Retro Gaming News
“For 30 years, I have never seen the episodes where I won”. Video games on broadcast television might seem like an alien concept in 2026 (we have YouTube and Twitch now), but back in the 1990s, several hit shows aired worldwide with interactive entertainment at their core. Here in the UK, GamesMaster was the biggest…
Arrives next week! D4 Enterprise, the company behind the EGGCONSOLE series of releases for Switch, is bringing Bothtec’s PC-8801 title Eggy to the Nintendo machine next week (on February 12th, 2026). Debuting back in 1984 at the “1st Bothtec Program Contest”, Eggy started life as a PC-6001 game, which notably took home the “Excellence award”…
“Nobody was doing resource management at all.”. Growing up in the ’90s, it could often feel like Japanese companies would simply spin a wheel to decide whether or not they were going to bring one of their titles to the West. It wasn’t uncommon, for instance, to buy a game, fall in with it, and…
Play your cards right. OmiyaSoft’s card-based turn-based strategy series Culdcept is getting two new entries in 2026, it has been revealed. Culdcept Begins is coming to Switch, Switch 2 and PC, and was revealed during Nintendo’s recent Partner Direct broadcast. Read the full article on timeextension.com Play your cards right. OmiyaSoft’s card-based turn-based strategy series…
Potential collab in the works? Music star Abel Makkonen Tesfaye – better known as The Weeknd – has made no secret of his love of Michael Jackson, and cites the late pop sensation as a key influence on his music. The multi-million selling Canadian artist – famous for tracks such as Blinding Lights, Can’t Feel…
Static Photos Stopped Feeling Enough After Users Saw Characters Move Image generation satisfied users initially. Photorealistic faces looked convincing. But static images felt limiting after months of conversations. People wanted to watch their AI girlfriend smile, turn her head, or react naturally during interactions. Video technology promises to transform digital companionship completely. An AI girlfriend…
“If you let British English in… it’s not going to sell in America”. We were recently fortunate enough to sit down with Richard Honeywood, a true legend in the world of video game localisation, who has worked at companies such as Seibu Kaihatsu, Square Enix, and Blizzard. During his time at Square Enix, he was…
“I’ll see you again, somewhere down the road”. Sandy Duncan, who served as Vice President of Xbox’s Europe division, has passed away, we’re sad to report. Duncan held the role at Xbox until 2002, and in 2005, he founded YoYo Games Ltd, the creator of GameMaker: Studio. Read the full article on timeextension.com “I’ll see…
Investing in a gaming PC is rarely about just playing today’s top titles. It is about securing a platform that will deliver high-quality experiences for years to come. Building for longevity requires a different philosophy than simply chasing the lowest possible price or the highest theoretical benchmark number. Builders focused on enduring quality, such asHyper…
“People saw me sleeping in the office every night and coming up like a zombie. Since its original release in 1998, Square’s science-fiction RPG Xenogears has achieved a reputation as one of the company’s best games for the original PlayStation, thanks to its complex and multi-layered story that weaves in elements of psychology, philosophy, and…