Max Payne and Alan Wake voice actor James McCaffrey has died after a battle with cancer, according to a TMZ report. He was 65. McCaffrey’s death was initially revealed by actor Kevin Dillon, who paid tribute to his “best friend” in an Instagram post. After some confusion about whether it was actually the actor who…
There’s been a significant change as to how Steam will require games to advertise expansion packs or DLCs on the platform. The new guidelines clearly spell out what can be classified as new extra content and how publishers and developers should handle this future content to ensure that it actually benefits customers. “By offering a…
Hello, this is rdein. I’m the creator of the Momodora series and the main designer for Reverie Under the Moonlight, the latest instalment in the series. Our team, Bombservice, consists of four people: Hernan, who did animation and some programming; PKBT, who did programming; notoriousKnave, who worked on the soundtrack, and myself, who did the…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a huge success for Nintendo and to put things into perspective it has been revealed that it is actually the second best-selling game in Japan of all-time after the beloved Pokemon Red, Pokemon Green, and Pokemon Blue, on the classic Game Boy. Here’s a look at the top twenty…
Bubble Bobble is returning to the line-up, too. Numskull has announced that Taito’s Qix is joining its Quarter Arcades range this year. Originally released in 1981, Qix is one of the few Taito arcade games to be created in North America – it was developed by husband and wife team Randy and Sandy Pfeiffer. A…
v1.1.30 adds support for N64 Element Module. A few weeks behind schedule, and Polymega’s v1.1.30 update is finally live. The headline news is that the EM05 Ultra Module is finally supported. Many of those who had pre-ordered the N64 module received their units last week, only to discover that, without the firmware update, the modules…
The Kombat Pack hasn’t even been released yet. After some leaks prior to release, there are now reports of a new DLC character datamine for Mortal Kombat 1. As detailed by IGN, dataminers have unearthed lines of dialogue that could be for either “cut content or “upcoming, unannounced” DLC characters. Here’s the rundown from dataminer…
Firing on all cylinders. Things really weren’t looking good for Atari for a while. Before current CEO Wade Rosen shifted the company’s focus back to retro gaming, Atari had its eyes firmly on cryptocurreny and… hotels? Yeesh. It wasn’t great. Now, however, the future looks bright for the once-mighty Atari, with the firm’s acquisitions of…
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition launches on Nintendo Switch, PS4 and smartphone on 27th August and Square Enix has treated us to a new video of the game in action. In the 5 minute trailer, we’re shown some new enemies, additional harder dungeons, new voice acting and details of a ‘lite’ version of the…
Following a rough 2023, which saw Ubisoft wrestling with poor financial results, several cancellations, under-performing games, layoffs, and CEO Yves Guillemot effectively putting all the responsibility on developers rather than looking inwards, the publisher has failed to right the ship. 2024 was an absolutely dire year for Ubisoft. Once a powerhouse publisher, Ubisoft might still…