“I am convinced that they are not original Japanese to English translations”. Retro-Bit, a company which has a long history of re-releasing old-school titles in physical form, has been accused of plagiarising fan-translations—despite its insistence that its localisation efforts are totally bespoke. Translator Krokodyl has amassed a staggering amount of evidence to back up this…
Duels in the crown. One of the most striking elements of Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game, is the sheer number of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games that came out between 1998 and 2004. The Early Days Collection includes 14 games just from Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and…
The console that keeps on giving. One of the more welcome surprises of 2024 was the revelation that GTA 3 would be unofficially ported to the Sega Dreamcast. Developed by a team led by SKMP and built using KallistiOS software, the port was an incredible example of what Sega’s 128-bit console is capable of in…
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I think my office smells good. We light candles in my household, and despite a number of pets, the primary scent profile is “cozy prewar building wood grain” with undertones of sweet vanilla. But let’s say you’re a stinky boy, or at the very least need a little something more from your desktop, olfactory-wise. How…
Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be…
Games Workshop’s return to its original setting The Old World in the tabletop wargame Warhammer: The Old World seems to be working out. They’ve dropped a hint about adding Cathay as a future army—a plan they’d previously backed out on—and last year Cubicle 7 announced a tabletop RPG to accompany the wargame. Players of Cubicle…
As reported by Windows Central, Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart revealed the extent of the studio’s expansion since it was acquired by Microsoft in a recent interview with IGN. Since 2018, Obsidian has grown to nearly 300 employees, which is still pretty lean in the triple-A space. “When we came on with XGS and Xbox ,…
Here are some thought so far… Sega is this weekend running a limited-time Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds ‘closed network test’ for the PlayStation 5 and the first impressions are now rolling in. There’s obviously no feedback about the Switch version at this stage, but there’s still enough commentary doing the rounds online to give Sonic fans…
It’s not every day that you see an expansion for a 23 year-old game, but thanks to its undying community, Neverwinter Nights isn’t just any game, with a level of support and fanmade content that calls to mind the likes of Doom or Thief. With the blessing of Wizards of the Coast, fantasy author, RPG…