‘Rise and Shine, Mr. Freeman’. A modder has successfully decompiled the Dreamcast edition of legendary first-person adventure, Half-Life (1998). The project, executed by modder “maximqad” and reported by Sega Dreamcast Info, sees Valve’s cancelled Sega port reverse-engineered, freeing up its source code for the homebrew community. But that’s not all. Given access to Half-Life’s infrastructure,…
Budge over, Zelda. If next year’s Zelda 40th Anniversary Concert tour wasn’t enough musical mayhem for you, Konami has announced that it’s also doing one for the Castlevania series. Castlevania 40th Anniversary: An Orchestral Concert promises an “epic concert event celebrating 40 years of vampire hunting, monster slaying, and musical excellence,” according to the official…
I’ve been very much enjoying the World of Warcraft: Forever beta—and I will be the first to cop to the fact I think it’s recapturing a lot of the essence of an oldschool MMO that we lost. Tongue in my cheek, I’ll even join in with the “reject modernity” crowd. But, crucially, I’ll be doing…
To the list of things that Microsoft really ought to build into Windows from the get go, may we add this neat little tray utility posted by a Reddit user. It consolidates the battery charge status of any devices connected over 2.4 GHz or Bluetooth without the need for individual apps or software. Dubbed “Halo…
With its gravity-defying set pieces, memorable boss fights, and decidedly different take on Manhattan, Control Resonant, released last week, is staking its claim to be one of 2026’s big hitters on PlayStation 5. I had the chance to talk to Lead Level Designer Anne-Marie Grönroos, Art Director Elmeri Raitanen, and Lead Gameplay Designer Sergey Mohov…
Rockin’ roguelike. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate channelled some big Hades energy when it arrived on Switch a couple of years ago, but familiarity is clearly no bad thing, as dev Super Evil Megacorp has today revealed that the game has surpassed a whopping 1.5 million sales. The total accounts for base game sales…
Daytonaaaaa! Let’s Go Away! An interesting technical mash-up has surfaced on the Sega homebrew scene: a 32X port of smash arcade racer Daytona USA (1994) that is basing its build on the engine of 32X release Virtua Racing Deluxe (1994) A short test clip was uploaded to YouTube earlier today by “CamTrack”, while a dump…
“we haven’t quite gotten there yet”. Sonic the Hedgehog boss Takashi Iizuka has claimed that the IP has apparently only reached half of its potential. This comes via a new interview with Japanese magazine Continue (thanks, VGC) in which he explains that Sonic hasn’t yet reached the heights the development team wanted from the very…
A Silent Hill lore bible exists… but not everyone’s allowed to see it. We spoke to Konami’s Motoi Okamoto at Gamescom, and he revealed that the Townfall team were largely left to do their own research and come to their own conclusions about what constitutes Silent Hill. pic.twitter.com/MRyI5XAGVVSeptember 25, 2026 2026 games: All the upcoming…
If you assume any trailer with the Nvidia logo plastered on the side is loaded with electronics, you would be sorely mistaken. And if you’re anything like the thieves who stole two trucks from self-driving truck software company PlusAI, you will be left with 40,000 lbs of sand instead. As reported by Wired, an executive…