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ATARI AND VICE BEER INTRODUCE NEW BEER COLLECTION The four-pack of Atari-themed beer is available now. September 5, 2026 – Atari and Vice Beer are celebrating a new licensing collaboration during PAX West in Seattle. Vancouver, Washington-based Vice Beer has released a four-pack of Atari-themed 16 oz. beers, including One-Button Joystick WC IPA, Gemstone Sour,…
From 1991 to 2000, the Nintendo UK hotline answered millions of calls from players. Before the internet became widespread, if you were stuck on a video game and needed help, you had a few different options available to you. But arguably, one of the quickest was to call up a video game hotline. As you…
Revolving Ocelot. While there are many instances of video game box art being altered from territory to territory – typically to give Kirby ANGRY EYES or to stick a gun in somebody’s hand – the case of Konami’s 1998 masterpiece Metal Gear Solid has been something of an outlier. While the Japanese and North American…
lease note that DGUNL-7162 Streets of Rage Micro Player Pro includes 2 games – Streets of Rage and Streets of Rage 2. There has been some confusion as the number of games has changed since it was first announced. Officially licensed SEGA titles. Take on the roles of vigilante heroes battling through waves of enemies…
Pac-Man cabinets did not whisper. They chirped, thumped, and pulled people toward the glow. Space Invaders made the same promise with less color and more pressure. Tetris, later, proved that a falling block could make a lunch break vanish in five minutes. These games still feel alive because their rules fit inside a child’s sentence….
Build-a-Belmont. Konami released a new trailer for its upcoming game-making package Wai Wai World Craft, first revealed during last year’s Tokyo Game Show. The “concepts” trailer offers our first look at some of the tools, assets, and options available to players en route to creating the next Game of the Year contender. Wai Wai World…
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…
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…
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…
…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….