Here we are again with a bucket of new info about a Ubisoft game that wasn’t supposed to get out. This time, the leaks are about Assassin’s Creed Hexe, an upcoming game in the series that has only been vaguely described as a “darker” installment through official channels. All of the new details come from…
Challenges and achievements are a huge part of today’s gaming experience, even for retro gamers. AntStream Arcade hasn’t left their clients out of the party either, as the service has tons of amazing and fun challenges for their players to enjoy. In this exclusive list, we break down 10 amazing challenges for 10 of the…
Dragon questing since 1986. 2026 is a big year for video game anniversaries, and one of the many celebrations already getting underway is for the Dragon Quest series. This year, the long-running role-playing series will turn 40 years old. To kick things off, Square Enix and its official Dragon Quest social accounts have now shared…
Atari 2600+ is also an “evergreen project”. Atari has just purchased a controlling stake in Swedish publisher Thunderful, which might lead you to assume the company is abandoning its ‘retro first’ approach for something a little more contemporary. However, speaking to Gamesindustry.biz, Atari CEO Wade Rosen made it clear that classic gaming is still very…
Download it now. Nintendo has today rolled out a new update for Super Mario Bros. Wonder on the Switch. This is the first update since the game’s release, bumping the title up to Version 1.0.1. There’s not all that much there, but what Nintendo has done is made some adjustments to heart points, the staff…
Stepping out of the shadows. Shadow Dancer is part of the long-running Shinobi series, but is perhaps seen as something of a black sheep by fans. The original arcade version was created for the Sega System 18 arcade hardware, and was ported to a wide range of home systems, including the Master System, ST and…
“It’s the year 1963 in a world that replaced computers with human brains,” is how horror game Brainshell describes its setup. “The nuclear arms race has led to a point of no return. Your government uses propaganda, brainwashing and body modifications to create the ultimate weapon: a conscious nuclear missile.” I checked BBC News, looked…
Tech tours. Nintendo is no stranger to the concept of a launch day pack-in game. The Wii famously included Wii Sports, the DS came with an impressive demo of Metroid Prime Hunters, and even the Game Boy was bundled with Tetris in North America, forever changing the market. Which is why we’re all puzzled as…
Overwatch 2 Stadium is a refreshing break from what I’ve come to expect from Overwatch. It’s done away with the standard matches in favour of a best-of-seven rounds type deal with smaller objective points, maps, and timings, so matches really don’t take too long. But the best part of this new mode by far has…
Every time some new development in AI happens, I’m reminded of Psychonauts creator TIm Schafer’s words on the technology from a couple of years ago. Speaking on the potential for AI to replicate something that sounded like Mozart, he said: “I was like—wow, that’s a really impressive technical challenge, and it does sound like music,…