Company finishes 2024 with a slate of successful game releases; executes against retro-focused growth strategy NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — has today announced that its first full calendar year executing upon the company’s retro-focused strategy has culminated in successful…
Practice makes perfect. Practice makes perfect, and nothing of any value comes easy, but natural skill goes a long way—and that’s certainly true of Eddie Esguerra, who has become an internet sensation thanks to his insane dedication to light gun games. Esguerra has been spotted plying his trade at various arcades and conventions around the…
More details will be released in March. The next-gen XR glasses maker Viture has recently taken to social media to tease a new collaboration with the well-known accessory manufacturer 8BitDo (as spotted by the website Notebook Check). According to Viture, this brand new product will be a new “one-of-a-kind” accessory for mobile gaming, which the…
I mean this with all the affection in the world—I cannot think of a single gaming community that is as cooked as the Silksong fanbase. “Cooked” as in, stewing in their own juices for so long that said juices have evaporated, leaving behind a shiny braised lump in a scorched pot. This is not an…
No need to panic, though. Nintendo’s share price has taken a slight hit since the company officially revealed its next-gen hardware: the Nintendo Switch 2. As reported by Al Jazeera (thanks, Eurogamer), Nintendo’s share price fell as much as 7.2% following the surprise reveal. It recovered slightly during the following hours, but by the day’s…
Welcome To The Third Place reportedly cost $750,000 to make. As you may already be aware, the news broke yesterday that the world famous director, musician, and artist David Lynch had passed away, aged 78. Lynch is a figure perhaps best known for his work on the 1990 mystery TV series Twin Peaks which he…
The floodgates open. Following the official reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, accessory maker Nacon has revealed a range of new products for the upcoming console. If you’re familiar with the kind of stuff manufacturers would make for the original Switch, then very little here will come as a surprise. That said, the premium-looking steering…
There are flops, and then there was Concord. A first-party PlayStation hero shooter from ex-Bungie devs, Concord had been in production for around six years and the development costs were reported by Kotaku as an eye-watering $200 million (a figure that some industry figures did dispute). It launched in August last year and lasted 11…
Ambitious, indeed. Konami’s Gradius II is now playable on the Analogue Pocket, thanks to improvements made by Jotego on the JTTWIN16 beta FPGA core. “This game was originally failing because the scroll settings that affect the sprite location were not applied at the expected time,” explains the developer, who has released the updated beta via…
Got whiplash? With the reveal of the Switch 2, Nintendo also gave us a brief glimpse at a brand-new Mario Kart game; something that many of us were hoping for after the last mainline entry launched over ten years ago. Yes, the game we’re currently referring to as Mario Kart 9 is still somewhat shrouded…