Cult classic capitalism JRPG and shop-running simulator Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale will be getting an HD remaster in 2025, says the game’s developer and publisher. The announcement was made during day 2 of Tokyo’s Comiket convention—a surprise venue for a videogame announce, but why not? “In 2025… prepare to re-open the item shop,” said…
An expensive virtual play Michael Dell just made history by orchestrating a deal for Dell and private-equity partner Silver Lake to buy EMC, a cloud and data storage outfit. It’s the biggest deal of all time in the tech industry. It was only two years ago that Michael bought back the company he founded for…
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Monster Hunter Wilds is set to feature a large number of monsters, both old and new, like the new “flagship” (aka scary) beast Arkveld, and the return of farting gorilla Congalala after almost 10 years. But only one monster can be your first prey, the one that basically volunteers for a whooping to show you…
Nintendo announced this morning that the immensely popular Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch system has shifted over 13.41 million copies worldwide since it launched in March. These sales noted were made within its first six weeks. It is the Nintendo Switch’s 6th best-selling game if sales of Pokemon Sword & Shield are…
Coming as part of the 2024/2025 schedule. Quarter Arcades will be adding Data East’s 1987 arcade title The Real Ghostbusters to its range of 1/4-scale coin-op cabinets, it has been revealed (thanks, Ghostbusters News). Darren Brown, product manager at Numskull Designs (Quarter Arcades’ parent company), posted the news on the Quarter Arcade Facebook group. “Bustin’…
Hi, it’s Jakub from Grip Games and I bring you great news! After a very long wait, several delays, and a change of publisher, Q.U.B.E: Director’s Cut is coming to PS4 and PS3 on July 21st. Formerly published by the game’s creators Toxic Games, we at Grip Games took over the work of releasing this…
Metal Gear Solid: The Master Collection brought the classic series to PC much in the same way delivery service Yodel brings parcels to your door. Players were less than happy with the barebones package Konami kicked up the virtual driveway, and it was left to modders to unpack the publisher’s soggy box and make the…
“Now I’m even more confused”. Early Tomb Raider titles have recently been remastered for modern systems, and the developers behind the project have used upscaling tools to improve the 32-bit textures seen in the original games. This process has led to some intentional confusion online, as evidenced by a post on the Insert Credit forums,…
Behind the doors of an unassuming building hidden away in an industrial complex in the heart of Texas lies one of the most creative and revolutionary pinball companies around. If you are a pinball fan and have never heard of Multimorphic, you’re missing out on a whole new world of pinball possibilities and some of…