Survival horror took a step onto chilling new ground when Silent Hill first emerged from the mists in 1999 on PlayStation. Since then, each return to the titular fictional American town has been hotly anticipated, leading to this latest instalment which adds a keen new perspective to its bleeding edge. I got to explore the…
“I wanted to do something for him”. Chiptune musician Laurent Crouzet has started a GoFundMe page to help Final Fight MD and Driftin’ Rage developer, Mauro Xavier / MXRetroDev. Crouzet says he was inspired to create the page (with Xavier’s permission) after the pair worked together and it became clear that the Brazilian homebrew developer…
“I’d like you to use your imagination”. From the second Nintendo revealed Pauline was in Donkey Kong Bananza, a timeline theory began to take shape in our heads. But then we wrapped the game up, and our prequel presumptions weren’t as nailed on as we’d expected. We still don’t have an official answer for how…
The unreleased C64 space trader Delphian is being revived. The developer behind Core Design classics such as Thunderhawk, Jaguar XJ220, Soulstar and Fighting Force is working on what could be the most technically advanced Spectrum Next game yet seen. Sarah Jane Avory worked on Core between 1991 and 2003 and also has credits such as…
It’s not often I find myself chuckling at DIY projects, but YouTuber James Channel got a hearty one from me the second he announced the portable Xbox he created by sawing one in half, slapping controllers on the side and hot-glueing a screen on top is capable of a whopping 9 minutes and forty seconds…
Excited for Grand Theft Auto 6? Odds are the answer is yes. With Rockstar already calling it the “largest game launch in history” over half a year out from release, I’m pretty sure the only people who aren’t feeling some kind of way about it are uncontacted in the Amazon or… they’re Steven Ogg, who…
Progression in Borderlands 4 is deeper than it’s ever been, largely because you actually unlock new items and systems as you go, from more weapon parts to class mods, enhancements, and firmware. Effectively serving as gear set bonuses found in MMOs, firmware is crucial to your endgame build, though finding what you need is like…
“I’m excited to get locked into my new role”. Dimitris Giannakis, lead developer on Limited Run’s Carbon Engine and better known by his YouTube handle of Modern Vintage Gamer, has announced that he is leaving the company to join the Atari-owned Digital Eclipse. “After 6+ years of building and shipping games with the Carbon Engine…
Even though it’s one of the largest manufacturers of memory and flash storage chips in the world, Samsung hasn’t been enjoying much success in the stock market in recent times. However, two separate reports might provide the reason why the South Korean semiconductor firm’s fortunes are suddenly looking a whole lot rosier. The first is…
Whisper it, but Konami might be back: or at the very least, is showing some signs of life after what feels like over a decade in the doldrums. That’s slightly overstating things of course, because Konami has always been a profitable company with fingers in many pies, but it hasn’t been competing at the top…