More Toaplan Physical Collections Are Coming To Polymega, Based On Truxton, FixEight, & Snow Bros.

Will you be tempted? Earlier this week, we shared the news that Polymega had announced a new collection, Polymega Collection Vol. 19 – BATSUGUN, containing four classic arcade games from the Japanese developer Toaplan. Something we missed, however, was that this was actually one of four announcements based on Toaplan’s back catalogue, with the company…

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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse isn’t technically connected to the Netflix anime, but its cinematography was inspired by the show

When Konami revealed back in February that it’s finally making a new Castlevania, the teaser trailer’s art and color palette was so reminiscent of the Netflix anime series that it seemed possible the game was actually using the show’s designs, or at least had gotten a little love from the folks at Powerhouse Animation. In…

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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse hands-on report

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse hands-on report

It’s the February 12 State of Play. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse has just been announced, and Evil Empire, the team developing this action adventure for the past four years, is having a nervous watch party. “We were waiting because you never know when your trailer is about to appear,” says Marketing Director Bérenger Dupré. “Then we…

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The follow-up to one of last year’s best detective games is off to an ‘overwhelmingly positive’ start on Steam after just 2 days

While I spent much of 2025 obsessed with Blue Prince, PC Gamer’s ‘best design’ GOTY award winner, it wasn’t the only killer puzzle game to release near the beginning of last year. The Roottrees are Dead, a game mostly spent sitting at a computer (yours, and also a virtual one) sussing out what happened to…

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