There was a time when the flashing lights of arcade cabinets ruled shopping malls and bowling alleys. Coins clinked, 8-bit soundtracks looped endlessly, and every “Game Over” pushed us to try again. That spirit of excitement hasn’t vanished — it just moved online. Today’s slot developers are reviving pixel art, synth music, and fast-paced gameplay…
Last week, we asked you head to disease-ridden France in A Plague Tale: Innocence. While running from bloodthirsty rats and the evil Inquisition, you sent in your best shares of Amicia and Hugo using #PS4share and #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: @AloyUltra shared a portrait of a concerned Amicia. Hugo and Amicia are sticking…
The company has once again promised to do better. Over the past week, Limited Run Games has sent out a mass email to its customers announcing delays for many of its upcoming titles, which it blames on “overly optimistic” and “aggressive” delivery dates set under its former leadership. Following the news earlier this year that…
Three Fields Entertainment, developers of Dangerous Golf, Danger Zone, and most recently the Burnout-meets-Trackmania mashup Wreckreation, has announced that it has put its entire staff on notice of redundancy, as the studio explained it “will not see revenue from game sales for the foreseeable future.” In a statement posted to X, Three Fields’ CEO Fiona…
Over the past three years, Hamster has released a wide variety of classic coin-op hits for PS4 in its Arcade Archives lineup, and we’re excited to reveal our new ACA Neo Geo series that brings SNK’s beloved games back into your living room. Since its debut in 1990, the Neo Geo enthused video game fans…
A quirky robot run and gun platformer football team management sim are this week’s newly added titles. The Antstream library just keeps growing as more titles are added. This week we have the robot run and gun platformer B.O.B. (SNES) and the chance to manage a football team with Premier Manager 98 (PlayStation). B.O.B., otherwise…
Five Data East classics on one cartridge. Five classic Data East arcade titles are coming to Evercade, it has been revealed. Entitled Windjammers, Karnov & Friends Arcade Collection, the pack will include the following games: Read the full article on timeextension.com Five Data East classics on one cartridge. Five classic Data East arcade titles are…
By very precisely shooting lasers directly into the eye (do no try this at home), researchers claim it’s possible to experience a color never previously experienced. The five people who have seen the color, which the team calls “olo,” say that it’s a blue-green hue, but more saturated than any blue-green ever seen before. As…
Martyn Carroll steps into the role of Features Editor, replacing the late Nick Thorpe. Back when Retro Gamer magazine launched in 2004, its editor was Martyn Carroll – and he would keep that role until 2005, when publisher Live Publishing collapsed and the mag was relaunched by Imagine Publishing with Darran Jones at the helm….
With a backdrop of a challenging economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates, SIE has made the tough decision to raise the recommended retail price (RRP) of the PlayStation 5 console in select markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Australia and New Zealand. The updated PS5 RRPs are effective starting April…