As someone who grew up with an Atari 2600 it sure is nice to be able to talk about an upcoming Atari game with positive anticipation. That’s how I feel about Lunar Lander Beyond, a forthcoming sequel to a game so old it’s developed a pot belly and taken up jogging. Atari’s original Lunar Lander…
City builder Timberborn has a new update out. That’s the beaver-based one about all the cool cities they’ll build once we wreck the ecosphere and die off and they replace us as the planet’s dominant species. The latest update, Badwater, is the fifth major release for the Early Access period of Timberborn and adds a…
“I am happy that so many people have played our game”. While a lot of the focus last year was on the new Zelda and Mario games, there were plenty of other first-party releases. This includes the tactical RPG Fire Emblem Engage, which this week celebrates its first anniversary. Yes, it’s already a year old!…
For me, League of Legends “ended” somewhere around 2015 when I realized ranked play was just making me upset and that there were other games I wanted to spend my time on. Whenever I’m periodically reminded that the game’s still bigger than god and transforming in unrecognizable ways I get the same sense of vertigo…
One of the few things that’s ever tempted me to get a VR headset is the idea of having an old favorite transformed by the tech—projects like the VR versions of the O.G. Resident Evil 4 or its recent remake. I still don’t have a headset, but modder elsuperaguas’ first person project for the RE4…
Smash Ultimate… Ultimate? The Super Smash Bros. franchise has come a long way since the original launched 25 years ago in 1999. Yes, you read that right — the original Super Smash Bros. is 25 years old tomorrow, 21st January. If we look at the character roster for a start, we began with a humble…
Coming out in February. We honestly can’t believe 2003 was 21 years ago — the GameCube was proudly at the front of our shelves, and Super Smash Bros. Melee was the ultimate party game. But Open Roads, the next game to be published by Annapurna Interactive, looks back at the mid-2000s with a warm, nostalgic,…
We’ve just received another great update in our inbox, especially for Commodore 64 gamers across the globe. As if you’re looking for lots of great C64 games to play with instant loading and added support of loading screens, then you really should check out StatMat’s OneLoad64 Games Collection v5; An incredible collection featuring over 2000…
Was originally developed for the Amiga. Those of you with good memories will recall that we reported on Z-Team’s Castlevania fan game Maria Renard’s Revenge a while back. Developed for the Commodore Amiga using the Scorpion Engine, this highly-rated homebrew is now playable on the Sega Saturn, thanks to the hard work of Scigor and…
“As retro gamers, we are chasing these memories”. Nobody needs a reason to play video games other than for personal satisfaction; like listening to music or watching a movie, the process of play is enjoyable, rewarding and stimulating – in fact, it goes beyond other pastimes by offering the individual involved the ability to impact…
