“It was really expensive to do all this s**t in those days”. When people think about The Beatles in relation to the world of games, the 2009 rhythm title The Beatles: Rock Band is usually the first thing to spring to mind — and for pretty understandable reasons. Not only was it the most successful…
Sound the Reedus alarm—it seems all-but-certain that Death Stranding 2 is headed for PC in the surprisingly near future. As spotted by Gematsu—part-time videogame age-rating board and full-time surprise spoiler (I ain’t complaining), the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) recently surfaced a rating for a “Windows PC” version of Hideo Kojima’s latest postman simulator. It’s…
Activision’s camo-clad cash cow Call of Duty has ruled the shooter roost for almost 20 years in the US, consistently topping the charts for games involving guns since 2006. But according to games industry analyst Mat Piscatella, that might just change in 2025. Sharing some insights on Bluesky, (via GameSpot) Piscatella pointed out “the last…
Now with 50% more Ninja Gaiden, 100% more Battletoads. Updated with Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos from the November update. Remember, this list evolves as users rate the games within, so head to the game profiles and rate them out of 10 if you’d like to see the rankings below…
Trials in Arc Raiders is effectively a ranking system where you compete against other players for high scores on five challenges each week. When you complete a task for this week’s challenges, you’ll earn points towards that objective and earn a place on the leaderboard. The competition can get intense, to say the least. But…
Intel’s long awaited Panther Lake CPU has made an appearance in the Geekbench results browser (via Videocardz). And the early numbers look, well, kind of okay. According to the Geekbench entry, we’re talking 2,849 single-core points and 15,434 multi-core points. Arguably, it’s the single-core result that’s most interesting as it theoretically allows for a direct…
Featuring fresh interviews with Shinji Mikami, Tokuro Fujiwara, and more. If you happen to love the Resident Evil series, then we have some interesting news to share with you. A new documentary on the original survival horror classic is set to air in Japan later this month, featuring new interviews with key members of its…
The games industry’s biggest fire sale continues, as Embracer Group has sold Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studio and publisher Arc Games, which also handled publishing duties for games like Remnant 2, Torchlight, and the recently released old-school MMO Fellowship. The buyer is Project Golden Arc, which is owned and led by members of Arc…
Originally released in 1991. Following the release last week of Konami’s 1985 mech-based fighting game Galactic Warriors, Hamster is back with yet another action-packed title pulled straight from the arcades: Video System’s 1991 beat-’em-up Karate Blazers (known as Toushin Blazers in Japan). Designed for up to 4 players, the early ’90s beat-’em-up sees players pick…
Growing the garden. Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted didn’t get off to the best start when it launched on the Switch and Switch 2 in October, but the development team at PopCap Studios has been working around the clock to squash all of the bugs and improve the title with all sorts of updates. If you’re…