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The first Evercade Amiga cart is Team17 dedicated

Blaze’s first Amiga Evercade cartridge will be a ten-game Team17 collection. This also marks the first time a handheld format has received legal Amiga emulation. The full games list reads as: The absence of a Worms game is a pity but understandable – a dedicated Worms collection was...

POSTAL 4: No Regerts comes to PS4/PS5 on March 21st

Well, you must applaud their honesty. The press release for the upcoming PS4/PS5 version of POSTAL 4: No Regerts causally mentions the PC original was one of 2022’s worst-rated games. How did they turn this around? Simply, this console release will feature updated content, improvements in performance, plus...

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection launched digitally…yesterday

We see you, Limited Run Games, sneaking Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection onto the Switch eShop and PSN late on a Friday afternoon. The publisher recently released a physical edition of this two-game retro collection, and as mandated, every PS4 and Switch title that gains a retail...

Dreamcast hidden-gem Cosmic Smash gains a PSVR2 follow-up

If you stuck with the SEGA Dreamcast until its twilight years, you may recall Cosmic Smash – the 2001 Naomi-powered arcade game that saw a DC release in Japan. It wasn’t exactly one of SEGA’s biggest hits, which may be why we’ve had to wait over twenty years...

Eternights challenges you to find love during the apocalypse

Here’s an upcoming indie that’s putting a lot of ticks in a lot of boxes. Eternights is an anime-style apocalyptic hack ‘n slash RPG with dungeon crawling, scavenging, day-to-day life balancing, and…dating. The storyline is described as “a race against time” to combat a surreal evil turning humans...

THEC64 Collection 2 and Toaplan Arcade 2 revealed for Evercade

Blaze’s 2023 Evercade roadmap is starting to take shape, with confirmation of two new cartridges. THEC64 Collection 2 and Toaplan Arcade 2 are both set to launch on April 28th, with pre-orders going live on February 17th. They’ll set you back £17.99 each, and will work on any...

Clive ‘N’ Wrench celebrates ‘Year of the Rabbit’ with a new trailer

The Numskull Games published 3D platformer Clive ‘N’ Wrench is just weeks away, officially due Feb 24th on Steam, GOG, PS4, PS5, and Switch – both digitally and physically. If you’ve been keeping tabs on this colourful endevour, starring rabbit Clive and his monkey chum Wrench, you’ll know...

‘Arcade Archives The New Zealand Story’ available now on PS4 and Switch

Retro re-release purveyors HAMSTER are happy to announce that Arcade Archives The New Zealand Story is available now, and we’re more than happy to relay this joyous news. The New Zealand Story (or The NewZealand Story, as it’s officially known) is a colourful, and slightly eccentric, arcade platformer...

Cosy seed-sprouting sandbox Garden In! is out now on PC

If you’re the opposite of green-fingered, often forgetting to water and nurture your houseplants, Garden In! provides the chance to create an idyllic garden sanctuary without fear of your plants withering away. It’s a cosy experience about picking pots, selecting seeds, and adding soil and water to create...

GoldenEye 007 re-releases on Xbox and Switch this Friday

Ahead of tonight’s Xbox Developer Conference, Microsoft has revealed that the anticipated GoldenEye 007 re-release will launch on January 27th – this Friday. That’s the official date, at least – MS notes some territories may see it roll out tomorrow. The objective-based stealth shooter – originally one of the...

SteamWorld Build announced, demo available now

The next entry in the successful SteamWorld franchise will be a departure for the series, Thunderful has revealed. SteamWorld Build, as the name suggests, is a town builder set in the SteamWorld universe. You fill the role of the town’s architect and must keep the population fed, housed,...

Lightning strikes thrice – Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX revealed

With Raiden IV x Mikado’s PlayStation and Xbox release just weeks away, publisher NIS America has revealed plans to publish Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX this summer. This revamped package takes the 2005 shooter – which was released on PS2 in Europe via then budget publisher 505 Games...