We investigate the origins of the mysterious console. If you were an avid fan of the UK video game show Bad Influence! in the early ’90s, it’s possible you may have memories of seeing a bizarre Sega Mega Drive clone that was featured on the programme, called the Scorpion XVI. Released at some point in…
Something’s wrong with me. No matter how many horror games I play, I just can’t get scared like I used to. Perhaps I’m the problem—maybe a decade of playing horror games pretty much non-stop has irrevocably altered my brain chemistry. Take Resident Evil Requiem, for example—that just doesn’t make the cut for a horror game…
Valve’s handheld launched in February 2022, opening the door to playing your Steam library on the go. Now, almost half a decade later, 30,000 games either enjoy the green stamp of being Steam Deck verified, or are at least considered ‘playable.’ According to the latest numbers from SteamDB that breaks down to 8,964 Steam Deck…
Enter the Nexus. The first thing I thought to myself when I picked up the Evercade Nexus for the first time was that it’s nowhere near as big as I expected it to be. When Blaze announced its new handheld earlier in the year, the promotional images had me assuming it would be a Switch…
So sayeth me. The Immortal John Triptych is one of the funniest games I’ve ever played – certainly the funniest since Thank Goodness You’re Here. It compiles three titles from developer Joe Richardson: Four Last Things, The Procession To Calvary, and Death of the Reprobate. All were released between 2017 and 2024, but including them…
Be wary of Gacha mechanics… Square Enix has opened up pre-orders for a delightful and thoroughly unnecessary set of Final Fantasy Mini Melody TVs (or “MMTs”). The cute nostalgia tweakers are available exclusively through the Japanese Square Enix store, ahead of their 2027 release. Before you hit that pre-order button, however, read on… Read the…
The Blood of Dawnwalker is out in less than 24 hours, and it’ll be appropriately dark outside by the time some of you are ready to play as its fledgling vamp. It’s a delightfully dismal RPG, but you don’t have to take my word for it. In our Blood of Dawnwalker review, my colleague Shaun…
The 1987 arcade classic arrives for Arcade Archives & Arcade Archives 2. Taito’s 1987 arcade sequel, Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh, is getting a standalone release on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S later this week, courtesy of the Arcade Archives’ creator, Hamster. So if you don’t already own the Egret…
You can also “play” it. Paramount Pictures and Legendary have released a new trailer for Street Fighter, the latest attempt to adapt the iconic fighting series into a movie. Street Fighter movies don’t have the best reputation, largely thanks to the astoundingly awful Legend of Chun-Li in 2009. But we’ve gotta be honest: this one…
ONTOS is the kind of game you don’t stop thinking about, even after you’ve turned it off. And not just because it offers you the horrifying reality of the question: “What if a man’s consciousness was stored in a server rack made of rats?” I’ve played its first demo – shown to press and creators…