“No generative AI was used at any stage”. A Vanillaware veteran is about to release a new game on Steam featuring over 300 hand-drawn illustrations created over the course of six years (thanks, @STGshmups). Yoshio Nishimura has enjoyed a 30-year career as a background artist, with credits such as Monster Hunter, Odin Sphere, Dragon’s Crown,…
Join the club. It’s fair to say that Pragmata has been quite the success for Capcom since it launched earlier this year. It sped past 2 million copies sold in its first 16 days, and it sounds like the studio might be willing to return to the IP down the line. It’s far too early…
As we march ever further into our bright AI future, it’s somehow reassuring to know the tech can still stumble at the first hurdle. Or concerning, one of the two. Google Search users will have noticed that the AI Overview feature has been upgraded recently as part of the company’s efforts to crowbar more AI…
The MSX home computer library continues to grow with the release of a high-quality, dedicated port of Namco’s arcade classic, Super Pac-Man. Developed by Mastropiero, this new version offers fans a definitive way to experience the 1982 sequel on the MSX. While the project uses the Casio PV-2000 title Mr. Packn as its technical base, it…
In my approximation, diminishing returns start for gaming headsets after around the $100-$150 mark. That’s to say the value per dollar starts to go down the higher up you go. With budget gaming headsets only getting better, it becomes harder and harder to justify spending $300+. And with the Stealth Pro II, you can tell…
Face to face. Nintendo’s latest surprise app, Pictonico!, is now live on iOS and Android, and we’d wager that a few of you have already dived in to see what this silly little picture game is all about. There’s a vague WarioWare energy to Pictonico, which sees you putting your photos through a series of…
“It’s my wits against the person who’s going to be playing it”. We’ve recently witnessed the arrival of the excellent Head Over Heels sequel Return to Blacktooth, a title which has taken its developer, Colin Porch, 37 years to complete. Porch has been speaking to British television network ITV about how the project was revived,…
Pre-orders now open! Brace for impact, punctuation fans, because after being announced for Japan earlier this month, Spike Chunsoft has today opened pre-orders for the Western edition of STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, confirming that it’ll be coming to Europe and North America on 29th October. For those who missed the initial 2024 announcement, Re:Boot follows Elite as…
Being surprised at seeing cheating in online competitive multiplayer games is like being surprised at seeing a fish in the ocean, you’re going to encounter some every now and then, that’s just how it goes. But Marvel Rivals has had a particularly rough time with cheaters as of late. To stretch out the above analogy…
“I truly believe this game has now secured its spot as a Gradius classic”. The Gradius series certainly isn’t short of must-play entries, but 2001’s Gradius Advance isn’t a title you’d automatically recommend to newcomers interested in exploring the franchise for the first time. Developed by Mobile21, a studio founded in 1999 by Nintendo and…