Ken Levine, best-known for System Shock 2 and Bioshock, is not one for social media. Levine was the co-founder of Irrational Games and led the development of that studio’s varied output in different creative roles for almost two decades, before the experience of developing Bioshock Infinite led to the studio’s total restructuring as a much…
I don’t like to make our readers feel the weight of the passing years—but I’m afraid I have to inform you that Leeroy Jenkins, one of the internet’s oldest memes, turned 20 years old yesterday. I know, I know. I’m not sure how to feel about it either. The meme (which is one year away…
Kickstart a week of NYT Connections with a guaranteed win: all you have to do is sneak a cheeky peek at today’s answers and then bask in your speedy victory. If you prefer to keep things honest but can’t quite find the link between words, take a look at the hints for the September 18…
Which option should you choose in 2024? Once upon a time, if you wanted to play a retro game without using the original hardware, then your only option was software-based emulation. These emulators would be coded for platforms such as Windows, Linux or Android, and would replicate the performance of different computers and consoles purely…
Thanks to GEC Entertainment. If you’ve ever needed a good excuse to check out Wolfenstein’s obscure RPG spin-off, Wolfenstein RPG, then you’re in luck. The mobile adventure RPG has just been unofficially ported to the PC by GEC Entertainment after fans managed to successfully reverse-engineer the game’s code. Read the full article on timeextension.com Thanks…
Brace yourself, Batman is coming (again) The developers at Rocksteady Studios are still working frantically to fix lingering issues in the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight, but by the end of the month, publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment expects that sales will resume, the company announced on Steam. Batman has seen better days, at…
Is that…? In case you missed it, Square Enix is releasing Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined on the Switch and Switch 2 next February. During Sony’s State of Play broadcast earlier on, the team behind this reimagined release shared a new “follow-up trailer”, briefly highlighting the journey ahead for the party of heroes. Fans also got…
It shows the game back when it originally featured a jet instead of a human. Sega’s iconic 1985 arcade rail shooter Space Harrier is known today for its science-fiction and fantasy-like elements, including flying dragons, one-eyed mammoths, and giant robots, but that wasn’t always the plan for the title during its development. As some of…
Previously available as part of the “Johnny Turbo’s Arcade” series. A bunch of old Data East arcade games have disappeared from the Nintendo Switch eShop, as spotted by the reddit user Karnov_ and the publication GoNintendo. The games — which included titles like Joe & Mac, Night Slashers, BurgerTime, and Gate Of Doom, among many…
An unwinnable war? PayPal appears to be helping Netflix in its efforts to stop people from streaming movies and TV shows that aren’t supposed to be available to them in their region. What isn’t known is whether PayPal’s effort is intentional or just coincidentally linked to Netflix. More on that in a moment. Here’s the…