“It is the most exciting game that I’ve ever worked on”. Translation group Hilltop Works has announced its next project, and it’s the obscure PS2 JRPG Abarenbou Princess – better known as Rowdy Princess in the West. Designed by Shoji Masuda (Linda Cubed, Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru), the game was released in 2001 by Kadokawa…
Even if you don’t know Jennell Jaquays’ name, you’ve probably explored a tabletop RPG dungeon she created or played a Quake level she designed. The legendary designer and developer’s death last week sparked all manner of tributes from across the industry—but none seem so perfectly fitting for her legacy as a new attempt to crowdsource…
The return of the prodigal sun. This review originally went live in 2014, and we’re updating and republishing it to celebrate the game’s arrival in Switch’s Game Boy Advance library via the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. Back in 2001 (2002 in Europe) some players were left feeling short-changed when Golden Sun reached its abrupt…
Heading to Nintendo Switch & PS4 on January 18th. Hamster has revealed today that this week’s Arcade Archives release will be Konami’s 1988 run ‘n gun classic Super Contra. It will be released for the Nintendo Switch & PS4 on January 18th (thanks Famitsu!). The second game in the Contra Series, Super Contra follows the…
Safe to say the DIY Perks YouTube channel has form when it comes to surprisingly high quality homebrew tech lashups. But his latest effort, a Sony PS5 “tablet” conversion, is a bit special, even if calling it a tablet is a bit of a stretch. The core of the system is the PS5 Slim with…
Move aside, R.O.B. The Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 event is running as we speak, and one of the most interesting streams so far involves a dog playing a NES game. Peanut Butter is an adorable Shiba Inu, and he took part in a stream involving the NES title, Gyromite. Gyromite is one of the…
The CEO and founder of Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has weighed in on recent prophecies from Ubisoft’s director: gamers will likely grin and bear a subscription-model future. Swen Vincke added to the discussion on Twitter in a thread this morning: (Image credit: @LarAtLarian on Twitter/X.) “It’s going to be a lot harder to…
OneXPlayer is hardly a novice when it comes to portable PCs, as it has been producing handheld devices and tablets for over six years, originally under the name of One-Notebook. Now it’s bringing Intel’s Meteor Lake CPUs to its portfolio with the X1, the latest range-topper for the OneXPlayer OneXPlorer Series of handheld PCs. It’s…
Worth taking a trip down memory lane? We are rapidly approaching the release of Another Code: Recollection on 19th January and the game’s first review from Japanese publication Famitsu (via Gematsu) is now in. As shared by Ryokutya2089, the Famitsu critics gave the upcoming Switch release a total score of 32/40, combining the numbers from…
New physical releases from VGNYsoft. Indie publisher VGNYsoft is bringing two new games to the Sega Dreamcast. Ploid is a “brutal action platformer” which takes inspiration from Capcom’s Mega Man series. “The Ploids have formed the patrol that protects time and space to avoid repeating the story with Dr. Elo. Omega must travel to the…