FromSoftware is one of the most influential game developers in recent history, though most games inspired by the studio borrow the ideas of its post-Demon’s Souls output. For dark fantasy RPG Lunacid, however, developer Kira LLC took inspiration from the Japanese studio’s far lesser-known series King’s Field, which first appeared on the PlayStation 1. Despite…
I never have been (and never will be) interested in golf. I think it’s a boring sport for boring people. I am, however, interested in golf that’s been messed around with. That includes things like minigolf and crazy golf (is there much of a delineation there? Answers on a postcard please). But there are also…
The early 2010s was boom time for retro revival projects, as Steam’s ascendency and new funding models like Kickstarter prompted a swathe of developers new and old to cast aside pragmatism and build the games they truly wanted to make. One of my favourite projects to emerge during this era is Legend of Grimrock, a…
News, features and talking points from the retro gaming world. Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com News, features and talking points from the…
It’s happening. After three years of development, Terraria’s highly anticipated and supposedly final 1.4.5 update finally has a release date. It’s also imminent. Developer Re-Logic has set the date for January 27, less than two weeks away. Re-Logic announced the release date earlier this week via a Steam post. “We have a few more things…
Regional rift. Welcome, folks, to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we checked out Mario Power Tennis for the GameCube and, as expected, the results weren’t even remotely close. With a much more interesting cover, Europe and North America easily won the day with 70% of the vote, leaving Japan to mop up…
Or you can run it at a “stable” 30fps. Koei Tecmo and developer Omega Force are bringing Dynasty Warriors: Origins to the Switch 2 next week. It was previously revealed the Musou would run at a fixed but “stable” 30fps on Nintendo’s new hybrid platform, and now that reviews have gone live, it’s been confirmed…
Former Sega producer reveals “funny” Mario & Sonic demand. Developers who have worked with Nintendo’s intellectual properties have often shared stories about odd requests and demands from the video game giant. With this in mind, the latest story to surface comes from former Sega of Japan producer, Ryoichi Hasegawa. During a chat with Arcade Attack…
A new ingredient has appeared in the tray. I click to see what it is, forgetting that’ll send it out onto the preparation mat. Instead of combining it with other ingredients to make a dish, I panic and click on the mat instead, which rolls up then unfurls to send a failed dish onto my…
Two years ago, Wizards of the Coast released a Fallout-themed Magic expansion, and it was good. (I went bad karma and played a Caesar deck. Don’t judge me.) While it included characters and events from across the games, it came out a month before the well-loved TV series began and so didn’t feature any of…