I’m not sure why there hasn’t been a business simulator where you could live up the glamorous, extremely vicious, exploitative, and horrible life of a movie studio owner in Old Hollywood. At least until now, that is, as Weappy Studio has announced Hollywood Animal for release in February 2025 as an early access game where…
Iconic PS2 game actually started life on Sega’s console. One of the most pleasant surprises of 2024 was seeing the ongoing development of the fan-made Dreamcast port of Grant Theft Auto III. Built using the KallistiOS software, this port is achieving what was previously thought impossible. Developer SKMP has now released the game so everyone…
Isometric apocalypse sequel Underrail 2: Infusion is setting up to tee off in the coming years, and we’ve now got a first look at indie dev Stygian Software’s sequel to their first RPG. The new footage from an early alpha build is about 20 minutes showing off the new movement and combat systems developed for…
“If you had wanted to release it, you could have done”. Shenmue is one of the most significant games Sega has ever made, not just because it was critically acclaimed, but because it was a massive gamble for the Japanese veteran at a time when it badly needed a commercial smash. With its sky-high development…
Gear of the Year (Image credit: Future) Check out more of the year’s best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2024 coverage. To paraphrase an absolute belter from Andrew W.K., we here at PC Gamer do what we like and like what we do. Some may call us needlessly picky for it, but I…
“The technology is not going away, and people know what it can do”. Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. This article was originally published in August. Enjoy! The entirety of the trading card community — that…
Gear of the Year (Image credit: Future) Check out more of the year’s best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2024 coverage. I’ve looked at a lot of new PC gaming tech this year. Looking at my Steam Replay listing, far more than I’ve consistently played new games, that’s for sure. From the RTX…
2024 has been a strange one. If you look at what actually launched this year, it’s a perfectly decent roster of games: Helldivers 2, Balatro, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Shadow of the Erdtree, Sins of a Solar Empire 2, Stalker 2, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Path of Exile 2. Lots of good…
“I suppose I became a bit of a celebrity of arcade machines”. Don’t worry – you’re not suffering from déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve read this before, it’s because we’re republishing some of our favourite features from the past year as part of our Best of 2024 celebrations. If this is new to…
Here on Indie Retro News we do love writing about the Atari XL/XE, I mean seriously we can’t stop featuring the latest games released for this system. Well here we are with another story sent to us by Saberman, and it’s the latest new level update for the classic game of ‘Lord of the Orb’;…