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Includes music from Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and more. Later this year, the legendary RPG developer and publisher Square Enix will release a new piano-based arrangement album featuring music from games like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Secret of Mana, and Kingdom Hearts. Piano Fantasies – music from Square Enix, as this new album…

Cathedral: Crow’s Curse announced for PC and consoles. Decemberborn Interactive, the indie developer behind the NES-inspired metroidvania Cathedral, announced earlier this week that it is working on a prequel that will be coming to PC (Steam) and consoles (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4). Cathedral, in case you’ve never heard of it, was an action-adventure game released…

10 Chuck’s Arcade locations are now up & running. The legendary arcade and family entertainment brand Chuck E. Cheese has just announced that it has launched a new set of arcades across the US geared specifically towards adults. According to the press release (as spotted by CNN and USA Today), these locations, called “Chuck’s Arcades“,…

Zanac EX was an upgraded version of the classic game for MSX2 computers. D4 Enterprise, the company behind the EGGCONSOLE series of retro reissues, has revealed the next classic title it will bringing to the Nintendo Switch will be Compile and Pony Canyon’s vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up Zanac EX. Zanac EX is an MSX2 game…

Available now! A new version of MAME (MAME 0.278) was recently released, with the update introducing a new sound system to the multi-purpose emulator alongside fixes for games that use the Sega Model 2 arcade board (thanks VideoGameEsoterica for the spot!). This update was originally supposed to go live in May, but was pushed back…

“We are incredibly proud of the work being done”. Three years ago, Romero Games – the studio founded by former id Software legend and co-creator of DOOM John Romero – announced that it was working on a brand-new FPS title. Sadly, that project has now been cancelled thanks to Microsoft’s recent cost-cutting exercises (it was…

The future is now (in your hand). Blaze’s HyperMegaTech brand has been pumping out Super Pocket handhelds for a while now, working with companies like Taito, Atari, Capcom and Technos to deliver budget-friendly and super-portable ways of leveraging the massive Evercade library. However, it’s fair to say that the Super Pocket Neo Geo Edition is…

“My Psycho Power knows no limits!”. Legendary’s Street Fighter movie has reportedly cast another iconic character, with Deadline reporting that the film has brought on board David Dastmalchian to play the power-mad dictator M. Bison in the upcoming film. Dastmalchian is probably best known for his role as Abner Krill / Polka Dot Man in…

A Famitsu livestream is scheduled for July 17th. A new collection of classic arcade games is set to be released for the Egret II Mini this December, with the lineup scheduled to be revealed in a Famitsu livestream taking place later this month. Arcade Collection Part 1 was announced earlier today by Taito, and will…

“That old Xbox is no-longer the heart of this new organisation”. Layoffs aren’t new in the games industry, and in recent years, we’ve seen numerous studios let go of staff or close down entirely. The game industry is in a difficult spot right now, and no company is immune, not even Microsoft. Yesterday, the company…