Latest Reviews of Tribute Games Games
Turtles in prime
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is a love letter to the era of licensed belt brawlers, with Konami’s legendary Turtles in Time being a clear inspiration. With co-op being a huge selling point for this beautiful beat-'em-up, we decided to play through as a trio – and present our review as a roundtable to reflect...
Get hooked
Flinthook is a prime example of how the execution of an idea is often more important than the idea itself. At first glance, it seems like any other modern roguelike, running from one procedurally-generated, 16-bit era inspired room to the next, shooting enemies for cash that you use to buy supplies and power-ups along the way. But under...
Review Ninja Senki DX (PS Vita)
No-go ninja
Tribute Games has been churning out unremarkable indie games for quite a while now. Each illuminates a finer aspect from all of those 8 and 16-bit titles we grew to know and love but always does so in a negative way. Wizorb is unique but trite in its presentation. Mercenary Kings is what Metal Slug would've looked like after a bout with...
Pain is temporary
Life is tough when a wizard king has cursed you and certain death awaits unless you can find and mix the Elixir of Life itself. If that wasn't bad enough, you're about to be swarmed by all manner of monsters hungry to finish you off. This is the precarious predicament in which you find yourself in Tribute Games' Curses 'N Chaos –...
Review Mercenary Kings (PlayStation 4)
You've been Tango'd
Tribute Games’ old school sidescroller Mercenary Kings is something of a Kickstarter success story, having reached Steam and the PlayStation 4 courtesy of a crowdfunding drive a couple of years ago. Produced by a chunk of the team behind the brilliant Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, this next-gen escapade maintains the same...
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News Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Launch Trailer Is a Shell of a Good Time
Turtaly bodacious, dude
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is pure, unadulterated nostalgia, with impeccable animation, and is just an all-around awesome video game, all told. It's available now, and we got a brand new trailer to celebrate its launch. Based on the original 1987 cartoon series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's...
News Rappers from the Wu-Tang Clan Contributed to a Track for TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Protect ya leathery, reptillian neck
In what is perhaps the most New York crossover in all of gaming history, iconic Wu-Tang clan rappers Ghostface Killah and Raekwon have contributed verses to a track called "We Ain't Came to Lose", which will feature on the official soundtrack of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. The entire...
News PlayStation Plus Was the Best Option for Mercenary Kings, Says Developer
No regrets
As you're no doubt aware, this month's PlayStation Plus freebie on the PlayStation 4 was Tribute Games' indie shmup Mercenary Kings. Originally released on the PC last year, the title joins a growing number of games being giv
News Retro Shmup Mercenary Kings Will Be Pumping the Vita Full of Lead
And it's cross buy, too
If you're a PlayStation Plus member, you've likely spent the last week or two playing through Tribute Games' retro romp Mercenary Kings. What's more, if you're anything like us, you've probably been lamenting the fact that it isn't on the PlayStation Vita. Because, as we all know, any game can be made instantly better by...
News Mercenary Kings Developer Tribute Games Has Set Its Sights on a New Title
More info to be revealed at PAX
Indie studio Tribute Games has been a bit busy of late, having recently released old school shoot-'em-up Mercenary Kings. There's no rest for the wicked, though, as it's also just announced a totally new game by way of a frustratingly ambiguous tweet. The Quebec-based developer released the above image accompanied...
News Indie Shooter Mercenary Kings Takes Aim at PS4 from 1st April
Lock 'n' load
We've had our eyes on side-scrolling shooter Mercenary Kings for quite a while now. Boasting a nostalgic visual style helped along by a heaped spoonful of inspiration from the seminal Metal Slug series, the title has definitely piqued our interest. Most exciting of all, though, is its insanely robust crafting system, which features...
News Mercenary Kings Won't Be Targeting the PS4 Until Early Next Year
It won't be home for Christmas
Another day, another vague 2014 release date. Indie shooter Mercenary Kings was originally planned to launch sometime in November this year, but developer Tribute Games recently announced that the title has been delayed, and is now pencilled in for
News Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Launch Trailer Is a Shell of a Good Time
Turtaly bodacious, dude
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is pure, unadulterated nostalgia, with impeccable animation, and is just an all-around awesome video game, all told. It's available now, and we got a brand new trailer to celebrate its launch. Based on the original 1987 cartoon series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's...
News Rappers from the Wu-Tang Clan Contributed to a Track for TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Protect ya leathery, reptillian neck
In what is perhaps the most New York crossover in all of gaming history, iconic Wu-Tang clan rappers Ghostface Killah and Raekwon have contributed verses to a track called "We Ain't Came to Lose", which will feature on the official soundtrack of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. The entire...
News PlayStation Plus Was the Best Option for Mercenary Kings, Says Developer
No regrets
As you're no doubt aware, this month's PlayStation Plus freebie on the PlayStation 4 was Tribute Games' indie shmup Mercenary Kings. Originally released on the PC last year, the title joins a growing number of games being giv
News Retro Shmup Mercenary Kings Will Be Pumping the Vita Full of Lead
And it's cross buy, too
If you're a PlayStation Plus member, you've likely spent the last week or two playing through Tribute Games' retro romp Mercenary Kings. What's more, if you're anything like us, you've probably been lamenting the fact that it isn't on the PlayStation Vita. Because, as we all know, any game can be made instantly better by...
News Mercenary Kings Developer Tribute Games Has Set Its Sights on a New Title
More info to be revealed at PAX
Indie studio Tribute Games has been a bit busy of late, having recently released old school shoot-'em-up Mercenary Kings. There's no rest for the wicked, though, as it's also just announced a totally new game by way of a frustratingly ambiguous tweet. The Quebec-based developer released the above image accompanied...
News Indie Shooter Mercenary Kings Takes Aim at PS4 from 1st April
Lock 'n' load
We've had our eyes on side-scrolling shooter Mercenary Kings for quite a while now. Boasting a nostalgic visual style helped along by a heaped spoonful of inspiration from the seminal Metal Slug series, the title has definitely piqued our interest. Most exciting of all, though, is its insanely robust crafting system, which features...
News Mercenary Kings Won't Be Targeting the PS4 Until Early Next Year
It won't be home for Christmas
Another day, another vague 2014 release date. Indie shooter Mercenary Kings was originally planned to launch sometime in November this year, but developer Tribute Games recently announced that the title has been delayed, and is now pencilled in for