Arrives November 30th! Taito’s Scramble Formation (otherwise known in North America as Tokio) is coming to the Nintendo Switch and PS4 on November 30th, Hamster has revealed (thanks Famitsu/Gosokkyu!) The vertically-scrolling shooter debuted in the arcades back in 1986 and was later ported to the MSX in 1987. It saw players take control of a…
I’ve always stuck to cloth mouse pads, and given the few plastic hard pads I’ve tried have never gelled with me, I didn’t think I’d ever switch. But the QPAD Obsidian Glass has made me realise there’s a whole class of mouse pads out there that I was overlooking, and that’s glass ones. Of course,…
The story of the MSX platform, as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, is one of the games industries remarkable journeys that has left a powerful imprint on the world of technology and entertainment. Born in June 1983, the MSX, an acronym for “Machines with Software eXchangeability”, emerged as a pioneering force that not only connected…
So many franchises today focus on delivering high-end visual experiences to tell their stories. They often forget that people played their games when visuals weren’t at a premium, because they were easy to play and had a level of fun needed to inspire long gameplay sessions. In this exclusive Old School Gamer Magazine list, we…
Star Fox, Final Fantasy and more! 2026 is really heating up now that we’ve reached the halfway mark, and June is already looking like an exciting month on the Nintendo front with all sorts of releases. To get the month started, Square Enix is releasing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on the Switch 2 and then…
Wave Race 64 returns! In this week’s update for Nintendo Music, Nintendo has added the soundtrack from the 1996 N64 title Wave Race 64. This soundtrack includes 32 tracks all up and has a runtime of 36 minutes. You’ll be able to listen to tracks from the title screen, the watercraft select screen, Sunny Beach,…
Dig, if you will, this picture: you’re part of the world’s biggest and well-known idol group, warming up your vocals in sound check before performing for your adoring fans. The harmonies are sounding sweet and your choreography’s on point, when suddenly a gang of giant mutant rats and robots crash the party! What’s an idol…
Here at Naughty Dog, we have some exciting news to share with The Last of Us fans, whether you’ve been with us since its debut in 2013 or are just wanting to jump into the games now. We wanted to celebrate our studio, the series, and you, the fans, by making it easier than ever…
In a move I’m gonna say none of us predicted, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is getting shown at a film festival. That’s not a film version of the game’s story—it’s the game itself, cut down into some sort of “cinematic cut” that Warhorse is hailing as “a proud moment for games as a serious storytelling…
Hytale lets you scrape by for a while without demanding any specific logs from its wealth of biomes, but that lax lumberjack approach comes screeching to a halt when you’re tasked with finding Azure Logs. The basic crafting rule is no longer “any log will do the trick,” and you’ll need these specific blue-grained logs…