My hometown has a soccer team now. I live in the United States, so this is kind of a big deal. It’s been a cool experience to have a local team, and has led to some really interesting experiences, such as watching the lovely yet bizarre spectacle of internationally ranked goalkeeper Roman Bürki stalwartly defending…
First reported by Polygon, two parents in the US are suing Epic Games over limited-time sales of Fortnite skins and cosmetics that they argue aren’t really limited time at all, creating a false sense of “FOMO”—a term actually used in the lawsuit—for Fortnite’s younger players. Like many in-game cosmetic storefronts, Fortnite will have daily or…
“Could we make it that they’re all baseball players in a baseball league?”. Gail Tilden, former Nintendo of America’s marketing boss, recently spoke to The Video Game History Foundation’s Frank Cifaldi at the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo, and one of the topics she touched upon was the small matter of launching Pokémon in the…
Speaking to Doom: The Dark Ages project director Hugo Martin and producer Marty Stratton for our upcoming print issue 408 (396 in the US), I had to ask about the Marauder. This infamous miniboss in Doom Eternal split the player base, with some loving its next-level challenge, while others decried it as an unwelcome difficulty…
MemCard Pro 2 can also connect to pads via USB. 8BitMods’ amazing MemCard Pro range is already an essential purchase for any self-respecting retro gamer, but the company has just added yet another reason to pick one up for your PS1. Thanks to the latest firmware update, both the MemCard Pro and MemCard Pro 2…
Shoot em ups have never gone out of fashion, there’s something to be said about blasting waves of enemies on screen, while collecting wicked power ups and listening to that thumping soundtrack. Thankfully one such team likes to keep the shoot em up goodness flowing, as thanks to a heads up in our Shoot Em…
It isn’t every day that someone gives you an apartment, let alone an entire block of them. I’ll admit, the whole-ass tenement that’s just landed in my lap is run down, disconnected from the mains, and filled with glowing green mushrooms. My new digs also might be located in the sealed off district where they…
What makes a good videogame death? Dramatic timing? Screenshot-worthy spectacle? Or maybe just getting devoured by a monster because having to type ‘AMPLE MINGE’ to attack it induced a helpless giggling fit. While not a laugh-a-minute experience, Blood Typers has been a very pleasant and frequently funny surprise—a co-op fusion of Typing Of The Dead’s…
Planet Coaster 2 may have endured some ups and downs when it launched back in October, but Frontier Developments’ post-release support for its theme-park building sequel has been as steady as a lazy river. January brought improved flume simulation to the sequel’s all-new waterslides, while February added video billboards players can create their own custom…
Not the same? When Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 launched, I only had one thought on my mind: “This is awesome, but can we please get 3 + 4?” I had dabbled with the first two entries back in the day, but it was only when Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 launched in…