AMD CEO suggests next-gen Xbox will launch in 2027—the premium console’s chip is ‘progressing well’
Microsoft is reportedly aiming for a 2027 launch for its next-gen Xbox, with AMD once again producing a semi-custom chip to power it. In AMD’s earnings call, CEO Dr. Lisa Su told analysts and investors that it is already well into development of the future Xbox console’s SoC, noting the launch window in no uncertain…
SEGA reveals Virtua Racing was most popular SEGA Ages game in Japan and Sonic in the west
Sadly the SEGA Ages Nintendo Switch series has finally come to an end so Famitsu caught up with a number of key employees behind the games including Rieko Kodama (producer/director), Yosuke Okunari (supervisor), and Tsuyoshi Matsuoka (M2 director). The publication quizzed the team to find out which games in the revised retro series were the…
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Tazaki Ryoh Talks ‘The Good Old Days’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with The Good Old Days developer Tazaki Ryoh about his newest game coming this Fall to the Nintendo Switch. About The Good Old Days: The Good Old Days is a heartfelt tribute to the golden age of youth, blending the charm of 1980s juvenile films with the pixel-perfect style of retro…
Expect to serve up ‘floor chicken casserole’ in the new Two Point Museum update—a crossover with, of all things, Vampire Survivors
I loved my time with Two Point Museum, which reviewer and PC Gamer features producer Mollie Taylor and I agree may be Two Point Studios’ best game yet. I took a break from it to let the updates roll in, so imagine my puzzled delight when I returned to find the latest update for this…
Asus breaks the overclocking world record with 9.044GHz Intel 14900KF CPU
Jacob was distinctly non-plussed by the tiny uptick that is Intel’s “new” 14th Gen Raptor Lake refresh CPU, at least by the top Core i9 14900K chip. Might he be a bit more impressed if it ran at 9GHz? That’s exactly what Asus’s overclocking team managed to achieve with the new 14900KF version, the one…
Josh Sawyer would like to make Pillars of Eternity 3, but only if he got a Baldur’s Gate 3-sized budget
I recently got around to playing Pentiment, and while I won’t spoil the experience for anyone I will say, “Man. Wow. Holy cow,” as I stare off pensively into the distance. After contemplating the nature of existing for a few days, my main takeaway was that Obsidian should just give Josh Sawyer a few million…
This White Limited Edition Vectrex Mini Will Cost $250, Standard Model Starts At $115
“I wanted to do a special edition”. Gamescom gave us the unexpected (but welcome) news that the Vectrex is getting relaunched in micro console form, and now we’ve got details on both pricing and a special limited edition variant, thanks to our friends at Retro Dodo. The site spoke to David Oghia, the man behind…
Dragon Quest creator teases announcements for 35th anniversary next year
The acclaimed and beloved Dragon Quest franchise will be celebrating its 35th anniversary next year and Square Enix is currently making preparations to celebrate it. Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii was on hand at the Dragon Quest X Fall Festival 2020 where he teased that the company will be making all sorts of announcements in…
Atari 2600 Homebrew Upgrades
The Atari 2600 was a formidable system in its day. It was a runaway success, spawned several subsequent consoles that, unfortunately, didn’t see the same success, and had an absolutely humongous library of games. While most of that library consisted of original games for the system, a fair number were ports of popular arcade games…