Encumbrance always sucks and I won’t hear any different. I don’t care about realism, I want my little loincloth man to be able to carry 99 washing machines in an invisible back pocket while sprinting up a mountain. I hate having to stop and sift through my inventory to junk all the things I don’t…
Kid Dracula 2? Castlevania turns 40 this year, which makes me feel utterly ancient, as it’s perhaps my favourite video game series of all time. Of the many amazing games in this franchise, the one that stands out to me (and no doubt many others) is 1997’s Symphony Of The Night, an epic fusion of…
There are more than you think… The Evercade family of systems is a glorious throwback to the days when physical media was king, and there was no such thing as a lengthy online update before loading up your game – but the range harks back to the past in other ways, too, such as the…
You cheeky monkey. One of the biggest surprises of 2024 was undoubtedly Black Myth: Wukong, an action RPG from Chinese developer Game Science. Though not necessarily regarded as one of the all-time greats, it was certainly well-received and went on to sell an extraordinary amount of copies within a very short timeframe; reportedly over 18…
Music publication Mojo has a new retrospective on Omikron: The Nomad Soul, the 1999 game that marked Davd Cage’s directorial debut but is most notable for the involvement of David Bowie. The legendary musician was initially approached in a bid to license some of his older songs but Bowie, ever-keen on where technology was going…
In the mid-1990s Interplay Entertainment acquired the Dungeons & Dragons licence, and would go on to publish Baldur’s Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Icewind Dale. The team working on a little post-apocalyptic RPG that would eventually be called Fallout was largely left to its own devices in the shadow of those projects, which turned out to…
The well-received latest title from Platinum Games on the Nintendo Switch Astral Chain is celebrating its first anniversary today. To mark the occasion Platinum Games concept artist Yuki Suda and scenario writer Akiteru Naka have published some lovely new artwork. Platinum Games Akahisa Taura has thanked Switch owners for purchasing the game and is happy…
Wonder Boy! Choplifter! Sega Ninja! Sega’s System 1 (1983) and System 2 (1985) arcade hardware is coming to the Analogue Pocket, we can reveal. A new OpenFPGA core by Boogermann / marcusjordan is in development and will be released shortly, according to Pixel Cherry Ninja. Read the full article on timeextension.com Wonder Boy! Choplifter! Sega…
Humble Bundle has been around for a while now, and they’ve served up millions of dollars to charities over the years. Now they’re getting into the subscription game, because people love monthly bills apparently. Aptly names the Humble Monthly, the twist is that you can subscribe—or cancel your subscription—any time you want, but all games…