After a dull couple of weeks (1980’s Crazy Balloon, anyone?) Hamster are pulling out the stops for their next two Arcade Archives re-releases. This week – 3rd July, specifically – sees the release of Namco’s 1995 flight shooter AIR COMBAT 22 on all formats – including Switch 2 and Xbox Series. It was the sequel …
Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition no longer includes just Worms Armageddon, gaining a new update that turns it into a mini-Worms collection. Rolling out today, the ‘Backworms Compatible Update’ adds both the Super Nintendo and Mega Drive versions of Worms along with the GBA’s Worms World Party. At the request of fans, a cheat code has …
Rock It Games has just released Jaleco Sports: Goal! on Steam and GOG, featuring the NES’ 1990 soccer sim Goal! and its 1992 Super Nintendo sequel Super Goal! Both were originally developed by Tose, a Japanese studio still around today – usually at Nintendo’s beck and call. The Goal! series has a confusing history, gaining a …
OG Games has announced the first Chicken Run game in twenty-five years. Why has it taken so long? That’s likely down to 23 years passing between the two films. Chicken Run: Eggstraction is being developed in conjunction with Aardman and takes place where the 2023 movie Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget left off. Taking control …
After making an appearance on Switch back in 2023, IGS Classic Arcade Collection is about to make the jump to PC. For those unaware – and you’ll be forgiven if that’s the case – IGS (International Game System) are a Taiwanese company who creates arcade and PC games for the Chinese market. They’re still very much …
We’ll be honest – we had completely forgotten about the ININ’s Irem Collections. Nothing to do with the quality of the contents, you understand, but rather because the three collections have been roughly a year apart. At least there isn’t long to wait until the third entry. Irem Collection Volume 3 is out digitally on …
A pre-sequel to the cult classic PC/Amiga point ‘n click adventure Simon The Sorcerer is due to launch at the end of October, with ININ on publishing duties. This marks the first entry in the wizarding adventure series in almost three decades. Both the original voice actor (Chris Barrie) and the German voice actor (Erik Borner) …
QUByte Interactive’s Music Drive: Chase the Beat is a low poly action-focused driving game, influenced by favela communities. Rappers Tina and Tunner (ah!) are out to recover hard drives containing unreleased tracks, with Tina being the getaway driver and Tunner being a sharpshooter. The pursuit soon spills onto the streets, resulting in car chases and …
R-Type Delta isn’t the only PlayStation game about to gain a HD re-release. RPG specialists XSEED have also announced plans to bring Milano’s Odd Job Collection to the West for the first time. This Japanese exclusive, released in 1999, is a pixel art affair with a relaxed vibe. You play as Milano, an 11-year-old girl …
Over the announcement-filled weekend, publisher Clear River Games revealed a few more titbits on their upcoming retro-inspired releases. First, a new game reveal. Side scrolling shooter R-Type Delta HD Boosted – based on the excellent 1998 PS1 original – is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC later this year, with a retail …
2020’s rhythm action platformer No Straight Roads is bringing the band back together for a sequel. Metronomik and Shueisha Games’ No Straight Roads 2 sees rock stars Mayday and Zuke joined by two newcomers after reaching international stardom, all of which have their own line of hack ‘n slash style combat. The story sees the …
After years of cancellations and several false starts, an official Mortal Kombat collection is in the works. Arguably, the best team in the business has been assigned the task – retro specialists Digital Eclipse, who brought us Atari 50 and Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story. Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is out later this year and …
After a two-year hiatus, the cutesy hand drawn platformer Little Nemo and The Guardians of Slumberland is back in the public’s eye with a new gameplay trailer. If the name rings a bell, that’ll be because Capcom release a Little Nemo game on the NES, which was technically a movie tie-in as it coincided with …
Three-man Spanish studio Anima Project are keeping true to their name, currently hard at work on remasters of the tabletop RPG inspired duo Anima: Gate of Memories I & II. The first Anima: Gate of Memories launched in 2016 to mixed reviews, while Anima: Gate of Memories – The Nameless Chronicles arrived in 2018 to …
There was a very distinct theme to the evening’s Evercade showcase: arcade games are on the horizon for the cartridge-based gaming system, and lots of ‘em. Firstly though, August’s NeoGeo Arcade 1 is being accompanied by a solo game cart. Roguecraft DX is an Amiga indie game that’s being bolstered with new content. It takes …