And it’s all thanks to the SM64 decompilation project. We’ve seen a flurry of decompilation projects recently, many of which are focused on pulling apart classic N64 titles so they can be natively recompiled for rival systems. Star Fox 64 and Mario Kart 64 have both been ported to other platforms, for example, but this…
Caught Kawaslacking. The latest UK physical gaming charts are in, giving us our first indication of how Nintendo’s latest is performing on store shelves. You’ll have to scroll a little way to find the new first-party release this week, mind you, as Kirby Air Riders has missed out on a top 10 spot! The game…
Earlier today, ModRetro began its Black Friday sale for the Chromatic and its associated accessories, the first ever for the company. All products associated with the Chromatic, whether it be the unit itself, games or accessories, are marked down 15%. There are currently 19 games available for sale on the ModRetro store, seven of…
Modern game systems load games almost instantaneously, it seems. In general, most mobile games are at your fingertips with minimal loading time, while larger PC and console games may take 30 seconds to load their data into memory. Our expectations, as modern gamers, are that we shouldn’t have to wait more than a minute to…
Confirmed best PC game Baldur’s Gate 3 brought CRPG stylings back into the spotlight, and more than that, proved the enduring appeal of an exceptionally reactive, player-driven story with emergent narratives and shenanigans aplenty. But while the game’s success was “an inspiration” according to CD Projekt’s joint CEO Michał Nowakowski, it’s not necessarily the direction…
Samus returns this December. Nintendo has been promoting the Switch 2 in stores with kiosks, where you can go and play the latest and upcoming titles. We’ve already seen games such as Donkey Kong Bananza added to these store units, and now in a very exciting update, it seems Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Nintendo…
Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. Plants vs. Zombies (Image credit: PopCap) Developer: PopcapYear: 2009 Plants vs. Zombies is a cute game unless you really take a close look at what’s happening. My melon-pult flings a watermelon across the screen where it collides with a zombie,…
The Steam Machine might remind you of a console—it’s a cute little box instead of a monolith of noisy fans, it’s well-suited to play on a TV, and you don’t have to build the damn thing yourself. It’s like the Steam Deck in that way, but it might cost quite a bit more than Valve’s…
Neon Inferno looks like a lot of new games that gleefully throw back to the golden age of the run and gun side scroller—delights like Blazing Chrome and Huntdown. Cyberpunk city, dirty cops, laser sword-wielding Yakuza, and just enough slugs to send ’em all to hell; it’s all pretty by the numbers on the surface,…