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The sequel to Prey was formally cancelled back in 2014. A bunch of new videos showcasing footage from Human Head Studios sequel to Prey (2006) has appeared online, offering an extended look at some of the features and mechanics the studio had planned for the cancelled project. Prey (not to be confused with Arkane Austin’s…
“No two games play alike and they are all designed to be fun as possible”. The name ZSNES will be instantly familiar with anyone who was emulating video games back in the late ’90s and early 2000s. One of the earliest SNES emulators, ZSNES launched all the way back in 1997 and was created by…
Based on Clamp’s manga series. Clamp’s Chobits series is perhaps more important than ever right now, thanks to the fact that the world is currently going AI-crazy and chatbots are telling us to glue pizza and eat rocks. The original manga started in 2000, and tells the story of college student Hideki Motosuwa, who finds…
Series was designed to help Japanese gamers learn English. Back in 1994, Koei released EMIT, a visual novel series designed to help Japanese players learn the English language. Released in three volumes – Lost in Time, A Life-and-Death Trip and Bid Myself Farewell – EMIT would come to Mac, Windows, PC-9801, SEGA Saturn, Super Famicom,…
“We are working hard on solutions and new schedules”. Earlier this week, ININ Games issued a statement to its community, announcing a delay for two of its games that were scheduled to launch this month: Parasol Superstars and Trouble Witches Final: Episode 1 – Daughters of Amalgam. In case you’ve not been following along at…
Thanks to Japanese company Edia. Japanese company Edia, which has already republished the likes of Valis, Cosmic Fantasy, Tenshi No Uta and – later this year – a bunch of Super Famicom RPGs – has announced it has secured the rights to Falcom’s library of PC Engine CD titles. As spotted by Gosokkyu, Ys Book…
Including PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2. Hamster, the company behind Arcade Archives, has announced it will be releasing the 1995 competitive sports game Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2, later this week, on Thursday, September 3rd. The game is the sequel to Namco’s 1993 title Numan Athletics, which was similarly reissued…
“I wanted to do a special edition”. Gamescom gave us the unexpected (but welcome) news that the Vectrex is getting relaunched in micro console form, and now we’ve got details on both pricing and a special limited edition variant, thanks to our friends at Retro Dodo. The site spoke to David Oghia, the man behind…
Tigers and sharks, living together. Toaplan’s Tiger-Heli made quite the impact when it arrived in arcades in 1985. Created by the core team of Masahiro Yuge, Tatsuya Uemura, and Yuichirō Nozawa, it was one of the first games to make use of a screen-clearing bomb and was commercially successful thanks to its intense challenge and…
“I would love to work on one of those”. Atari CEO Wade Rosen has been doing the rounds on the interview circuit recently, not only discussing his company’s recent purchase of a controlling stake in Thunderful but also the performance of the Atari 2600+ and 7800+ systems and future merchandising opportunities. Rosen has also been…