December 17th, 2025 – As the legendary Total War series marks its 25th Anniversary, we’re thrilled to share some incredible news with strategy fans around the world. Starting today, four iconic entries from the franchise are joining the GOG catalog – and the GOG Preservation Program – ensuring they remain available, DRM-free, and ready for modern systems for years to come….
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This Upcoming Rally Racing Spin-Off Aims To Take You Back To “An Era Where Fun Goes Beyond Realism”
‘Super Woden: Rally Edge’ hits Steam on January 2026. The independent video game developer ViJuDa has announced a release date for Super Woden: Rally Edge, its upcoming spin-off to its Super Woden GP series of racing games, inspired by classic arcade titles like Sega Rally and Neo Drift Out. According to its creator, Víctor Justo…
One Of The Best Mario Kart 64 Mods Has Just Got A Great Festive-Themed Update For The Holidays
Mario Kart 3.20 is out now! We have some festive news for Mario Kart 64 fans. The popular fan-made Mario Kart 64 mod, Mario Kart 64 Amped Up, has just received a brand-new update (version 3.20), bringing with it a bunch of new Christmas-themed skins for Mario & company. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
A Namco Arcade Once Considered “A Sacred Place” For Tekken Fans Is Closing Its Doors
Tekken 8 co-director Kohei Ikeda has paid tribute to the location. We have more bad news for fans of Japanese arcades. Namco’s Sugamo location has announced on social media that it will be closing its doors next year, on March 22nd, 2026 (as highlighted by denfaminicogamer). Read the full article on timeextension.com Tekken 8 co-director…
Wolf Team’s Dinosaur-Themed Pinball Game ‘ Dino Land’ Roars Onto Consoles & PC With New “Restored” Edition
Available now. Here’s a piece of news we definitely weren’t expecting. Yesterday, Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden announced out of the blue on social media that they were releasing a new “restored” edition of Wolf Team’s dinosaur-themed pinball game Dino Land on consoles & PC, and it’s already available now across Steam, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox…
30 Years On, Namco’s Smash Bros Precursor ‘The Outfoxies’ Is Finally Coming To Consoles
Joins the Arcade Archives range this week. Hamster has revealed that Namco’s 1995 arcade title The Outfoxes is coming to its Arcade Archives range. Designed by Masateru Umeda and powered by the NB-2 arcade hardware, The Outfoxies is a fighting game where you control one of seven characters, with the objective being to defeat your…
Dice Bounties Go Live on December 29
Rollhub continues its end-of-year bounty rollout with the launch of Advanced Dice Bounties, going live on December 29, 2025. This promotion is part of Rollhub’s broader holiday campaign, designed to highlight the platform’s most refined inhouse games while maintaining full transparency and consistency across all bounty mechanics. Dice is one of Rollhub’s internally developed titles,…
The Sega Dreamcast Visual Novel ‘Di Gi Charat Fantasy’ Is Now Available In English
Thanks to a new fan translation patch. A fan translation patch for the Dreamcast version of Di Gi Charat Fantasy is now available to download online, allowing English-speaking fans of the anime mascot another platform on which to experience the visual novel-style game. Di Gi Charat, or “Dejiko”, in case you’ve never heard of the…
“He Was Literally Frothing At The Mouth” – Yuji Naka Really Didn’t Want Sega To Make Mature Games
“He said to me, ‘Why don’t you just tell us to make porn?’”. We recently spoke to industry veteran Mike Fischer, who has worked at Namco, Xbox and Sega during a glittering career in the video game industry, and he has shone a light on the internal conflicts that took place within Sega when the…
Feature: “It Sounds Like Some Kind Of STD” – The Birth Of Sonic, Xbox In Japan, & Why Namco’s Advertising Hated The Name ‘Klonoa’
Industry veteran Mike Fischer runs us through his years at Sega, Namco, & Xbox. The marketing expert and former video game exec Mike Fischer may not exactly be a household name in the world of gaming, but we’d argue he has had a more exciting career than most working in his respective field. Over the…