NEWS: Jet Kave Adventure - Coming to Nintendo Switch - Pre-order from 12th of February

Strictly Limited Games, in partnership with 7Levels, has announced the pre-order start date for the exclusive and highly limited boxed editions of Jet Kave Adventure for Nintendo Switch. This exciting release of the 2019 platformer is scheduled to launch in autumn 2023 and eager collectors can pre-order their exclusive Limited Edition, starting on Sunday the 12th of February!

These editions will only be available at Strictly Limited Games and will be the only physical version of the game. https://www.strictlylimitedgames.com/products/jet-kave-adventure-nintendo-switch

About Jet Kave Adventure:

Take on the role of Kave, a caveman, in this action platformer featuring an exotic stone age setting. Disclaimer: 7Levels and SLG make no claims of historical accuracy. While it is proven dinosaurs and cavemen did not exist at the same time, the same can’t be said for aliens.

Kave used to be chief of his tribe, but was cast out for failing to provide food. But when aliens threaten to erupt a volcano to jumpstart their crashed spaceship, destroying everything in its vicinity, he doesn't hesitate to try putting a stop to them. Sounds crazy?

To help him on his quest, he can make use of the best of two worlds, primitive stone age tools and spaced-out sci-fi gadgets. What would a caveman be without his trusty club? Exactly. Bash away at dinosaurs, giant fireflies and other critters to your heart's content. Can’t or don’t want to get close up and personal? No worries, Kave also carries the most advanced ranged weapon technology of his time: the rock. Show those pesky fire breathing lizards who's boss. Finally, there’s the jetpack. This is what you are here for after all, isn’t it? Kave picked it up from the crashed alien spaceship, and it allows him unprecedented mobility for a caveman. Hover, fly and boost your way through varied, 2.5D environments ranging from jungles to caves, sandbanks and volcanos. All these tools, as well as your health, can be upgraded with shells at the shaman's shop. This gives you an edge over your enemies.

Features:

Crazy mix of distant past meets distant future. You heard of Cowboys vs. Aliens? Well, we have Cavemen vs. Aliens.

Fast and fluid 2.5D platform gameplay

Upgrade Kaves’ abilities between stages: Hover longer, take more hits, get a bigger club. It’s up to you.

Colorful and vibrant Stone Age graphics

Hidden collectibles and time trials with online leaderboards for additional replay value

In-game trophies! Can you get them all?

A caveman with a jetpack!

Limited Editions:

Infinite Beyond the Mind gets physical, powered by Strictly Limited Games. The Limited Editions for Nintendo Switch™ can only be found there.

The Limited Edition is limited to 3,000 individually numbered copies for Nintendo Switch, at a price of 29.99€ / $29.99.

This edition will be available for pre-order on Sunday the 12th of February, at 9 AM PDT / 12 AM EDT / 5 PM CEST. Shipping is expected for autumn 2023.

https://www.strictlylimitedgames.com/products/jet-kave-adventure-nintendo-switch

TRAILER: Kingdom Rush - Out Now on Xbox

 

It's time for Xbox players to join the fight! Kingdom Rush, the award-winning tower defence strategy game from Ironhide Game Studio, is now available on Xbox One for £7.99! The initial instalment of the studio's fan-acclaimed tower defence series has been loved by gamers for almost ten years, proving that good classics never lose their enchantment. The franchise's iconic sequels (Frontiers and Origins) will also be available on Xbox systems in the near future.

Xbox players can now visit every corner of the magical, fantastic kingdom of Linirea: a realm full of fun adventures and thrilling battles. Kingdom Rush invites players to set their strategic game plan on the battlefield, as they unfold their tactics to defend different lands and stages from the attack of threatening enemy hordes, led by a greedy dark lord: Vez’nan.

Using a vast arsenal of epic towers and spells, players will command the mightiest heroes and guide the greatest army to victory! Fight on castle outskirts, forests, mountains, and wastelands, customizing a defensive strategy with different tower tests and specializations. Rain fire upon enemies, summon reinforcements, command troops, recruit elven warriors and face legendary monsters on this adventure to save the Kingdom from the forces of darkness!

Key features include:

13 mighty heroes to lead troops to victory

18 tower abilities to maximize your army's power

Over 50 unique enemies from Goblins to Demons each with their own unique attributes

More than 60 achievements with easter eggs to discover and challenges to overcome

Extra game modes that will push players strategy to the limit

Intense boss fights with the Kingdom’s greatest threats, going head to head with your allies

REVIEW: Pretty Girls 2048 Strike on PC (Steam)

Review by Jon Donnis

Zoo Corporation are back with yet another release in their "Pretty Girls" series, this is number 19 and is called Pretty Girls 2048 Strike.

The 2048 in the title is because the game is based on the classic tile sliding puzzle game of the same name.

If you are unfamiliar of the original game, the idea was to use your arrow keys to move the tiles. Tiles with the same number merge into one when they touch. You would win the game when you have a single tile reach 2048, now with this being a Pretty Girls release, there is a twist in the game. Each game will have a title, or multiple tiles featuring one of the Pretty Girls, they will have a score, and every time you move titles in the direction of the Pretty Girl, whatever number is on that particular tile, would take off the same amount from their score, get the Pretty Girl to zero, and you win the level. However if the board fills up, and there are no moves left, you lose.

It may sound a bit confusing, but this may very well be the most addictive Pretty Girls release yet. The addition of the Pretty Girl tile, really does take the original game to a new level, throw in some special skills, that both you the player, and the Pretty Girl can activate, and that brings another level of gameplay and tactics.

Skills for you can include a shuffle of the whole board. Which is very much needed on harder levels when you are running out of mergeable tiles. Another skill when activated will automatically "attack" every Pretty Girls tile, with the equivalent number of the highest tile on the board.

Skills for the Pretty Girls include things like unmergeable tiles, add another Pretty Girl character tile to the board, put a shield around a tile, and so on.

The game is incredibly easy to pick up, and you will get the hang of it pretty quickly. Each set of stages is attached to a different Pretty Girl character, beat all the stages, unlock that girl, earn points for the shop.

As with all Pretty Girls releases, these are sexy Japanese style "Bishoujo" characters, no nudity. Once you collect the Pretty Girls, you can unlock costumes, facial expressions and backgrounds so you can make your Diorama. You can then save the image.

There are 10 stages for each of the five characters. All get progressively harder. And all characters are voiced in Japanese.

There is also an endless mode, where the main aim is just to survive as long as you can, and get as high a tile score as you can. There are 3 stages to play in endless mode, 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5 size boards.

There are two types of Character, with Exorcist Swordsman and Demon Tribe, and each character has their own little bio and story. For example

Chikage - Chikage specializes in a ninja-like fighting style. She has a personality that is both hardworking and confident. She admires her mother, who was an exorcist Swordsman, and dressed as a male in order to pursue her strength and follow the path of swordsman.

Lilim - A dream demon. She looks down on humans as food for her energy. She is mischievous and playful, and enjoys bullying humans. She absorbs energy through dreams and hallucinations.

These are mainly just window dressing and don't affect the game, but it is nice that the effort has been made in these characters.

The Good

As with all of the Pretty Girl's releases, they are based on classic games, this is the first one however where I had never played the classic game before, so for me this was a totally new game in every sense. And despite the main gameboard being very simple, the addictive nature of the gameplay cannot be understated. This is a fantastic game, and perhaps my favourite out of all of the Pretty Girls releases, and I have played a lot of them.

Super simple gameplay, with a growing challenge, that really will challenge all fans of puzzle games.

The Bad

Of the various difficulty levels, the first 3 are pretty easy and you will get through the stages in no time, I think either more levels, or more of a balance on those earlier levels would have been good, but then again it might just be that I am very good at this game?

Overall

I loved this game, definitely my favourite of all the releases, and a game I will keep playing after I have written this review, which is always the biggest compliment a game can get. I honestly can't think of anything that would improve this game outside of more levels. It is that good.

Easily Puzzle game of 2022. I score Pretty Girls 2048 Strike on PC (Steam) a super strong 9.5/10. Near puzzle perfection

Out on PC (Steam) Now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2210630/Pretty_Girls_2048_Strike/

REVIEW: Whisker Squadron: Survivor on PC (Steam)

Review by Jon Donnis

Another day and another review, this time we are looking at Whisker Squadron: Survivor.

This is the first game set in the Whisker Squadron universe, and a roguelite shooter from the makers of RACE THE SUN. In Whisker Squadron: Survivor, the action takes place in a continuous corridor setting over the course of 30 minute runs, with a strong emphasis on roguelite survival.

With a variety of feline pilots, ships, and weaponry at your disposal, you may customize your loadout before setting out on a run that only gets tougher with each wave. You can upgrade through a dizzying array of randomly selected upgrades by collecting scrap from your defeated enemies, giving each run a distinctive build.

Whisker Squadron: Survivor, which serves as a prequel to the 2023 space-faring adventure Whisker Squadron.

With a relatively tiny download size, this is an impressive looking game. The sound effects and music are all decent. The music could have been lifted right out of an 80s detective TV show! But now we get to the all important question of how does it play.


You have a choice of using keyboard and mouse, or gamepad. You would think that this game would be made for gamepads and console type controllers. Unfortunately this is the one part that the game really trips on. One of the aspects of the game is turning your ship side ways, it helps you avoid enemy bullets and also get through some tight areas, but using the gamepad, this extra control aspect just didn't feel easy to use, and I found myself totally ignoring that, and just flying with the ship flat. I then tried with a mouse and keyboard, and to be fair it definitely felt easier to control, and even I found myself using the side ways option and also the full rotate, to not only avoid enemy fire but also to go through those tricky areas.

With the mouse and keyboard being a better option, the game still struggles with the control aspects. It just never feels quite right. You are aiming with the mouse at the enemies, but this also controls the direction the ship is moving, so it is hard to do what you want at times. But the more you play, the more you adapt and get used to the controls.

The Good

Very nice looking and sounding game. Nice simple concept that plays ok once you get over the controls.

Shoot at the enemies, progress and upgrade your weapons, shoot at more enemies.

The Bad

The controls. 

Overall

A simple little game, bogged down by a poor control system, stick with it and you will be rewarded with some fun game play.

I score Whisker Squadron: Survivor on PC (Steam) a fair 7/10

Out on 2023 on Steam.
Wishlist at https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140100/Whisker_Squadron_Survivor/

TRAILER: Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

 

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is a new Stealth Strategy game from Mimimi Games, the developers of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun and Desperados III.

In Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, you will join a ghost ship with a living soul, sailing the Lost Caribbean, and assemble a cursed pirate crew. Embrace supernatural powers to defy the menacing army of the Inquisition, who stands between you and the mysterious treasure of the legendary Captain Mordechai.

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is coming to Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 in 2023.

Welcome to the Lost Caribbean! In this stealth strategy game, join a ghost ship with a living soul and assemble a cursed pirate crew. Embrace supernatural powers to defy the menacing Inquisition of the Burning Maiden, who stands between you and the mysterious treasure of the legendary Captain Mordechai.

Join The Red Marley, a ghost ship with a living soul. On deck, plan your next adventure or just hang out with your crew mates while they enjoy their un-life. Get to know these legendary cursed pirates of the Lost Caribbean. With individual character missions find out about their backstories, learn who they are and what led them on their cursed journeys.