Retro games refuse to sit quietly on a shelf, because a good round of Pac-Man or Tetris still explains play better than a 40-minute tutorial. New players find old games through mini consoles, Steam ports, FPGA handhelds, and the dusty cartridge drawer at a cousin’s house. A teenager raised on Fortnite can still understand Galaga…
A quarter bought you one life in 1982. When it ran out you either dug into your pocket or walked away from the cabinet. That was the whole business model of the arcade, and it quietly shaped how games got designed for most of a decade. The cabinets are nostalgia pieces now, sitting in barcades…
On this episode of the Official XBOX Podcast, we’re at gamescom and sitting down with the team behind Gears of War: E-Day! We’re digging deep into the recently released story trailer, talking about the hope and brotherhood of E-Day’s story, and getting our hands on a pair of custom controllers made for the game. TRANSCRIPT…
Wii port to debut at Canal 3 Expo. Dust off your nunchuck and hide the fine china, because the Nintendo Wii is getting a brand new game. Following its previous appearance on Sega Dreamcast, Metal Canary is now preparing to debut on Nintendo’s seventh-gen supernova. Developed by Brazilian homebrew studio NaiAdventure, Metal Canary is a…
PC gaming has always been an expensive hobby, but prices have become downright ridiculous as of late. It’s bad enough that Nvidia’s RTX 50-series cards cost slightly less than an international flight, but the memory supply crisis is also driving up the price of RAM and SSDs. Now it looks like motherboards might be next…
Silent Hill has gone international. Last year we went to Japan in Silent Hill f, and now the series is off to Scotland in Silent Hill: Townfall. As a middle-aged Scot who still remembers the ’90s, when Townfall takes place, I was simultaneously nervous and excited about the rare opportunity to play a game that’s…
The vinyl battle. Last year’s announcement of a lovely-looking vinyl boxset featuring the Breath of the Wild soundtrack caught many a Zelda fan’s attention. Featuring a classy blue-gold box and loads of the game’s incredible key art, it’s a beautiful collection billed as “the first time a Nintendo soundtrack has been commercially released on vinyl…
…and that’s fine! Blaze – via its HyperMegaTech sub-brand – has released a series of Super Pocket devices, each themed around a different video game publisher. This range includes Capcom, Data East and SNK devices, and they come pre-loaded with a curated selection of classic titles and are compatible with the Evercade family of cartridges….
“With any fan game, that’s the risk and we have no regrets”. A fan-made fighting game featuring characters from various Sega and Capcom games has reportedly been shut down after Capcom reportedly took issue with the use of its copyrighted characters. 4CYDE Studios’ PC fighter Sega Vs Capcom has been online for a number of…
Last week, in the wake of a rash of developer hardware thefts at this year’s Gamescom, the event’s organizers provoked a wave of outcry by publishing a statement that many perceived as callously placing the blame on exhibitors who hadn’t adequately insured their equipment. Today, Gamescom released an additional statement on X, admitting that its…