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“We also expect that this will be resolved eventually”. Unless you’ve been spectacularly out of the loop, you’ll no doubt be aware that US President Donald Trump has been playing around with tariffs and causing chaos in the global markets. We’ve already covered the fact that Trump’s tariffs on goods shipped from China are putting…
Sometimes it’s fun to sit and try to imagine the pitch meeting for various products. Picture a group of executives and game designers sitting around a boardroom when the following conversation takes place: “So, we’ve had huge hits with Adventure and Space Invaders. Clearly people like battling aliens and searching mythic artifacts. What should we…
From the modder who brought seamless co-op to Elden Ring & Dark Souls 3. A new mod has just been released for Dark Soul Remastered that introduces seamless co-op to the PC version of the classic FromSoftware title (as spotted by Eurogamer!). The mod is the work of Yui, a fan developer who previously released…
The new 2.4GHz controller is available to order now. The video game accessory maker Retro Fighters will officially start accepting pre-orders for the Hunter 360 — a new, wireless evolution of the original Xbox 360 controller — at some point later today. In case you’re unfamiliar, Retro Fighters has had previous experience in producing Xbox…
The offer ends tomorrow, and is to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the original. Last month marked the 15th anniversary of 4A Games’ debut title Metro 2033, so to celebrate the developers are giving away the remastered version of the game Metro 2033 Redux totally for free for a limited amount of time. The offer…
Includes new artwork, remixes, and offline versus play. Yesterday, Capcom released a trailer for a new update coming to Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting: Arcade Classics, which is scheduled to land later this week on April 16th. The “Title update”, as this latest refresh is being called, will bring with it a bunch of quality-of-life improvements…
Today, video game music is the stuff of orchestras. You can easily find your favorite songs played by serious professionals on YouTube. While there are many arguments for Final Fantasy VI’s importance in the annals of gaming history, Sebastian Deken makes a fairly credible argument for music being the game’s single greatest legacy. Final…
‘Mechanoids 2 – The Final Conflict’ was in development at Enigma Variations. Games That Weren’t’s founder Frank Gasking revealed earlier today that he has managed to preserve another lost Enigma Variations game, following the discovery of unreleased NES versions of Sensible Soccer and Populous. This time it’s the turn of the 1993 side-scrolling mech beat…
The “Will It Run Edition” is limited to 666 copies. Limited Run Games has announced that it will soon be releasing various physical editions of Bethesda, Nightdive, and Id Software’s Doom + Doom II collection, for collectors to get their hands on. This includes standalone versions of the game (priced at $29.99) for Xbox, Nintendo…
CAVE legend Junya Inoue worked on the game. Today, the name CAVE is synonymous with amazing arcade shooters, but the company can trace its lineage back through time to other companies, with Toaplan being perhaps the most notable. When Toaplan declared bankruptcy in 1994, its staff splintered off to establish their own studios, one of…