Popular Games by Headup Games
The Inner World - The Last Wind Monk Switch eShop
- 3rd Aug 2018 (UK/EU)
- 3rd Aug 2018 (NA)
Vambrace: Cold Soul Switch eShop
Headup Games / Devespresso Games
- 29th Aug 2019 (UK/EU)
- 29th Aug 2019 (NA)
Bridge Constructor Portal Switch eShop
Headup Games / ClockStone Software
- 28th Feb 2018 (UK/EU)
- 28th Feb 2018 (NA)
Reviews of Headup Games Games
Review Aerial_Knight's Never Yield (Switch) - A Super Stylish Yet Straightforward Runner
Super style over substance
If there's one thing that Aerial_Knight's Never Yield has got totally nailed down, it's a seriously funky sense of style. This is a super cool side-scrolling runner from Neil "Aerial_Knight" Jones that really does look and sound the absolute business. However, it's also one that's somewhat lacking in the gameplay...
Review Pumpkin Jack (Switch) - The Perfect Platforming Treat For The Spooky Season
Tonnes of skele-fun
We don’t know about you, but Halloween is one of our favourite times of the year. Autumn is in full force, supermarkets are littered with skeletons and pumpkins, and it’s possibly the only time of year where it’s acceptable to watch The Exorcist on repeat while gorging on Toblerone (although you'll forgive us if that's been...
Review Colt Canyon (Switch) - A Twin-Stick Roguelike With Razor-Sharp Gameplay
A Fistful of Bullets
Twin-stick shooters generally have a lot in common with one another. Most of the time, they’ll throw an absurd amount of enemies in your direction, and it’s often an exercise in basic survival against the odds, with bullets flying in every direction possible. Colt Canyon certainly displays aspects of this, but it’s an...
Review Rigid Force Redux (Switch) - This Will Tide You Over Until R-Type Final 2 Arrives On Switch
R you my Type?
By the time the fifth generation of hardware arrived, 3D polygons in video games were nothing new. What changed was the available home consoles' power to manipulate them, forcing developers to adapt and evolve. Overnight, hundreds of 2D game series had full-3D makeovers with mixed success, but for the humble shmup, the move was more...
Soul Eater
We here at Nintendo Life have something of a soft spot for 2018’s excellent roguelike RPG Darkest Dungeon. With its beautifully distinctive art style married to tight, enthralling battles which made maintaining the sanity of your party of warriors every bit as important as keeping on top of your combat strategies, it managed to walk a...
Review Windscape (Switch) - A Pleasantly Laid-Back Take On A Well-Worn Genre
Gone with the Morrowind
Roaming the skyward islands of Windscape, you'll find yourself descending into a perpetual state of explorative calm. This is a world of monsters and ne'er do wells, much like any other fantasy setting with a splash of the medieval, but roaming its semi-cartoonish lands often invokes the sedate pace of Firewatch and...
Latest Headup Games News
Thursday23rd Jan 2025
News 'Symphonia' Harmonises Hand-Drawn Art And Musical Platforming On Switch Today
Non-violint
After first catching our eye at the 2023 Gamescom Future Games Show, musical platformer Symphonia has finally finished tuning up and is ready to make some noise on Switch today. Developed by Sunny Peak and published by Headup, Symphonia is a non-violent platformer where you play as an adorable little violinist, determined to bring life...
Wednesday26th Feb 2020
News Rigid Force Redux Will Make The Wait For R-Type Final 2 A Little Bit Easier
Coming to Switch this summer
R-Type Final 2 might be on the horizon, but we've got a while to wait yet – which makes the announcement of Rigid Force Redux all the more appealing. Developed by com8com1 and published by Headup Games, Rigid Force Redux is inspired by Irem's coin-op classic, as well as the likes of Konami's Gradius and Square's Ein
Saturday20th Apr 2019
News Humble Store Expands Digital Switch Selection With More Third-Party Offerings
Capcom, Sega and more
At the beginning of 2019, the Humble Store started to offer digital codes for select Switch and 3DS titles. In March, it followed this up by adding a bunch of third-party Switch titles from publishers such as 2K and Curve Digital. The publishing side of Humble also said it would be adding mor
Monday1st Apr 2019
News Dubious eShop Game Safety First Puts The 'Pee' In Puzzler
How long before it's pulled?
A very strange little game has popped up on the Switch eShop that has us wondering what exactly is going on over at Nintendo's certification department. From the looks of the pictures, it seems like you're controlling Mr Game and Watch's lewd, drunken uncle. No, it's not an April Fools' prank - the game's called Safety...
Tuesday19th Feb 2019
News Vambrace: Cold Soul Brings Roguelike Fantasy To Switch This Summer
Single-player adventure coming in 'Q3 2019'
Coming from Devespresso Games, the Korean studio behind The Coma: Recut, their latest game is planned for a summer release on Switch and other consoles following a PC launch in April. Vambrace: Cold Soul is a hand-illustrated 'roguelite' adventure set in the city of Icenaire. The city is populated by a...
Monday18th Feb 2019
News Turned-Based Multiplayer Racer Fromto Is Coming To Switch This Year
The drawing board comes to life
Now this looks interesting. Half racing game, half demented physics puzzler, Fromto is a turn-based racer. Players construct the track in build rounds and then challenge each other with ever trickier designs and alterations. It appears that you all race the same track, so while it's all very adding ridiculous...
Wednesday13th Feb 2019
News Colt Canyon, A Twin Stick Shootin' Western, Is Coming To Switch in Q3 2019
Rogue dead redemption
For those of you eyeballing the Old West action on other consoles with jealousy, there's a 2D stranger just waltzed into town. Colt Canyon is a retro-flavoured roguelike where you take control of various gunmen and bring justice to the West, pixel-by-pixel. Headup Games has released details describing a handcrafted world with...
Friday20th Apr 2018
News Runbow Isn't Quite Ready To Dash Onto Switch, Needs A Few More Weeks In Training
"But rest assured - it's just a matter of weeks"
Party game Runbow has been delayed on Switch, it has been revealed. Publisher Headup Games and developer 13AM have released a joint statement apologising for the delay, which has been made "in order to further optimise the game’s performance". The delay impacts both the Switch and PS4...
Wednesday6th Dec 2017
News Bridge Constructor Portal Is Coming To Switch In Early 2018
GLaDOS to see it
Headup Games has revealed that it is bringing ClockStone's Bridge Constructor Portal to the Nintendo Switch next year. An update of the smartphone title Bridge Constructor created in conjunction with Portal studio Valve, Bridge Constructor Portal features the "vehicle-based test chambers" of Aperture...
Monday30th Oct 2017
News Earth Atlantis Gets a Notable Update on Switch
'Pixel Perfex listened to your feedback'
The Switch eShop already has some fascinating and exclusive releases, and one of these is Earth Atlantis. With an eye-catching visual style and solid monster-hunting mechanics it's tempted plenty to dive underwater on the hybrid system. Nevertheless every game can get better, and Pixel Perfex has...
Friday28th Jul 2017
News Slime-san is Sliding Onto the Switch eShop on 3rd August
Includes plenty of adventuring and unlockable multiplayer 'arcade' games
Earlier this month we shared some details on upcoming Switch eShop projects from publisher Headup Games, including the rather intriguing Slime-san. It was given an 'August' window, and Headup Games has now confirmed that it'll land on the store on 3rd August - it's not far...
Tuesday11th Jul 2017
News Headup Games Gives Release Details for Three Switch eShop Titles
With one due sooner than you might think
HeadUp Games is a company that became familiar to Nintendo gamers through its Wii U eShop title Typoman, but since then it's been building a substantial library as a publisher. In helping Indies of various sizes release their titles, HeadUp Games has lined up a fair bit of content for Nintendo Switch. We...
Monday10th Apr 2017
News Headup Games is Bringing The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ to Europe as a Switch Retail Release
The start of a "strategic alliance" with Nicalis
Whenever we cover release details for Nicalis titles, in particular anything going to retail such as The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ and Cave Story+, 'in North America' should be an assumed add-on. The logistical challenges and realities of retail distribution has meant that early efforts from the...
Thursday22nd Dec 2016
News Toby: The Secret Mine is Digging Its Way to Wii U in Early 2017
Headup Games steps in with publishing
Headup Games is a publisher that made its Nintendo debut in this Wii U generation with the rather smart Typoman. The company is a prolific publisher on various platforms, and in pleasing news one of its closest new releases will also be coming to Nintendo's system. The work of Lukáš Navrátil, Toby: The...
Tuesday12th Apr 2016
News Headup Games Lines Up More Intriguing Titles for the Wii U eShop
Three on the way, and a potential fourth
Headup Games is a prolific publisher across various platforms, and recently brought Brainseed Factory's Wii U exclusive Typoman to the world. It's keen to support Nintendo's store, too, and has confirmed a number of future titles for the system that will also be on show at next week's PAX East in Boston...
Friday13th Nov 2015
News Typoman For Wii U eShop Will Be Released In North America And Europe On 19th November
The power of letters
Headup Games has announced Brainseed Factory's elegantly crafted platform game, Typoman, will be released on the Wii U eShop in both Europe and North America on 19th November. The Wii U exclusive will be priced at € 13.99 (USD 13.99, GBP 9.99), with individuals who participated in the E3 Nindies@Home program in June eligible...
Monday14th Sep 2015
News Release Of Wii U Exclusive Typoman Postponed
A bad spell
Publisher Headup Games has gotten in touch to reveal that the release of its Wii U eShop exclusive Typoman has been postponed. No reasons are given for the delay, but the publisher is keen to stress that it's only a minor setback and that the development process is progressing well. The game was due to launch this week in North America...
Tuesday25th Aug 2015
"We're very fortunate that Typoman's concept has been well received so far"
There are a number of promising games on the way to the Wii U eShop, though not many are exclusives. Typoman is an exception, then, and has a promising concept. Included in the Nindies@Home demo range earlier in the summer, we all had a chance to see how platforming and word...
Monday18th Aug 2014
News Typoman Hoping to Get it Right on the Wii U eShop
Not a game about the perils of games writing, sadly
Typos are the curse of any writer, especially those that'll get metaphorically clubbed over the head and told off whenever they slip up in published articles. Thankfully these typos aren't actually important in a life and death sense, which seems to be the premise behind Typoman. Set to come to...
