Will include The Settlers II: Gold Edition, among other titles. Retro Games Ltd., the company behind the C64 Mini and the A500 Mini, announced yesterday (August 19th) that it will be offering the first glimpse of its next machine at Gamescom 2025, which kicks off today in Cologne, Germany and is expected to last until…
Former Dragon Quest producer Ryutaro Ichimura says he left Square Enix because the developer and publisher was too focused on making “safe” games. In a recent episode of ReHacQ (translated by Automaton), Ichimura says he had always planned to go independent eventually, but Square Enix’s way of handling things sped that process up significantly. According…
Category: gamescom August 20, 2025 ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Launch October 16: Get Ready to Play! Roanne SonesCVP Gaming Devices and Ecosystem, Xbox Summary The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X launch October 16, with expanded day-one availability. We’re also announcing new handheld experiences today, including the Handheld Compatibility Program. With next-level performance…
Let’s Jet. Once upon a time, Jet-Ski games were all the rage. Arcade cabinets and fifth generation consoles were replete with these high-speed polygonal racers that sent you careening around tracks set in sunny locales with bobbing water physics. Aqua Jet was an early example of the trend and released the very same year as…
McDonald’s has once again hit the headlines with a series of cybersecurity fails, this time discovered by security researcher BobDaHacker. After alerting the company to the possibility of free chicken nuggets by taking advantage of its client-side only reward point validation system, only to be told by a software engineer they were “too busy” to…
‘Cart Clinic’ system allows you to update the game. The ModRetro version of Tetris is getting a multiplayer mode which really should have been included in the game when it launched alongside the Chromatic handheld back in 2024. While the game shipped with link cable support for multiplayer, it was missing the all-important ‘Battle’ mode…
Took something perfect and painted it red. Gamescom 2025 is officially underway, and a handful of team NL are out on the show floor, gobbling up as many of the games as we can get our hands on. Naturally, the Nintendo booth has captured much of our attention, with a particularly stacked line-up including the…
I’m Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, Creative Director at Rebel Wolves, working on The Blood of Dawnwalker — a story-driven, open-world RPG set in 14th-century Europe. We recently showcased a closer look at the gameplay at gamescom and wanted to share some of the exciting new details with you. Entering the narrative sandbox You play as Coen, the…
Category: gamescom August 20, 2025 Hands On: Aniimo is A Creature Collector, Photography Simulator and RPG Battler All in One Danielle Partis Following Aniimo’s reveal at the Xbox Games Showcase last month, I was as keen as anyone to discover what this vibrant, creature collecting “next-generation RPG” had to offer. Fortunately, I didn’t have to…
After blowing tens of billions of dollars to apparently no avail on the Metaverse, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been funnelling yet more billions into AI. But according to a new report in the New York Times, Meta is going to tighten the screw on the money tap. Meta’s AI division will be “downsized.” First…