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Konami, This Isn't The New Castlevania We Wanted

Time Extension about 24 hours ago

Marble of Souls is in arcades now.While it would be inaccurate to claim that Konami has turned its back on the Castlevania series (we've had collections of classic games and some neat collaborations, including one with Dead Cells), we've not had a "proper" …
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PS2-Style Horror Homage 'The Glass Staircase' Coming To Switch, PlayStation And Xbox

Time Extension about 2 days ago

"Remember: Good girls take their medicine".Indie developer Puppet Combo is bringing its PS2-style horror game The Glass Staircase to modern consoles, it has been announced.Described as "a frightening homage to PS2 survival horror and Italian zombie movies, …
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Soapbox: The Trouble With Limited Run Games, And How To Fix It

Time Extension about 7 days ago

"There has to be a better standard of quality".It’s odd to me that we live in a time where a video game getting a physical release is now considered a big deal. As someone who’s probably from the last generation which grew up before the age of digital …
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Angeline Era Is A New 3D "Bump-Slash" Adventure Inspired By Hydlide & Ys

Time Extension about 9 days ago

A demo has just been released for Steam.A Steam demo was released yesterday for the next PC game from the developers Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka — the creators of Anodyne, Anodyne 2, Even the Ocean, and Sephonie.Angeline Era is a 3D homage to class …
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Streets Of Rage-Like Beat 'Em Up 'Fallen City Brawl' Gets Updated Steam Demo

Time Extension about 9 days ago

Coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.If you're a fan of old-school beat 'em ups like Streets of Rage, Final Fight, and Alien vs. Predator, you'll likely be just as excited as us to hear about Fallen City Brawl — a new ha …
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The Making Of: Animal Well, 2024's Most Unique Metroidvania

Time Extension about 10 days ago

"I took a vow that I would do this at some point in my life".In our experience speaking with passionate game creators big and small, one thing is a constant: they’re more than happy to tell you all about where the idea of their game came from. This is al …
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The Banjo Kazooie Mod 'BK: Nostalgia 64' Lets The Bird & Bear Visit Other N64 Classics

Time Extension about 13 days ago

Including GoldenEye 007, Mario 64, and Donkey Kong 64.Over the past 15 or so years, Banjo Kazooie fans have been left waiting in vain for another new entry in the series to make an appearance.There's been the occasional bit of good news to make things more …
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Feature: Rosewater Dev On Point ’n Click Westerns & Casting Red Dead’s Arthur Morgan

Time Extension about 22 days ago

"I told him like, ‘Let’s make sure he doesn’t sound like Arthur Morgan.'".If you're a fan of point-and-click adventure games, you've probably come across Francisco González's work in the past.For the last 20 years, he's been producing some classic g …
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Survey Reveals Japanese Gen Z Gamers Still Love Nintendo's DS Handhelds

Time Extension about 24 days ago

Smartphones still the most dominant gaming platform, though.A 2023 survey held by SHIBUYA109 Entertainment has revealed that Japanese Gen Z players love their portable gaming systems, particulaly Nintendo ones.The survey looked into the gaming habits of yo …
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This Indie Dev Is Bringing Project Gotham Racing To The Game Boy, Sort Of

Time Extension about 25 days ago

"This is a real Game Boy game for real hardware".Indie developer and part-time game design professor Shane McCafferty has had a long career in the industry, but his current jam appears to be creating cool little games for Game Boy hardware – and he's cur …
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Cyber Citizen Shockman 3 Is Being Rereleased On Consoles Next Month

Time Extension about 27 days ago

It was originally released on the PC Engine CD-ROM² back in 1992 in Japan.If you happened to pick up last year's reissues of Cyber Citizen Shockman and Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace, then we have some good news to share.It has been revealed that …

Input Devices • Is it possible to get audio from modern xbox/playstation controller's audio jack?

MISTerFPGA about 28 days ago

Hey everyone,I get that using headphones with MiSTer is kinda complicated (optical audio, dac etc), but is it even theoretically possible to get audio from xbox series controller's 3.5 jack, fro instance (or DS4/Dualsense)? The transmission protocol seems …
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Meet Short Stack, The World's Smallest Nintendo Wii

Time Extension about 1 month ago

"7.4% the volume of an original Wii console".If you're the kind of person who always seems to have painfully limited storage space under your TV, then Wii must have come as a breath of fresh air when it launched back in the mid-2000s.Unlike the Xbox 360 an …

How To Turn Your Love Of Sporting Video Games Into Real-Life Adventures

Retromash about 1 month ago

It’s great to play retro sporting video games on your computer or games console – in a lot of cases, you can really get the feel of the game and how it might be to play in real life. It’s the kind of thing that’s become an important pastime for …
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Monkey Island Voice Actress Explains Her Sea Of Thieves Absence

Time Extension about 1 month ago

Elaine Marley was recast in the 2023 expansion.If you're a Monkey Island fan who played last year's Sea of Thieves' expansion Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island, you may have noticed that the original voice actress for Elaine Marley, Alexandra Boy …
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Rare Composer Celebrates 30 Years With The Company

Time Extension about 1 month ago

"Feeling very grateful and humbled right now".British composer Robin Beanland has now been with Rare for 30 years.Beanland's career began in the world of film and TV. He joined Rare back in 1994, working on the music for Donkey Kong Country alongside David …
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CEX Is Launching Its Own Repair Service For Retro Consoles

Time Extension about 1 month ago

For Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, Sega, & Atari machines.As originally reported yesterday by Eurogamer, it appears that the British retailer CEX is partnering with the console repair company Tech Centre to offer a new "no fix, no fee" service for your old r …
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Atari's Retro Racer NeoSprint Roars Its Way Onto PC & Consoles This Summer

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Coming to Switch, PS4/PS5, Xbox consoles, and Steam.Atari has announced that it will be bringing its retro racer NeoSprint, to PC and consoles this Summer.The isometric arcade-style racer had previously only been available in early access exclusively on th …
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Xbox 360 Online Store A Hot Mess Ahead Of July 2024 Closure

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Myriad of issues present.Microsoft is closing the Xbox 360 online store this July, and this move will have had many people booting up their dusty old consoles in an attempt to grab what they can before the plug is pulled.However, as this new video from Ran …
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This $15 Device Takes GameCube Online So You Can Play Mario Kart And Zelda With Other People

Time Extension about 2 months ago

ETH2GC is an open-source revolution.Like its rivals the PS2 and Xbox, the GameCube had the ability to go online – although it didn't get the kind of software support to make this an entirely worthwhile venture. Due to this, the official GameCube Broadban …
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Jack Thompson, The Man Who Tried To Ban GTA, Thinks Video Games Can Be Good, Actually?

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"Video games are arguably the greatest teaching tool ever invented".Jack Thompson, an activist with a long history of fighting against sex and violence in video games, has said that interactive entertainment is "arguably the greatest teaching tool ever inv …
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Flashback: The Fallout Ad Which Mocked JRPGs Like Final Fantasy And Dragon Quest

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"A game that follows a scenario is like life on rails".There's been a lot of discussion recently about whether or not the term 'JRPG' is derogatory, triggered by Final Fantasy XVI's Director Naoki Yoshida's revelation that, at one point during his career, …
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Reef Creative Group Acquire 70% Stake In Bitmap Bureau

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Now working together on two unannounced projects.Reef Creative Group, the owners of the Terminator: Resistance publisher Reef Entertainment, has revealed that it has acquired a 70% stake in the UK developer Bitmap Bureau.Just in case you need a quick refre …
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"Father Of Xbox" Seamus Blackley Has Plans For The Console's Early Prototype

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"Stay tuned".Seamus Blackley, often referred to as the father of Xbox, has been showing off images of the "prototype for the prototype" of the original console on social media and appears to have preservation in mind.Blackley showed off an image of a very …
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Jet Set Radio Composer "Would Love" To Work On The New Game

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"I would be very happy to contribute some tracks".Richard Jacques is a name that will be instantly familiar to any self-respecting Sega fan. During his time at Sega Europe, he created music for a wide range of titles, including Sonic R, Shinobi X, Sonic 3D …