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“What could we possibly be working on?”. Piko Interactive has announced it has acquired the rights to two more titles released for the Taiwanese console, the Super A’Can: Kingformation’s Dragon Force – Light Saga (1996), and Horng Shen’s Rebel (1996). This now means the company owns 7 of the 12 games officially released for the…
“Leave behind something useful to humanity when you’re gone”. The team behind the excellent open-source PS3 emulator RPCS3 has been forced to update its guidelines for submitting AI-generated code after being inundated with time-wasting “vibe coded” pull requests. “Please stop submitting AI slop code pull requests to RPCS3,” says the team on social media. “We…
“Whilst this is not the situation which most of us wished for, it is nonetheless the current situation”. If you’re an old fogie like me, then you’ll be aware of Digital Press. One of the earliest sites to truly celebrate and catalogue gaming’s history – both past and present – Digital Press was founded back…
Metal Slug! Zelda! Amiga! Wizardry! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Metal Slug! Zelda! Amiga! Wizardry! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature…
Shows Sony how it should be done. When it comes to ‘new’ versions of old consoles, there are a few different options on the market right now. Nintendo, Sony and Sega have opted for software emulation on their micro-console offerings, while SNK has teamed up with Plaion to produce the Neo Geo AES+, a forthcoming…
The Legend of Zelda represents, for many gamers, the birth of what is arguably the greatest, and most influential, action-adventure franchise of all time. Released early in the Nintendo Entertainment System’s lifecycle, it arrived during a formative moment when players were just beginning to experience games driven by narrative rather than pure mechanics. Only one…
Box clever. From the moment I played Gunstar Heroes on the Genesis / Mega Drive, I was a Treasure fan. I lapped up the company’s subsequent games with glee, and I consider the likes of Radiant Silvergun, Gradius V and Sin & Punishment to be some of the finest pieces of interactive entertainment ever made….
“The reputation of the first game inside the company was not very good”. “At first only the tanks were to be the main characters, but in the end we had soldiers like Marco and Tarma,” reveals Kazuma Kujo, director of the first Metal Slug, dropping a bombshell that would resonate through interviews for years to…
MAY 7, 2026 Atari has acquired the complete and exclusive rights to the first five games in the landmark Wizardry role-playing franchise, expanding the gaming company’s push to revive classic intellectual property through remasters, new releases and cross-media entertainment projects. The deal covers the original “Llylgamyn Saga” titles, including Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (1981), Wizardry II:…
“The return of the king”. Ever since Plaion announced that it was teaming up with SNK to create the Neo Geo AES+, questions have been circulating about the new system – so much so that Plaion has now released an official ‘FAQ’ video to answer ten of the most common queries. In the video, Plaion…