Rollerdrome

The next batch of PS Plus games are about to be revealed by Sony. Assuming the line-up isn't leaked ahead of schedule, the December 2023 free PS4 and PS5 games will be officially unveiled at 4.30pm GMT UK time on the afternoon of November…

Microsoft has announced the next wave of Xbox Game Pass releases for the end of November. It all starts today with the release of Coral Island on Xbox Series X|S and on Cloud platforms. Taking its cues from Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon,…

This wasn’t meant to be a game Set in a dystopian future straight out of the cocaine haze of the 1970s, Rollerdrome takes two of gaming’s most cherished pastimes—pulling off sick combos and murder—and mashes them up into an audacious…

I wouldn’t expect roller skating and third-person shooting to be a chocolate and peanut butter situation, but Rollerdrome proves it can be just that. By essentially inventing a new single-player sport, OlliOlli World developer…

My roller skates come to life, whirling loudly on concrete before drowning out to the murderous symphony of shotgun blasts and rocket explosions. I spin to avoid a hail of bullets, latch my skates onto a rail, and then flip through the air,…

When I was losing hours to Roll7's latest side-scrolling skateboard platformer, OlliOlli World, I never said to myself, "I wonder what this would be like if my skater had a gun." Roll7 obviously did,…

It’s Tuesday morning. I’m late. I’ve missed the embargo deadline for Rollerdrome. Across the games press, website authors have already published previews and stories about their time playing Roll7’s blood-packed sports title.  But I can’t…

Rollerdrome turns skateparks into warzones, and does it pretty well Missiles rain down. Snipers bead in on me. Land mines are flying out across the park, lying in wait. And I am doing the sickest flip I can to refill my ammo. Rollerdrome…

Coming off the critical acclaim of skateboarding side-scroller OlliOlli World, you might ask, where could Roll7 go from here? The developer has a solid mastery of "flow state" games that are all about hitting jumps,…

Pop a flip, land a headshot Rollerdrome is set to drop into the rink soon. Today, Roll7 and Private Division showed off the level design of this new blend of skating and shooting. Initially revealed during Sony’s State of Play in June, …