Tag: Headup Games
Mini Review Pumpkin Jack: New-Gen Edition (PS5) - Halloween Platformer Is Four Hours of PS2 Era Fun
Jack's back
Pumpkin Jack is an action platformer that harkens back to simpler times. It released for PlayStation 4 last year, but we foolishly missed out on the fun. Thankfully, we've been able to catch up with Jack on PS5 thanks to the New-Gen Edition of the game, which runs at a silky smooth 60 frames-per-second, and features load times that last...
News Fun 3D Platformer Pumpkin Jack Is Trick or Treating to PS5 Just in Time for Halloween
Free upgrade from PS4 version
Rather good 3D platformer Pumpkin Jack released on PlayStation 4 earlier this year, and now it's jumping to PlayStation 5 as Pumpkin Jack: New-Gen Edition. The next-gen version will arrive just in time for Halloween, launching on the 27th October. And, if you already own the game on PS4, you'll be able to upgrade to the...
News Pumpkin Jack Brings Belated Halloween Festivities to PS4 This Month
Better late than never
Pumpkin Jack is a spooky action platformer that appears to share more than a little DNA with MediEvil. It launched in October 2020 on other systems, but missed that Halloween window on PlayStation 4. Not to be discouraged by the several months between then and now, publisher Headup Games is finally ready to bring the game to...
News Old School Platformer Pumpkin Jack Brings MediEvil Vibes in Latest Gameplay
Grave robbing
We found out about Pumpkin Jack all the way back in February, but there's been little seen of it since. This action adventure game, inspired by PlayStation platformers like Jak & Daxter and MediEvil, looks to be a very straightforward affair, and certainly bears similarities to Sir Dan's adventures. This new gameplay video comes...
News Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead Is a Crossover We Didn't Expect
Escaping to PS5, PS4
Bridge Constructor’s found a pretty sturdy business model, melding its brain-teasing construction puzzles with various popular properties, like Portal. However, we can’t say we had predicted this The Walking Dead crossover, which will see you using your grey matter to transport survivors such as Daryl, Michonne, and Eugene...
News Jak & Daxter, MediEvil Fans Will Dig PS4 Platformer Pumpkin Jack
Sowing the seeds
If last year’s MediEvil remaster didn’t fully satisfy your horror-tinged hop-and-pop itch, then upcoming 3D platformer Pumpkin Jack may do the trick. Officially billed as for “fans of Jak & Daxter”, the collaboration between publisher Headup Games and developer Nicolas Meyssonnier will find you “engaging in an epic...
News Runbow Delayed on PS4, Crosses the Finish Line a Few Weeks Late
Keep on running
The colourful platformer, Runbow, was due to come to PS4 in a few days time, but publisher Headup Games has just announced a short delay for the title. There isn't a solid date yet, but in a press release, the publisher states that the game needs a few more weeks in order to get everything up to scratch. Headup Games and 13AM Games...
Review Bridge Constructor Stunts (PS4)
Dangerous commute
If Edgar Wright’s playlist-fueled boy racer movie Baby Driver taught us anything, it’s that merely driving from one point to another is no longer enough to satisfy the whims of a world captivated by the explosive impact of Marvel. We need a little flourish here and there, and maybe even a few explosions to brighten up the day...
News Runbow Makes a Colourful Splash on PS4 Next Month
Rainbow chaser
The kaleidoscopic party game Runbow is heading to PS4, and it's coming very soon indeed. The platformer/brawler is set to launch on PlayStation Store on 24th April 2018. A physical version dubbed the Deluxe Edition is also planned, but this is due to release a little later, on 14th June. This version of the game will include all DLC...
Interview How Did Bridge Constructor Portal End Up with One of Valve's Biggest Properties?
How the unlikely mashup came to be
We reviewed Bridge Constructor Portal recently, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Awarding it a decent 7/10, we praised the way Portal's elements were interwoven into the Bridge Constructor framework, and as big fans of Valve's stellar first person puzzler, it was great to go back to Aperture Science and absorb that...
Review Bridge Constructor Portal (PS4)
Quantum physics
Who could've seen Bridge Constructor Portal coming? A mashup of the popular physics title and the prestigious first-person puzzler? It might sound like an unusual pairing, but rest assured, the formula works. Developer ClockStone has successfully merged its simple bridge building game with the modern classic to create a title you...
News Bridge Constructor Portal Teleports to PS4 on 1st March
Are you GLaDOS?
It’s not the full-length Portal sequel that many wanted, but Bridge Constructor Portal seems like a perfect mash-up from where we’re sitting. As you’d expect, the title sees you both building bridges and utilising portals to help navigate vehicles through pristine lab-like environments. It’s a perfect marriage, as the trailer...
News Bridge Constructor Portal Announced, Coming Early 2018
GLaD tidings
When we try to think up likely spin-offs to franchises, a bridge construction game for Portal isn't one that comes to mind. But here we have it: Bridge Constructor Portal is coming to the PlayStation 4 in early 2018. The YouTube description states that: "Bridge Constructor Portal will blend the laws of structural engineering and...
Review Toby: The Secret Mine (PS4)
Mine your manners
Toby: The Secret Mine is a game full of promise and potential, but unfortunately isn't able to reach the lofty heights it strives for. Despite taking clear inspiration from a game that in the past several years has made a serious impact on the puzzle-platform genre, one man developer Lukáš Navrátil isn't able to quite nail the...
Outside help
The Inner World is a fun and charming experience set in an imaginative world, but it's held back by a number of all too common flaws of the adventure game genre. You play as the naive Robert, an apprentice who has spent his whole life living in a castle under the watchful eye of Conroy, a wind monk in charge of ensuring wind continues...
Review Bridge Constructor (PS4)
Bridging the gap
We've all travelled across a bridge at some point in our lives, and we've stopped on more than one occasion to marvel at their impressive structural designs. But while crossing these bridges, have you ever wondered what it takes to design and construct perfectly balanced bridges like Isambard Kingdom Brunel's suspension bridges?...
