Who would win in a fight, a Tasmanian Devil or a Bobcat? I'd imagine it'd be pretty messy...luckily we don't have to settle a score between those guys because it turns out that both have rather good video games!
In this latest episode we also feature a great one-on-one fighting game all the way from Japan, plus a classic board game re-imagined for the Wii in the form of Monopoly!
We're calling this a 'Retro' unboxing because the game's been out for an age, but we thought you might like to see this unboxing anyway because it's just a really cool special edition, or Limited Edition in this case.
So let's take a look together at what has to be one of the greatest Limited Edition versions of a game ever, and that game is, Metal Gear Rising Revengence!
It's no secret that Tom loves fighting games so it was a foregone conclusion that he'd end up playing another one for an episode of Tom Plays.
So here he is playing some Online Tekken 7 Ranked Matches, will he get promoted or demoted? Watch and find out!
Neil has received 2 hefty packages from our friends over at Big Chief studios, creators of fine collectable figures.
This time it's two of the Tracy brothers, Virgil and Scott, the first of Big Chief's Thunderbirds figure range to see release.
So sit back and relax as Neil unboxes some more high-end collectibles from the folk at Big Chief Studios.
Hello all! It's time for another Parry's Pickups! In this episode we talk about our very first ZX Spectrum game, Fantasy World Dizzy! We also have another version of Tetris, this time a Japanese exclusive and finally not 1 but 2 Happy Feet games for Wii!
So Bubsy, a lot of people seem to hate him. I quite like the original Bubsy game on the Mega Drive, thus leading me to purchase his latest outing, The Woolies Strike Back on PS4. Spoiler...it's a perfectly fine and enjoyable platformer if not a little simplistic and short.
-Tom
Love Loot boxes? Hyped for Marvel Avengers: Infinity War? Well, we've got some great news from LOOTCRATE for you, and remember these apparel are only available in this month's 'Core' and Loot 'Wear' Crates!
First up is the Thanos Shirt (from April’s Core Crate).
This shirt (designed by JO3BOT who designed Marvel’s NYCC 2012 shirt), shows The Mad Titan, Thanos reclining in his terrifying throne having completed his latest DIY project (collecting the fabled Infinity Stones and conquering the Marvel Universe!).
Licensed from Marvel by Loot Crate, this shirt is exclusive to April’s Loot ‘Core’ crate.
Secondly we have The Infinity Gauntlet Shirt (from April’s Loot Wear Crate).
This one is a Thanos Infinity Gauntlet Long Sleeve Tee. Rule the Galaxy in style in this Thanos shirt featuring the coveted Infinity Gauntlet and the six Infinity Stones lined up the sleeve!
With these two exclusive shirts and more TBC content, Loot Crate are positioning themselves as the one stop shop for all Marvel goods leading into the Avengers: Infinity War theatrical release.
For more information or to sign up for Loot Crate, please visit www.lootcrate.com, and check them out on social: Facebook, and @lootcrate on Twitter and Instagram.
Founder/Video Mastermind
Mike is our main go-to-guy for videos. Former 4Kings member and one of the original founders of BlastProcess.com, Mike has been here since the beginning.
The main driving force of the website, Mike loves indie games and apps. So get in touch if you want your game/app featured here!
Blind Bag Unboxing of SuperZings and a VERY RARE SuperZing? Invisible Zing! You can find out more information on SuperZings Rival of Kaboom, right here! http://www.superzings.com/uk/index.php
Founder/Video Mastermind
Mike is our main go-to-guy for videos. Former 4Kings member and one of the original founders of BlastProcess.com, Mike has been here since the beginning.
The main driving force of the website, Mike loves indie games and apps. So get in touch if you want your game/app featured here!
While at Stoke CON Trent 2018 we met with the amazingly talented artist, Lee Sullivan, who has worked on such established and popular franchises as Doctor Who, Transformers and Judge Dredd.
He's also dabbled a bit with some of Gerry Anderson's creations. In this video, Lee takes on the task of drawing a character from the 1964 TV series, Stingray...
Stoke CON Trent is Staffordshire’s Biggest TV, Film, Comic and Memorabilia Convention. Neil and Tom took a video camera along to the event to see what it had to offer!
Further details of the event courtesy of the Stoke CON Trent website:
Many people come to Stoke CON Trent for a variety of reasons. It could be to meet the fantastic line up of guests we have, have a quick chat with them while they sign their autograph for you.
Others to see the attractions, examples at previous events have included various Doctor Who, Terminator, Gerry Anderson and Star Wars Props. We usually have a selection of Classic Cars including replicas of The Back to the Future Delorean, KITT , Del Boy’s Reliant Robin and Capri, A Star Wars X-Wing, The Scooby Doo Mystery Machine, Starsky & Hutch’s Ford Gran Tourino and the A-Team Van. Cosplay – a high percentage of visitors come to Stoke CON Trent dressed as their heroes from TV & Film.
Most enter the wonderful Cosplay Competition. Lots of people visit the various comic traders, artists and exhibitors, the event is the biggest specialist traders congregation of all things comic book, television and film held in Staffordshire on a bi-annual basis.
More info here: http://stokecontrent.co.uk/about/
London, Tuesday 10th April 2018 - Multi-award winning publisher Curve Digital, is pleased to announce that IronOak Games’ For the King will leave Steam Early Access on 19th April 2018. For the King is a rogue-like RPG adventure for which sees players journey into procedurally generated levels to avenge their recently murdered King.
Mixing up a challenging blend of strategy, tabletop RPG, and rogue-like elements, For The King features both a single player experience as well as the ability for three heroes to play cooperatively both online and locally. Taking place in the gorgeous, hexagonal kingdom of Fahrul, players must strategically explore and battle their way through the fairytale, stylized landscape in a bid to discover and survive, lest they succumb to death.
The game’s short run in Early Access allowed for new features to be tested, balanced and tweaked following suggestions from the community. As a result, IronOak Games have added a horde of new features including a Dungeon Crawl Mode, Discord integration, a whole host of multiplayer functionality and, of course, vital enemy and economy balancing. The full list of updates can be found via the game's Steam page.
The exit from Early Access will be accompanied by an extensive free update which adds an all new adventure into the daunting Frozen Expanse. This includes three entirely new realms: The Shivering Woods, Frozen Expanse and the Frigid Sea. Along with these new realms comes two vast new dungeons, a brand-new playable character to unlock and plenty of fiendish traps. Plus over 20 new enemies and encounters, two new Scourges and a wealth of new weapons, armour and loot. For completionists, 10 new steam achievements are up for grabs.
For the King will be priced at $19.99 / £15.49 / 19,99€ with a 20% launch week discount, when it leaves Steam Early Access on April 19th. PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch versions of the game are slated for release in early 2019.
Founder/Video Mastermind
Mike is our main go-to-guy for videos. Former 4Kings member and one of the original founders of BlastProcess.com, Mike has been here since the beginning.
The main driving force of the website, Mike loves indie games and apps. So get in touch if you want your game/app featured here!
Tom and Mike are back with an April's Launch Boks unboxing video. This months box features a whole host of Nintendo, Sonic and Ready Player One goodies!
Launch Boks is a Monthly subscription box with the most epic geek & gamer gear possible, over 60$ in value in each box.
I enjoy a good bargain and I've just picked up a Kinect, thankfully the two go hand in hand. Needless to say we've got a couple of Kinect game's in this week's episode as well as games for a couple of Sony's ill-fated creative pursuits, the PSVita and the Playstation Eye!
Neil has got his hands on the lovely C64 Mini, the latest 'Mini' version of a classic games machine, this time it's the turn of the Commodore 64 Computer to get plugged into one of those new-fangled HD TV things...
A REVIEW BY MIKE DAVIES
Bombslinger is the latest game by Mode4 and while being available through Steam's Early Access program for a couple of years now, the game launches proper on Xbox One, Playstation 4, PC and Nintendo Switch today. We'll be taking a look at the Switch version of the game for this review.
Personally, I'm not into story-driven games these days, so you could say Bombslinger is a perfect match for me with it's firm emphasis on multi-player. The game does however have a story-mode and luckily for me, it's a welcoming and fast-paced affair that follows a straight-forward storyline with a nice quick intro before throwing you into battle. Now let's get on with hog-killin' time.
You play as a poncho wearing bombslinger in a Bomberman / Smash TV style'd game. One glance of Bombslinger and you'll more than likely be familiar with the gameplay mechanics, but there's much more to the game than successful bomb placement and you'll need to have your wits about you if you hope to succeed. The aim of the game is to defeat all enemies within each room and in doing so different areas will open up for you to choose your path to the next randomly generated room. Along the way you'll come across bonus rooms with locked chests within, requiring a key to open. A final room will pit you against the boss for that stage.
Along the way you'll encounter a bunch of different enemies to take down, while gaining coins for doing so. This will then enable you to explore shops that are located around the different rooms and inside you can purchase weapons and power-ups, you'll also gain the ability to select new power-ups with the use of XP that is accumulated throughout the game. All sounds easy right? Drop a few bombs, gain some power-ups, then learn the bosses movement patterns and 'bomb's your uncle'? In practise, the answer is No, this game is hard – well, at least for me. Upon dying you'll be taken back to the very start of the game, and while you do have a couple of lives that are indicated by hearts, it's only the most precise and experienced players that will get to experience all that the Single-Player game of Bombslinger has to offer.
However, as previously mentioned, Bombslinger offers a robust selection of multi-player modes for up to 4-players, this will be the game mode I think most players will relate too, and it's what the Switch is perfect for. You can check out our video below to see the multi-player in action!
So, Bombslinger...is it a bombing good time?
I'm a little torn. On one hand we have the steep difficulty curve of the single-player mode, this is mainly due to the fact that you can't continue from where you left off but then the game is also about progressing and levelling-up while gaining new abilities, so this does help alleviate some of the game's difficulty level if you stick at it. On the other hand we have the pickup and play aspect of the game, with very quick loading times across all game modes, the fantastic presentation, decent music and the hectic but fun multiplayer mode.
-Mike
If Bombslinger sounds like your bag, then you can pick it up from the Nintendo eShop for £10.79.
The game is also available across Europe and other territories including the US:
eShop US Bombslinger US $11.99
Bombslinger is a new Nintendo Switch game from the folks at Mode4.
If you've ever played Bomberman then the gameplay will be comfortably familiar but Bombslinger also throws some fresh ideas into the mix.
So join Tom and Mike as they go all out in the game's chaotic but fun Deathmatch mode!
Bombslinger is released for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Steam on the 11th of April.
Find out more here: http://www.bombslinger.com/
Neil has received a hefty package from our friends over at Big Chief studios, creators of fine collectable figures.
As the video title makes undeniably clear, it's a figure of John Hurt's War Doctor, who first appeared in the 50th Anniversary Special of Dr Who alongside Matt Smith as The Doctor.
So sit back and relax as Neil unboxes another high-end collectible from the folk at Big Chief Studios. https://www.bigchiefstudios.co.uk/
Now these are cool! Join Neil as he unboxes some of these lovely collectible figures featuring some classic Arcade Game characters, including Pac-Man!
We get a little more 'current' in the latest episode of Parry's Pickups and feature not 1 but 2 Xbox One games! As well as some classic 360 and DS offerings, including more Puzzle League (this is the last one...for now).
Join Tom on his continued journey to play the weirdest games available for PS4, this time he investigates Hohokum.