Kickstarter launches later this month. We hate using lazy comparisons, but there’s no getting around the fact that the upcoming indie title Monsterpatch is basically what happens when you combine a farming sim with Pocket Monsters. Developed by Sean Young (not the one from Blade Runner and Dune, we assume), Monsterpatch is described as a…
“Become the liberator and beacon of hope the people need!” No pressure, right? Our team at Skydance Interactive is thrilled to share the news with you that our very first VR game Archangel will officially launch in July for an exclusive two-week window on PlayStation VR before releasing on additional platforms. Let us set the…
September 2023 provided a prime example of why we can’t have nice things, as an anniversary collaboration between Amsterdam’s Van Gogh museum and the Pokémon Company descended into scalper-fuelled chaos. The event was intended to celebrate the museum’s 50th anniversary and featured Van Gogh-inspired art of Pokémon by key series artists: but the big mistake…
Game would sell over 1 million on home computers alone. We imagine there are many people who, over the years, have pondered why the name ‘Ocean Software’ appears on so many RoboCop video games. Arguably the most famous adaption of the classic 1987 movie is Data East’s coin-op, which was a global smash-hit and made…
Popular indie fighting game Rivals of Aether finally has a release date on the Nintendo Switch system. You will be able to get your hands on it on Thursday, 24th September. The game will be titled Rivals of Aether: Definitive Edition and you can get all the details on the game’s official site. For now…
As far as “retro” games go, Red Dead Redemption is kind of pushing it. The 2010 open world game was already released well into the modern AAA game production environment. Matt Margini’s tome from Boss Fight Books implicitly acknowledges how this is a different story from the Boss Fight norm in that it’s hard…
“I’m getting pretty fed up with all these “ports” made with AI”. We’ve seen a flood of AI-assisted retro gaming projects lately, from translations to decompilation and recompilation efforts. Opinion is sharply divided on the merit of such projects; AI tools help speed things up for sure, but they often come with unwelcome side effects…
The Attorney General Alliance, a bipartisan group of US state attorneys general that “takes on emerging issues like cannabis regulation, sports betting,” has launched a new Partnership for Youth Online Safety initiative, and its first game industry partner is none other than Roblox. The AGA praised Roblox “for its leadership in promoting safe, more positive…
Remember remember. Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl, are you ready to rank some covers? Before we head into this week’s competition, however, let’s check out what happened last time. We got all agricultural as we matched up two covers for Harvest Moon 64 in celebration of it landing on NSO. They…
Official word from Microsoft It was reported earlier this week that Microsoft was going to issue a voluntary recall for certain Surface Pro power cords that are prone to overheating, and the official details of that recall are now available. The recall affects all Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2, and Surface Pro 3 AC power…