friend

2 different characters to choose from, with several customization options

Catchy jazz music

CrossKrush will be priced for 4.99$ / € for all platforms, and it will launch on:

PS4 America: October 20th

PS4 Europe: October 21st

Xbox One: October 21st

PS4 and Nintendo Switch (Japan): October 22nd

Nintendo Switch (NA & EU): October 23rd

Birthday Of Midnight - Launch Trailer

From the creators of Midnight, Midnight Deluxe, and 36 Fragments of Midnight comes another round of golf-like action fun!

Everyone’s favorite fairy is back and ready to be once again launched into the sky. But as always, treacherous obstacles like spikes, circular saws, and plenty of other dangerous hazards are par for the course. To earn a perfect score you must accurately complete each level in the minimum number of strokes, providing an additional layer of challenge.

Do you have the skill to swing for a hole in one?

Features:

70+ engaging levels that get progressively harder

New dangers to overcome

Piano soundtrack to complement gameplay

Birthday Of Midnight will be priced for 4.99$ / € for all platforms, and it will launch on:

PS4 America: September 29th

PS4 Europe: September 30th

Xbox One: September 30th

PS4 and Nintendo Switch (Japan): October 1st

Nintendo Switch (NA & EU): October 2nd

Mafia: Definitive Edition - Launch Trailer "When All is Not What it Seems"

Tommy's life as a humble cabbie is forever changed after a fateful run-in with the mob. Now he's doing jobs for Don Salieri and gaining respect from the Family, but all is not what it seems in the criminal underworld.

Buy on Xbox - https://amzn.to/3mTOZA7

KEY FEATURES:

Re-made from the ground up, rise through the ranks of the Mafia during the Prohibition era of organized crime. After a run-in with the mob, cab driver Tommy Angelo is thrust into a deadly underworld. Initially uneasy about falling in with the Salieri crime family, Tommy soon finds that the rewards are too big to ignore.

Buy on PS4 - https://amzn.to/3hZY6LL

Play a Mob Movie:

Live the life of a Prohibition-era gangster and rise through the ranks of the Mafia.

Lost Heaven, IL:

Recreated 1930's cityscape, filled with interwar architecture, cars and culture to see, hear and interact with.

Re-Made Classic:

Faithfully recreated, with expanded story, gameplay and original score. This is the Mafia you remembered and much more.

Buy on PC (Steam) - https://amzn.to/3kRAAm9

REVIEW: art of rally on PC

Review by Jon Donnis

I was sent a copy of "art of rally" by Future Friends Games.

"art of rally" is a rally game whereby you relive the golden years of rally using classic cars from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. And the first thing you will notice are the graphics, they are incredible, totally different from other games in this genre, the second thing you will notice is the outstanding soundtrack, I found myself playing the free play mode just enjoying the music.

You play in a top down view of sorts, but there is quite a bit of change from being directly above your car to more of a behind angle. There are 60 rally stages from around the world, daily and weekly challenges to complete, a full career mode to enjoy, and over 50 iconic rally cars to choose from.

As I mentioned earlier I found myself enjoying the music on the freeplay mode, in this mode you have the full area to drive around as you please, but to keep you busy you also have things to collect, giant letters that spell out RALLY and cassette tapes, as well a "viewpoints" to stop and take in the view, and by collecting these things you unlock items in the main game.

I played a couple of the daily and weekly challenges, in general these consist of you racing a stage and competing on a leaderboard against people around the world.

There is enough in this game to keep you playing for a long time, and although at first controlling the car seems really hard, you soon get the hang of it and find yourself mastering the art of the rally car.

And don't forget the photo mode, so you can capture your best moments forever and share them with the world.

The Good

The graphics and soundtrack are outstanding, something quite different to your usual rally games.

The Bad

To get the most out of the graphics you will need a pretty decent PC with a Graphics Card to match, but you can adjust the settings for lower powered PCs.

Summary

I really enjoyed this game, and will keep playing it moving forward. 8/10

Out now on Steam, Epic and GOG

USD $24.99

EU €20.99

GBP £19.49

https://store.steampowered.com/app/550320/art_of_rally/

PREVIEW: Space Crew! on PC

Preview by Jon Donnis

I was sent a preview key for Space Crew on Steam (PC) by Renaissance PR

The first thing you will notice about Space Crew is it is clearly a salute to Star Trek.

You take control of a small space ship, your job is to defend Earth and mankind, and to boldly go where no "crew" has gone before. Sound familiar?

This is the most important view you will have while playing the game, and it is the one that you will need to get a grip on. You click on various crew members and give them instructions, whether that be to control the weapons while fighting alien invaders, using the tractor beam, fixing the engines, tackle fires, repair systems and so on, you control the character by either directly clicking on them, or using the panel on the left side of the screen.

Each action you do does have an effect on parts of the ship, so if you put all your power into the shields, then you will lose gravity, engines and weapons, so sometimes you have to make a choice and decide how to balance your needs.

I have played through the first few missions in this Preview release, and my initial thoughts are that although the controls could be better, the game does have potential, you will fly between Earth and Mars on the initial mission, you switch between the internal view of the ship and an external view, on the external view you can select enemies to fire at, or warp gates that allow you to travel between areas, you will transport goods and so on.

Once you complete missions you can upgrade your crew with various equipment, appearances and so on.

You can also customize your spaceship, improve the shields, engine, weapons and so on.

The Good

The graphics are clear, and everything is perfectly fine in the looks and sounds department.

The Bad

The controls could be better, I wasn't keen on them and was forever trying to figure out what to click to get back to an option I previously had on screen, however the more you play the more you will get used to them, I just think they could be a bit more fluid from the start, although the game will "train" you how to play, what to click and so on as you go along.

Summary

The game has a lot of potential, but it also has a long way to go to be the finished article.

I am reliably informed that there will be a DAY 1 patch for Space Crew which will include bug fixes, quality of life improvements and additional gameplay content, so I look forward to seeing what extra they add to the game.