The finest games on Commodore’s beloved 16-bit system. While gaming history tends to be dominated by home consoles, it’s important to remember that, at one point, many players got their fix from a home computer. During the ’80s and early ’90s, powerful 16-bit machines like the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga went toe-to-toe with the…
Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a mammoth-sized update, titled Update 2.0, tomorrow, September 21, and it promises to be a bit of a game changer. A police revamp, a progression overhaul, a new cybernetics system, vehicular combat, DLSS 3.5—it’s vast, and thankfully separate from the Phantom Liberty expansion due next week, so you’ll get all of…
The military-strategy title gets an upgrade. Koei Tecmo has announced that Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake will be upgrading the 2001 military-strategy title and bringing it to the Switch in early 2024. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms series has had a somewhat inconsistent release for Western audiences, with many of the entries…
For the ridiculous price of ¥999,900! As spotted by SuddenDesu on Twitter earlier this week, an extremely rare and undumped piece of Mega Drive software called WonderMidi has just gone on sale in Japan on Yahoo Auctions for an eye-watering price of ¥999,900 (roughly £5,462/$6,765). Wonder Midi was a Victor-developed program created for the special…
I always knew that Ancient Egypt had been around for a while, but looking it up again the other day to shore up my Egyptology, I was still floored by just how long the great civilisation endured for. 3,000 years is the going estimate—from a stone tablet found in 3100 BC declaring Narmer as the…
26 employees affected. Embracer Group is continuing its efforts to restructure its organisation, this time resulting in multiple job losses at developer Beamdog, which was acquired by Aspyr / Embracer last year. As reported by GameDeveloper (thanks, Eurogamer), a total of 26 employees at the MythForce developer were let go according to multiple posts on…
Unbelievable sights, indescribable feeling. Just as Disney Speedstorm prepares to leave early access and speed into the free-to-play realm next week, publisher Gameloft has today announced that it will be marking the occasion with the start of a new Aladdin-themed season on 28th September. Much like the previous Lilo and Stitch-inspired chapter, the upcoming Season…
Finding 221b Elysion Boulevard in Lies of P can be a little tricky, but it’s a key part of the Crafted Cryptic Vessel puzzle, which gives you a photograph of the house, but no indication of exactly where it is in the region. You’ll have to use all your puzzle smarts to locate the address—or…
Score(pion). Mortal Kombat 1 launched on Switch this week to dominantly unfavourable reviews. With long load times, frame rate drops and a severe visual downgrade, the Switch version is simply not up to snuff — especially given its equal price tag to the better-received PS5 and Xbox Series X releases — but series creator Ed…
The recent and accidental Microsoft document and email dump, courtesy of its legal wranglings with the FTC, is turning out to be the mother of all console leaks. Along with game roadmaps extending out as far as 2030, including revenue forecasts for specific game titles, and juicy insights into upcoming refreshes for the Xbox Series…