“Make the designs cool”. Masahiro Sakurai has released a new YouTube video looking into the concept of customisation in video games. It’s not the most groundbreaking stuff imaginable and it will likely only truly resonate with budding game developers. Still, since Sakurai has announced that he will be winding down his YouTube channel this year,…
Category: GamesJanuary 16, 2024 Persona 3 Reload: How Atlus Reimagined a Classic RPG Jeff Rubenstein Over the last year, Xbox players have received something of a crash course in one of the most beloved RPG series of all time – since October of 2022, Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 Royal, and most…
Gotta get physical. It has been reported this week that UK video game retailer GAME – the last major high street store of its kind in this part of the world – is set to cease trade-ins from February this year. If this comes to pass, then it will mean that one of the main…
“Unfortunately Piko Interactive did not extend their license”. Polymega’s much-hyped system update 1.1.30 may have introduced support for the EM05 Ultra module, but it has introduced other, less welcome features – some of which we’ve reported on previously. It has now been revealed that the update also removes some of the pre-installed games that came…
Here are two things I learnt today. One, T-Pain—of Buy U a Drank fame—is working on Grand Theft Auto 6 in some capacity. Two, he’s a major GTA Online roleplay fan, and can often be spotted hanging out on the popular NoPixel RP server. Or at least, that used to be the case. In a…
New update launching later this month. Over a decade ago, work began on GoldenEye X, a mod for Perfect Dark which would reimagine the iconic James Bond FPS GoldenEye 007, introducing a host of enhancements and improvements. After a prolonged period of silence, the project has come back to life thanks to the impending release…
Knight and day. Publisher Deck13 Spotlight and developer Argonwood have announced that the medieval-inspired turn-based strategy game Rising Lords will be bringing the battle to Switch on 18th January. Taking place in the fictional kingdom of Aubelin, Rising Lords will see you playing as a Lord who is attempting to rise (shocking with that title,…
Play the 1992 remake in English for the first time. The 1992 PC Engine remake of Namco’s influential and diabolically challenging 1984 action role-playing game The Tower of Druaga is finally available in English, thanks to fans. The announcement of the patch’s release was made on Twitter yesterday, with one of its authors Garrett Greenwalt…
Street Fighter, Monster Hunter, Final Fight and more. Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo has just revealed a bunch of new shirts to celebrate Capcom’s 40th birthday (thanks, Gosokkyu). The shirts include Street Fighter II, Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, Monster Hunter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry and Final Fight, and will be available in Japan for…
Influenced by SNES titles like Final Fantasy VI & Earthbound. A promising new SNES-inspired RPG named has just launched on Steam (as spotted by GamesRadar!). Crystal Story: Dawn of Dusk appears to draw inspiration from classic Super Nintendo titles like Final Fantasy VI and EarthBound and follows a young adventurer named Mina as she ventures…