Not content with all the awesome news we’ve had so far this week, then how about this news story that’s just been sent to us by our good friend Liqmatrix. It’s the work in progress game of ‘Dreadnought Assault’ by kiwilove and playsoft. A rather awesome looking WIP scrolling shoot ’em up for the Atari 7800, which…
That’s two more than the SNES version! Brazilian developer Mauro Xavier is still hard at work on his unofficial port of Final Fight for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, and has just revealed that it could be getting support for three players. “Dig out your multitaps,” he proclaims on social media. “Although it’s still…
Scrolling onto Switch this year. If last year’s Absolum put you in the mood for more fantasy roguelike action, then Dark Scrolls is here to fit the bill with a retro twist. From Gato Roboto and Gunbrella dev Doinksoft, with Devolver Digital on publishing duties, Dark Scrolls is a ‘dungeon scroller’, that’s part procedurally-generated roguelike,…
A BBC report says that the 18-year-old hacker who was found responsible for committing a series of attacks on tech firms that included the theft and leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 footage in 2022 has been sentenced to an indefinite period in a secure hospital. Arion Kurtaj was found responsible for the attacks on…
An Ironclad purchase. The Evercade family of systems has seen some amazing collections over the past few years, but few have been quite as eagerly-awaited as the Neo Geo Arcade 1 cartridge. Much of this will be down to the fact that, once upon a time, SNK’s home console was considered to be one of…
Most games are built to entertain. A select few are built to challenge the way you think, and those are the ones that tend to stay with you long after you put down the controller. Strategy-based games force you to process information under pressure, anticipate outcomes, manage resources, and make decisions with incomplete data. Research…
Just three years after release. LEGO 2K Drive is a fun little racer — perhaps not as open as we expected, but it’s creative, bright, and a great to play with the kids. But as of next week, it looks like you won’t be able to buy the game from digital storefronts like the eShop…
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Points taken. We’re about six weeks away from Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct in April, and the company presumably preparing furiously for the full reveal of its upcoming hardware. Until then, we’re left to analyse statements around its financial results and other little announcements for clues about the Switch successor beyond its form factor. The firm’s…
Marvel Rivals has a monumental task in front of it after promising players a new hero every month and a half. So far, the devs have made good on their promise with new heroes every half-season, the latest being Phoenix and Blade, with the former arriving in under a week for the start of Season…