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A Game So Good It Could Have Been Hexen III
4.7.2022
In the mood for a retro-style FPS, I dug around the new releases on Steam, and poked at a few, not really clicking. Until, that is, I found Hands Of Necromancy, and then played it all weekend. This is a Hexen-like FPS, with enormous, sprawling maps, a whole bunch of weapons, an array of enemy...
Every Single English-Language SNES Manual Is Now Available Online
4.7.2022
Back in October 2020 I did a feature on a project that was trying to find every Super Nintendo manual in existence, scan them and upload them onto the internet. I’m happy to report that, as of July 2022, the project has now completed a significant—and for many of you reading this it’s...
Old Soldiers Never Die...
1.7.2022
Graeme McCormack is a veteran artist who has worked on everything from the Halo series to Age of Empires.Read more
Monkey Island Creator Ron Gilbert Has Joy Sapped From Sequel Thanks To Awful People
30.6.2022
During Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct Mini, Return To Monkey Island was finally seen in motion. Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman’s return to the series, after over 30 years away, has given a lot of cause for interest among classic point-and-click adventure fans. And unfortunately, where go fans...
Pokemon's Kids Are All Grown Up
30.6.2022
Brahim Bensehoul is an illustrator, character artist and creature designer who has worked on stuff like League of Legends and Call of Duty.Read more
God Of War Ragnarök Producer Asks Rabid Stans To Chill Out Over Reveal Rumors
29.6.2022
For the past week, God of War: Ragnarök has been trending on Twitter, though there isn’t any definitive news from developer Sony Santa Monica Studio. Instead, there have just been a series of tweets from “industry insiders” pointing to a potential livestream reveal of the game on June 30....
Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, And Persona 3 Portable Coming To Switch, Too
28.6.2022
Three beloved Atlus games, Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal, are finally making the leap to the Nintendo Switch, as announced earlier today during Nintendo’s Mini Direct.Read more
Return To Monkey Island Looks Damned Pretty
28.6.2022
Thanks to this morning’s peculiarly throwaway Nintendo Direct Mini, we have finally seen footage of Ron Gilbert’s Return To Monkey Island. While there has been a blitz of information and PR for the game since its announcement in April, this is the first time we’ve got a glimpse of how it will look...
Pokémon Legends: Arceus Should Be The Template For The Series' Future
24.6.2022
It’s clear that throughout its 26 year-long run, the Pokémon games have maintained a level of consistency that plenty others wish they could replicate. Truth is, this steady pace comes at a cost: the low-key quality of life buffs found in every entry often fall by the wayside come next time. As...
The Nintendo Switch Has A Big Summer Sale Right Now
24.6.2022
The dog days of summer are officially here. Whether you’re trying to take your mind off the heat or the bad headlines, you’re in luck: Nintendo is currently running a major sale on digital Switch games. Cool off with Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze or mind-meld with a sentient hat in Super...
Yakuza Fan Is Fixing The PS2 Original's Mistakes
23.6.2022
It’s easy to forget in 2022, now that it feels like we get a new or remastered Yakuza game every six months, that for a very long time the series was MIA from Western shores, in large part down to the disastrous decisions made by Sega for the original game’s release back in 2006.Read more
Here’s How To Cheat Your Way Around KOTOR II’s Game-Breaking Crash On Switch
22.6.2022
This week Aspyr, the studio behind the Nintendo Switch port of Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, acknowledged the existence of a bug that caused the game to crash during the main quest, preventing at least some players from completing the game. Read more
Splatoon 3 Has Shown Tons Of Cool New Stuff Lately
22.6.2022
Nintendo has been showing off a lotta Splatoon 3 on Twitter lately, and IDK if you’ve been paying attention, but everything in the upcoming colorful shooter is looking sick. There are new customization options for your character, more weapons to experiment with, an additional map to play on, a look...
Team Fortress 2’s Latest Update Makes It Easier To Kick All Those Bots
22.6.2022
Yesterday, Valve released a new update for Team Fortress 2 that fixes and tweaks a lot of things, but many players are most excited about the changes to how voting and usernames work, hopeful they’ll make it easier to combat all the annoying bots that continue to plague the multiplayer, class-based...
Tony Hawk Says A Pro Skater 3+4 Remake Was Killed By Activision's Moves
21.6.2022
From 1991 until 2021, Vicarious Visions was the name of a studio that made a ton of pretty cool licensed games, but which had also contributed to the beloved Tony Hawk Pro Skater series. Then Activision stepped in and made some changes.Read more
N64 Pokémon Snap Coming To Nintendo Switch Online
17.6.2022
While there’s a New Pokémon Snap for fans to enjoy on the Switch—which only came out last year—Nintendo has now decided to make the original N64 game available as well.Read more
Capcom Letting Resident Evil Players Roll Back Ray Tracing, 3D Audio Upgrades On Steam
16.6.2022
Capcom recently announced that folks who own the Resident Evil 2 remake, the Resident Evil 3 remake, and Resident Evil 7 on PC can now revert to previous versions of the games from before they received a handful of next-gen console-adjacent upgrades.Read more
Mass Effect Legendary Edition And 30 Other Games Will Be Free On Amazon Prime
16.6.2022
If you love Mass Effect but haven’t picked up the remaster because “I have the old games already,” then I have good news for you. Amazon is giving away Mass Effect Legendary Edition during Prime Day this year.Read more
1996 Elder Scrolls Game Re-Released With Modern Controls, New Visuals
16.6.2022
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is important for any number of reasons, for its pioneering place in a series that would go on to include Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim to the fact it was a Game of the Year winner in its own right. The thing is, the game is a 3D adventure from 1996, and trying...
Sorry, Capcom’s New Dinosaur Game Has Nothing To Do With Dino Crisis
15.6.2022
Earlier this year, Capcom officially unveiled Exoprimal, a new Anthem-like online shooter featuring loads of dinosaurs. That dino-filled trailer also featured a woman with red hair, which seemed to be a nod or even a connection to Dino Crisis 1 and 2 lead Regina. Was this new Exoprimal game...