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With no reserve prices. Over 100 different classic coin-ops are about to be auctioned by Australia’s largest retro amusement arcade, it has been revealed. Melbourne’s Arcade Garage – based in the ‘Welcome to Thornbury’ entertainment precinct – is closing its doors due to a change in the owner’s circumstances, and all of its fully-working and…

Coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox consoles. Since its original release back in 1997, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night has gone on to inspire countless indie games that have sought to capture the same satisfying blend of exploration, gothic storytelling, and action-packed combat. Just last month, for instance, we told you about…

Has already surpassed its Kickstarter goal. All the way back in 1983, Andrew Hewson (he of Hewson Consultants fame) published 20 Best Programs For The ZX Spectrum, a book which introduced a whole generation of gamers to the wonders of bedroom coding. It’s impossible to say how many people were inspired to start making games…

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…