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He has a soft spot for Madden, too. Wrestler and actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is currently doing the rounds promoting his latest movie, The Smashing Machine, and was innocently quizzed by IGN on his favourite video game of all time. Initially, 53-year-old Johnson – who rose to fame during the WWE’s ‘Attitude’ era and…
Take to the skies. A short time ago, watchmaker AVI-8 – famous for its aviation-inspired timepieces – recently collaborated with Japanese video game giant Capcom on a luxury watch based on the classic arcade title 1942. This saw AVI-8’s ‘Flyboy‘ watch produced in a series of exclusive designs, all taking inspiration from the iconic 1984…
Heineman’s career in games stretches back over 40 years. While there are many people in the video game industry who have the accolade of ‘legend’ bestowed upon them, few are as worthy of that title as Rebecca Heineman. A legitimate video game champion at an early age (she won the Space Invaders National Championship in…
“Live long and… Toasty”. The NetherRealm audio director Dan Forden made the announcement yesterday on Instagram that he has left the Mortal Kombat developer after more than a decade working at the studio (as spotted by PC Gamer!). Forden is a figure who will likely be familiar to Mortal Kombat fans, even if you don’t…
“He’s only 25 years late for the party”. If you were a resident of Vita Island back in the day, you might recall a game by the name of Don’t Die, Mr. Robot!, created by the British studio Infinite State Games. A simple yet addictive title, it involved guiding the titular Mr. Robot around the…
And even that’s pretty close… BitBeamCannon, the developer of retro projects like DaemonClaw and Metro Siege, has revealed the next game it is working on, and it looks to be more than a little inspired by Capcom’s Mega Man series. Mega Mack, as the new game is called, was initially unveiled during a DaemonClaw update…
We love the Blue Bomber. Out of the many excellent NES franchises, Mega Man is a top-tier highlight through and through. While many prop up Mega Man 2 as the best of the bunch, Mega Man 3 deserves just as much love, if not more. First released in late 1990 and keeping the hype rolling,…
Operation Wolf, T2 Arcade Game, Mad Dog McCree, House of the Dead As someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s, arcade games were not a hard thing to find. Whether it was in a NAMCO GUNCON (PS1 & ARCADE) grocery store, at a pizza parlor, or at a dedicated arcade, there was always…
A man of good taste, clearly. Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell is one of the most iconic manga and anime franchises of all time, and has spawned movies, animated seasons, merchandise and – of course – video games. The first game to be based on the media franchise was released on PS1 in 1997….
Watch the first trailer for ‘Voxel Duke 3D’ now! Back in 2022, the modder Dan Peterson (otherwise known as Cheello), released a mod online that voxelized the original DOOM, swapping out its 2D sprites for impressive 3D models, to create a stunning new way to experience the legendary first-person shooter. And now, it appears he’s…