It’s a knockout! The 1987 NES classic Punch Out!! could soon be making its way to the Game Boy Color, in the form of Steel Joe’s Punch Out!! B-Side, a new fan game featuring cut content from a recently discovered prototype build of the original game. According to a recent Reddit post published over the…
Mii, myself and I. We had to give our eyes a little rub and pull a double-take as we opened this week’s UK charts data this morning. Is that… Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream in the top spot? Yes, despite the series being far from Nintendo’s most popular, the Switch life sim has immediately grabbed…
Crimson Desert is a ridiculous game with a ridiculous number of ridiculous things you can do. So much so that it’s hard to believe some of those things are actually real. Like what, I hear you ask? Well, if I told you, that would spoil the lovely quiz I’ve put together to test just how…
But how accurate is it..? What do yWith principal photography now wrapped on The Legend of Zelda movie, it’s likely that Nintendo and Columbia Pictures will want to start the hype train engine ahead of its release on 7th May 2027. The movie’s Director of Photography, Gyula Pados, may have jumped the gun slightly, though….
“This is not how I expected the livestream to go”. A retro computing panel featuring YouTubers and podcasters was interrupted by a bomb threat that brought the Vintage Computer Festival East event to an early end this weekend. The panel included Bill “AmigaBill” Winters (who livestreamed the event), Modern Vintage Gamer, Action Retro, The Retro…
The story teaser for Blind Descent seemed intriguing. It’s presented as a log from a scientist on Mars whose communications are being blocked by alien technology. He’s discovered a whole lost world under the surface of the planet, finding his way through the red vines that blocked his progress after being infected by a mutation-causing…
There’s a quiz on the Secrets of Strixhaven site to figure out which of the magical university’s colleges you belong to. Ignore that traumatic memory of the time every millennial was telling us they were Hufflepuff. It’s a heads-up that this set’s focus is on differentiating those colleges, making the factions even more important than…
Infinity Blade for PC As I was browsing Reddit the other day, as I’m wont to do from time to time, I came across a post about something of great interest to me that I knew nothing about. The post discussed the release of a PC port of Infinity Blade II. For the uninitiated, the…
Pragmata was meant to own this week. It was the highest profile new release by far and, from the vantage point of a couple of weeks ago, it looked like Capcom’s seventh-gen-evoking sci-fi shooter would have the week to itself. But it was not to be: pirate-survival timesink Windrose released into early access on April…
Why Arcade Design Still Matters Today If you walked into an arcade in the 1990s, you didn’t need instructions. The screen told you everything with bright visuals, simple controls, and instant action. That same thinking sits behind many of today’s biggest mobile games. The technology has moved forward, but the core ideas haven’t changed. Developers…