Moon Cresta – A faithful recreation of an Arcade classic is coming to the Amiga via Johnny Acevedo(Amiten Games) [BETA 2 UPDATE]

Moon Cresta – A faithful recreation of an Arcade classic is coming to the Amiga via Johnny Acevedo(Amiten Games) [BETA 2 UPDATE]

The Commodore Amiga scene has received another hot news story with the first beta tease of a high-performance recreation of the arcade classic, Moon Cresta. Developed by Johnny Acevedo under the Amiten Games banner, this “from-scratch” build serves as a free tribute to the 1980s Nichibutsu original and a salute to François Lionet, the creator…

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George Lucas says rejecting AI is like rejecting cars in favour of horses: ‘There’s nothing you can do about it… it’s the future’

Just over a year after Lucasfilm, the production company bearing his name, declared creative bankruptcy with a risible display of AI-generated ‘aliens,’ George Lucas has offered his take on the tech. It’s, ah, well it’s not great. In a chat with A Rabbit’s Foot (via Kotaku), Lucas alighted on the topic of other directors’ hostility…

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“Instead Of The Vita, We Should’ve Made PSP 2” – Shawn Layden Sticks It To Sony’s Last Handheld

“One more analog stick. That’s all we needed”. Much has been written about why the PS Vita failed, with its high cost, lack of exclusives and pointless features being cited whenever the conversation comes around. What makes its commercial performance all the more puzzling is that its predecessor, the PSP, sold over 75 million units…

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Star Wars Battlefront 2 had over 2200% more Steam players this weekend than it did last June—and it’s thanks in part to Kyrie Irving and his level 101 Emperor Palpatine

We’re still in the midst of an unexpected renaissance for Star Wars Battlefront 2. Last month, we wrote about the surprising upsurge of Battlefront 2 player counts on Steam, which was really only surprising for as long as it took to remember how good Battlefront 2 is. Over the last four weeks, those player counts…

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