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Party like it’s 1987 – pixel art adventure Unusual Findings launches in October

Take Stranger Things and The Goonies, mash them together, and you get last year’s mildly disappointing Echo Generation. Also: this year’s Unusual Findings, a 16-bit style pixel art adventure. Also citing The Lost Boys as an influence, Unusual Findings takes us back to the days of VHS rentals...

The 1996 Strider-alike Cannon Dancer is coming to consoles next year

Not content with releasing the long-lost arcade game Clockwork Aquario, which required additional development work, ININ Games has revealed plans to release Cannon Dancer on modern consoles. Known as Osman in the US, action platformer Cannon Dancer was first released in arcades in 1996 by Mitchell Corporation, and...

SEGA Mega Drive Mini II – full game list revealed, European pre-orders live

SEGA has revealed the full list of games included on the Mega Drive Mini 2. This news coincides with European launch information – it’s out 27th October for £104.99 (approx.) as an Amazon exclusive. The roster is pretty impressive, including not just classic first-party titles but games from...

Evercade EXP to feature 18 built-in Capcom classics

If the powered-up Evercade EXP wasn’t enticing enough, sporting several enhancements in addition to vertical screen orientation, manufacturer Blaze has revealed 18 Capcom classics will come built-in. No downloads will be required – all 18 are pre-installed. The box will also contain a colour manual. The announcement hasn’t...

Team17 to publish sinister fishing adventure DREDGE

Fishing games are usually relaxing affairs. DREDGE stands out as quite the exception – it’s a sinister fishing adventure with a mystery to unravel. Darkness, thrashing tentacles, and large sea creatures with glowing eyes – it’s the complete opposite of SEGA’s blue-sky set Get Bass Fishing. You play...

Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! leaves Japan next year

Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! is bouncing over to gamers in the west next year, ININ Games has revealed. You may also know the series as Bust-A-Move, where it suffered from hideous box art at the hands of publisher Acclaim. While the traditional match-three puzzle element remains unchanged, there is...

Fresh out of the arcade, Jitsu Squad hits consoles later this year

After launching on Steam earlier this year, where it accumulated ‘very positive’ user reviews, the Kickstarter-funded cartoon-style scrolling brawler Jitsu Squad is heading to Switch, PS4, and PS5 later this year both as a digital download and at retail. An Xbox version is also planned for later down...

THQ Nordic is giving Alone in the Dark a Capcom-style reboot

When THQ Nordic acquired the Alone in the Dark franchise rights in 2018, we expected them to simply re-release the older games in the series and perhaps give the much-maligned 2008 entry a HD makeover. Turns out they had far greater plans – a full-on franchise reboot has...

MEGA MAN BATTLE & FIGHTERS brings two NeoGeo Pocket Color games to Switch

Just like the Spice Girls once sang, two have become one. SNK has bundled together the previously Japan-only NeoGeo Pocket Color battlers MEGA MAN: THE POWER BATTLE and MEGA MAN 2: THE POWER FIGHTERS into one package for Switch. Now known as MEGA MAN BATTLE & FIGHTERS, it...

Raiden IV x MIKADO remix blasts onto more formats next year, special editions revealed

The Switch’s vertical shooter Raiden IV x MIKADO remix – which boasts an impressive 86% Metacritic – is set to arrive on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and PC in early 2023. NISA are handling publishing duties, revealing Special and Deluxe versions for PS4, PS5, and Xbox...

Street Artist Simulator announced for 2024, will feature co-op play

Say what you want about simulator games, but at least you always know what you’re getting into, whether it’s farming, pressure washing, or becoming a street artist. Street Artist Simulator gives the chance to become the next Banksy…or perhaps one of those annoying twerps that doodle wangers...

‘QUByte Classics: Thunderbolt Collection by PIKO’ announced

QUByte and PIKO’s next multiformat retro re-release is a bit of an oddity. QUByte Classics: Thunderbolt Collection by PIKO – to use its full title – brings together two rare and obscure unlicensed Taiwanese shoot’em ups. Thunderbolt did the rounds on the Famicom bootleg scene in 1993, while Thunderbolt...