If you grew up feeding quarters into arcade cabinets or collecting tokens at your local game room, you already understood the concept of digital currency long before Bitcoin existed. The retro gaming world quietly built the foundation for how we think about virtual money today. And in 2026, the connection between old school gaming and…
Retro themes are everywhere in online casino games, especially in slots. Pixelated fruit symbols, chiptune soundtracks and arcade cabinet aesthetics are some of the design features used to play on the nostalgia factor. Nostalgia in gambling products isn’t just a visual trend or for fun; it draws on well-documented psychological mechanisms that shape how players…
Category: Games February 26, 2026 A Never-Ending Nightmare Haunts South Town in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Yasuyuki Oda, Producer, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Summary Nightmare Geese, South Town’s former emperor, is back haunting it asthe latest character in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. Geese’s visual design and moves harken back…
Gotta count ’em all. Pokémon officially turns 30 tomorrow, but with Japan already ticking over into 27th Feb, The Pokémon Company has released a special video to celebrate the series’ big birthday. The vid is all about those new 30th anniversary icons that you may have spotted online in recent weeks. TPC has designed one…
As my esteemed colleague Joshua Wolens once wrote, I “never thought I’d die fighting side-by-side with the Pope.” Pope Leo XIV has made AI a key theme of his papacy, and his thoughts on the technology at times could not be clearer: he says it’s “turning people into passive consumers of unthought thoughts”. In a…
The budget wireless gaming headset market is in such a tough spot right now. That’s partly because the mid-range is absolutely knocking it out of the park, and partly because with the word ‘budget’ often comes the denigrative terms ‘cheap’, ‘flimsy’, or ‘yeah, this sounds kinda bad’. Okay, that last one isn’t very snappy, but…
Production of Sony and Amazon MGM’s God of War series seems to be ticking along nicely after starting from scratch back in 2024. Ed Skrein has just been added to the cast. The North London actor will play Baldur, the main antagonist from the 2018 God of War game. As reported by Deadline (via Eurogamer),…
With Warner Bros. deep in the bidding wars, potentially being acquired by Netflix or Paramount, all the discussion has been on the company’s film and TV divisions. In fact, Netflix’s $83 billion deal shockingly “didn’t attribute any value” to Warner Bros. venture into gaming, despite Hogwarts Legacy raking in over 15 million copies sold and…
Your guide to the best games on 3DS. 26th February 2026 marks the 15th anniversary of the Nintendo 3DS’ Japanese debut. The first in the “3DS family of systems” that would grow substantially over the years, this system boasts one of the best libraries of any console ever. In honour of this fine machine’s 15th…
Category: Games February 26, 2026 Free Play Days – Marathon (Server Slam), Atari 50: Anniversary Celebration, The Sinking City Remastered and More Kyle OceanMarketing Manager, Xbox Lock in this weekend and try something new with Free Play Days! Atari 50: Anniversary Celebration, Stuffed, Moving Out 2 and Anno 117: Pax Romana are available this weekend…