1989 Space Harrier rival hits Arcade Archives. Namco’s 1989 arcade title Burning Force has been confirmed as the next entry in Hamster’s Arcade Archives range. Boasting similar gameplay to Sega’s Space Harrier, Burning Force places you in the role of Space Force cadet Hiromi Tengenji, who is tasked with taking down enemies on her fancy…
When you look at a vintage arcade cabinet, you’re seeing more than a list of classic games. Each machine carries evidence of its long journey—scratched control panels, swapped-out buttons, and faded marquees that whisper stories of decades spent on the floor. For collectors and fans, what matters isn’t just which games are on the screen….
First, a little background. My name is Phil. Two years ago my friend Oli and I released a co-op cooking game called Overcooked. It’s the first game we’ve released from our two-person studio Ghost Town Games, and it was developed entirely in my front room on a shoestring budget (You can still see Oli’s dent…
“We really had to shorten the move list for Tekken Advance”. Tekken Advance is the one of the stranger entries in Namco’s long-running fighting game series. Released for the Game Boy Advance in 2001, it is commonly mistaken for a straightforward port of Tekken 3, but is instead a non-canonical entry in the series that…
The last thing I need in my life is another factory game, if only because allowing any factory game into your life risks it being consumed entirely by its sprawling, hopelessly absorbing logistics puzzle. But then Cordyceps Collective went and mashed up Factorio with last year’s colony simulation Empire of the Ants, and now I…
Tim Curry, the beloved English actor beloved for his pantheon of iconic, award-winning performances on stage, film, TV, and videogame screen, has died at the age of 80. First reported by TMZ, Curry died late Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles. Curry first carved his mark in the public consciousness as the cross-dressing…
Reader’s digest. Updated with Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Bahnsen Knights! Hold it (and enjoy!). The portability of Nintendo Switch makes it a great system to play a wide variety of genres, and while visual novels can be enjoyed perfectly well on your TV, there’s something about playing them on a handheld which just…
Hello everyone, my name is Brandyn, and I’m the lead developer of Astraea. We are very excited to announce that Astraea will be coming to PS4 in early 2016! It’s an open-ended multiplayer sandbox game that allows you to build a town, run a farm, and make lots of friends. We will be showing off…
In a series of events that future historians will point to as emblematic of our age, NATO— y’know, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, established in 1949 to wage Cold War against the Soviet Union—is “actively addressing incidents affecting some unclassified NATO websites” following an alleged intrusion by a group of “gay furry hackers”. That’s what…
Sony has announced that Shuhei Yoshida, one of the first members of the PlayStation team and a major figure in the platform’s history, is to retire after 38 years with the company, 31 of which were spent on PlayStation. Yoshida joined Sony in 1986 and would find his first role with PlayStation in 1993, when…