1996 game finally gets localised. While the PS1 was blessed with a flood of excellent RPGs, Sega’s Saturn had a more modest (but still excellent) selection to call upon. Not every one was a stone-cold classic, but each is interesting in its own way – and many of them sadly never made it out of…
It’s strange to think that first-person shooters—and arguably the PC’s arrival as a major gaming platform—emerged from an attempt to create the PC’s equivalent of Super Mario Bros 3. John Carmack’s reproduction of the smooth scrolling effect seen in Nintendo’s platformer ultimately led to the founding of id Software and the creation of Commander Keen….
Some developers react to success by going all rock star—like Cliff Bleszinski purchasing a flashy Lamborghini when he was living it up at Epic. Solo dev Feryas Beer is a little bit more grounded after the success of Super Fantasy Kingdom, the Hooded Horse-published roguelite city builder. No cars, no luxury pads, not even a…
Mario Kart once again appears twice in the top ten. The latest UK Charts data is in, and there’s honestly very little change in the top ten this week, with EA SPORTS FC 26 once again claiming the top spot. In fact, the top eight games have all played a bit of a switcheroo, while…
Less than an hour ago I lived in a world where I did not know what frotting was. It was not too long ago that Epic was also living in that same world, if its most recently pulled trailer is any indication. As reported by TheGamer, the developer has pulled an accolades trailer for Fortnite…
The eternal question. The term “Metroidvania” has become a fixed part of video game lexicon these days, thanks to an explosion in the number of titles that have adopted the signature format of huge, non-linear levels, RPG elements and gear-gated progress. As the name suggests, Metroidvania titles are a fusion of concepts from Metroid (specifically…
It’s no Fiorentina jersey, but it’s something. Nintendo has a long history of sponsoring professional sports teams, and one club it’s continued to support over the years is the Japanese football side, Kyoto Sanga, which currently competes in Japan’s top-flight competition known as the J-League. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
And preserve your save data, too. The Analogue Pocket is an FPGA-based handheld which allows you to play Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges – as well as Lynx, PC Engine, Neo Geo Pocket and Game Gear titles, provided you have the correct adapter. Thanks to Analogue’s OpenFPGA system, you can…
“I can’t really play it now though”. Hideo Kojima has rightly cemented himself as a legend in the games industry, having created iconic titles such as Metal Gear Solid, P.T., and Death Stranding. Although it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise, however, Kojima cites Super Mario Bros. as the reason he started making games in…
Mega Gyarados and Charizard Y join the fray. A major game update for the free-to-play Switch and mobile title Pokémon Unite was released earlier this month. Now, before we get to the end of the year, the development team has added Mega Charizard Y. This follows Mega Gyarados, which joined the fray earlier this month….