The trailer for Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow ends with the protagonist, a young woman named Magpie, finding a strange mechanical eye. Which then implants itself in her face. Before questions can be asked (like “What happened to her squishy real eye?”), a familiarly gruff voice declares, “I thought I was dead. And who are…
‘Silver Surfer Redux’ is out now! A new patch has just been released for Software Creations’ 1990 NES game Silver Surfer, which overhauls the famously challenging game, reducing the hitbox, increasing shot damage, and granting the player infinite lives to try, try, and try again. If you’ve ever read a list online of the most…
“A design that is restrictive and faithful to ’90s hardware”. Back when Saturn was fighting with PS1 for market share, there were many people who considered the console’s 3D powers to be lacking, so much so that an entire narrative emerged that Sega’s machine was far weaker than Sony’s. Fast-forward to the present, and not…
Mushrooms are oddly one of the trickiest foods to find in Arc Raiders, but what Scrappy wants, Scrappy gets. By this point, you’ll have already been sent to track down everything from lemons and apricots to prickly pears, olives, and a cat bed, yet somehow mushrooms—fungi you’d have thought would overrun old buildings in the…
“Sega Genesis Blast Processing MAXED OUT ???”. Indie and homebrew developer Shannon Birt has just shown off a tech demo for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive which shows the original hardware being pushed to utterly insane limits. The footage – which isn’t a game as such, but a demonstration of how far the ageing…
Gather ’round, RPG aficionados! Aksys Games and Nihon Falcom are proud to announce Tokyo Xanadu for PS Vita and Tokyo Xanadu EX+ for PS4! Tokyo Xanadu is a massive action RPG and will release Summer 2017 in North America. Tokyo Xanadu EX+ is an enhanced version of the base game and will release Fall 2017…
And a Sonic set, too. A whole bunch of Lego sets based on Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, and Sonic the Hedgehog are set to be retired next week. You can check out Lego’s own ‘Retiring Soon’ section to check out the products still in stock, but Brick Fanatics also details additional…
King and ZeniMax among those hit. Microsoft has begun informing staff of a huge second wave of job cuts this year, and the layoffs are expected to hit over 9,000 employees. In a report published by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, studios affected include King — the team behind Candy Crush — where around 200 staff (roughly…
A love of the battles of the past has been the foundation of developer Creative Assembly’s success, so it’s nice to see that the studio is taking care of its own history too. As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations for Total War, four classic games in the series have joined the GOG Preservation Program,…
Call your friends, grab your phone, and — if you’re old enough — crack open a cold beverage. That’s You hits PS4 on July 4, and it’s free for PlayStation Plus members. That’s You is the first game in the PlayLink series — a group of games that you play on your PS4 using a…