Including Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, & Xbox Series X|S. Taito’s often forgotten follow-up to Space Invaders, Space Cyclone, is heading to modern consoles (Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S) as part of the Arcade Archives & Arcade Archives 2 range of games, Hamster has revealed. Originally released in 1980, two…
The Blaze Taito Super Pocket (Hyper Mega Tech) not only sports 18 Taito arcade games, save states, scan lines, variable difficulty, and an included rechargeable battery, but also allows for expansion with already-established Blaze Evercade cartridges! Could this flavor of cart-based handheld be the net to take the market by storm? We run it through…
“Younger people who want to make games should play really old games”. One of the formative figures of video games is Tomohiro Nishikado. Known for creating the arcade game smash hit Space Invaders, I caught up with him about his long and storied career. “I was born in Osaka, in a place called Kishiwada, and…
With Bethesda making us wait going on 15 long years for the next Elder Scrolls game (I’m not including Oblivion Remastered), we’ve been left to our own devices. A phenomenon I’ve noticed spike as of late is calls for a Morrowind remaster, and a lot of chatter surrounding Bethesda’s seminal 2002 RPG in general, like…
While the costumes might be a little pricey and the third-person perspective frustrating at times, one thing you can’t criticise is the list of Marvel Rivals characters. Why did no one tell me about the adorable shark previously relegated to the comics? Taking Marvel characters most of us had never heard of before and thrusting…
Back in April, former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider described Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as “kind of to JRPGs what Baldur’s Gate 3 was to CRPGs.” He was more than just a little correct, as it turns out: Two years after Baldur’s Gate 3 won a record seven Golden Joystick awards, including Studio of…
I’ve written a touch about Helldivers 2’s slapstick deaths, reinforced by rapid respawns and a low punishment for beefing it—its Magika-esque friendly fire systems also contributing to its ‘Warhammer 40k Gone Wrong’ vibes. It joins Lethal Company as a game where dying is just inherently funny, each panicked, scrambling doom its own punchline. Arrowhead Games…
Hey everyone, last time you heard from us was back in January where we shared some fun facts about Ball x Pit’s game concept, its inspiration, and pretty much all the brand new content that we packed into the first free major update titled The Regal Update. The incredible PlayStation Blog team wanted us back…
“Golden Tee is a cultural phenomenon”. Those of you old enough to remember playing trackball golf arcade games in your local public house will be pleased to learn that emulation specialist Digital Eclipse is bringing Incredible Technologies’ Golden Tee games to modern-day systems. Golden Tee Arcade Classics will feature eight of the developer’s golf titles,…
An unbreakable block. This week’s physical games chart from Famitsu are here, and they paint a very familiar picture, as Pokémon Pokopia is once again the number-one selling physical release of the week. While last week saw a big dip in sales across the board, the drop this week is much smaller, with Game Freak…