Welcome to the sci-fi future year of 2024! As the Earth turns and calendars are changed out, our thoughts turn inevitably to making some New Year’s resolutions. Surely this could be the year you finish your Steam backlog, clean up your gaming bad habits, or finally fix your terrible posture? All that’s needed is a…
PCG has for several years now been keeping tabs on the incredible passion project of programmer James Lambert, a major N64 fan who decided to make a version of Portal for hardware first released in 1996. Lambert has shared various updates over the years about the project, most recently showcasing the game’s opening, but things…
Before the day breaks. The Trails / Kiseki series might be one of the biggest RPG franchises around right now — at least, in terms of size and scope. This storied JRPG saga takes place on the continent of Zemuria and follows different interlinking arcs, characters, and stories. Everything is carefully interconnected, with events affecting…
Even though we were late in writing this one up as it was Christmas, we are pleased to inform our Indie Retro News readers that if you loved that classic Cartoon of Duck Tales, then you may also be interested to know that N10Team has released the ZX Spectrum game of ‘Duck Tales – Family…
In news that is likely to bring joy to gaming fans and breakfast enthusiasts the world over, the infamous Xbox Series S toaster of rumour and legend has been spotted for sale at Walmart, causing those of you desperate for more gaming themed accessories in your home to rejoice in the streets. Ok, not really….
A Lara Lara laughs. Sega’s 32X may have been a dismal commercial flop but, had things gone a little differently, we could have seen Lara Croft make her debut on the system (stick with us on this one). Designed to be a stop-gap between the 16-bit Mega Drive / Genesis and the 32-bit Saturn, the…
Throughout 2023, Microsoft routinely issued updates for Windows 11 each month, fixing security problems, adding new features, and borking a few things along the way. But as the latest figures from Statcounter show, Windows 10 users just weren’t interested in the newer operating system whatsoever and it remains the OS of choice for two-thirds of…
Tim Cain’s had a storied career—he’s mostly known as the co-creator of the Fallout series, which has grown so big it’s getting its own dang TV show—but he’s also worked on Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines, Wildstar, Pillars of Eternity, and The Outer Worlds. After 30 years of experience he’s mostly retired, though he’s been spending…
“Beating Tetris is not a life goal”. Yesterday, we reported on the news that 13-year-old Willis “Blue Scuti” Gibson had beaten the NES version of Tetris by reaching the game’s “kill screen” – a point where the game’s code crashes. While the gaming world celebrated this remarkable achievement, Sky News journalist Jayne Secker took a…
Can I tell you something about myself? I’m a remaster sicko. Some part of my spirit resides eternally in 2004, which means whenever a game company comes out and says it’s going to bring something from a bygone era back in a subtly glossed-up form, I get embarrassingly excited about it. It’s an excuse (and…