Before John Carmack, Tom Hall, and John Romero unleashed the blistering corridors of Wolfenstein, they cut their teeth on smaller 3-D experiments: Hovertank 3-D for DOS and the Apple II’s Catacomb 3-D, the latter running on an embryonic version of the engine that would become Carmack’s signature. Those initial outings were the scaffolding for something…
The Legend of Mina. Since its release in 2014, Shovel Knight has been a gift that keeps on giving. Groundbreaking for its hugely successful crowdfunding campaign, it also helped usher in a glorious era of throwback platforming gems like Sabotage Studio’s The Messenger. Yacht Club Games has spent years expanding the Shovel-verse while developing its…
Category: Games May 27, 2026 No Man’s Sky: The Swarm – Unite Against a New Galactic Threat in This Free Update Sean Murray, Founder, Hello Games Summary No Man’s Sky: The Swarm is free to existing XBOX and Game Pass players now. Join together with fellow travellers to take on an ominous new threat: Strategize…
Dive back in this September. Square Enix has revealed the debut trailer for DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (holy moly, these Switch 2 titles really are something, huh), launching on 24th September 2026. The game was previously rated earlier this year, so this announcement doesn’t come as a…
“Dump saves, ROM, or both”. Modder mntorankusu has created a software tool which allows you to dump the content of N64 carts using nothing but a flash cart. N64 SwapDumper is “inspired by and based on sharksaver64 by @Jhynjhiruu, @ppcasm and @Modman” and allows you to dump saves, ROM data, or both. Read the full…
Long arm on the lawn. Jackbox Games has announced My Arms Are Longer Now for the Switch 1 & 2, developed by Melbourne-based studio Toot Games. Scheduled to release on PC this year, a console launch is currently planned to follow in 2027. Blending absurd comedy with puzzle solving and stealth mechanics, it looks like…
The RTX 5090 is many things. Powerful, very much so. Large, also true. Expensive? Most definitely. If you’ve got the cash to flash, though, why not throw some 999 pure gold into the mix? That’s the limited promotion Gigabyte is running for its 40th anniversary edition Aorus GeForce RTX 5090 Infinity 32G variant in Taiwan….
Geki-Oh ShienRyu is joining Console Archives, too. Hamster has announced that Namco’s 1994 3D racing game Ace Driver is joining the Arcade Archives range. Powered by Namco’s System 22 arcade hardware, the game was designed by Tatsuro Okamoto and Pole Position’s Shinichiro Okamoto. Read the full article on timeextension.com Geki-Oh ShienRyu is joining Console Archives,…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called Taiwan the “epicentre of the AI revolution” this week, after commenting about plans to invest $150 billion in the country each year. The company also plans to build new headquarters in Taiwan, a project that is planned to cost $5 trillion itself and create 4,000 jobs. At a launch event…