There’s nothing like being brazen. Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad namedrops LucasArts’ cult top down shooter Zombies Ate My Neighbors as its inspiration, making it clear what we’re in for. As the name suggests, Ghetto Zombies has an additional graffiti element, with a group of artists looking to reclaim their turf while battling pesky zombies. Power-ups and a …
It’s 1994 and Super Mario Kart has earned its place in video game history as an all-time great, continuing to be a strong seller. Success leads to competition, and one of the earliest contenders to Mario Kart’s throne was Vivid’s Street Racer, published by a then fledging Ubisoft. Featuring a cast of eccentric characters – …
The next game from Flynn’s Arcade is the intriguing Silver Bullet – a pixel art shooting gallery that cites Wild Guns Reloaded and Cabal as its influences. You play as Van Helsing and are out to stop a vampire. Not from terrorising a village, but rather from stealing puppies. Helsing isn’t alone in his pursuit, aided by …
We’ve lost count of how many remasters retro specialists Nightdive currently has in development. Today we can add another to the list: 1997’s cult first-person shooter Blood. Blood: Refreshed Supply has been licensed through Warner Bros (the original was created by Monolith Productions) and marks its debut on consoles. An enhanced re-release for PC made …
Sunrise’s anime series City Hunter is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary, and to coincide the PC Engine’s side-scrolling action game adaptation is being revived. Originally released by Sunsoft in 1990, this re-release is being created in conjunction with Red Art Games and Clouded Leopard Entertainment. It’s based on City Hunter’s first season and sees Tokyo’s …
Red Art Games are bringing back the cult vertical shooter series Psyvariar with a new entry developed by indie outfit Banana Bytes – the team responsible for the positively received moder arcade-style shoot’em up Sophstar. The original games in the series were handled by Tatio and Success in Japan. Due out early 2026, Psyvariar 3 …
Aspyr are taking a break from remastering old Star Wars and Tomb Raider games in order to bring back Eidos’ cult cyberpunk stealth adventure Deus Ex. Deus Ex Remastered sees the first entry in the series – which debuted on PC in 2000 before gaining a PS2 release – revived with improved lighting, dynamic shadows, …
Art of Play, Boat Rocker Studios and the BBC are combining efforts to create a new Danger Mouse game, based largely on the 2015 reboot while featuring hand-drawn/painted visuals to mimic the look of the 1981 series. Crumbs! The storyline is canonical and sees Baron Greenback forcing Danger Mouse and Penfold to re-live their past encounters. …
Described as a game that’ll remind you to call your nana, magical adventure Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato introduces us to Miho – a young boy transported into a peculiar realm after entering his grandmothers’ pantry. What ensues is a jaunt through South America in search of soup ingredients, spread across rainforests, towns and more while …
This week has been kind to shoot’em up fans, seeing the releases of Platypus Reclayed and Zoe Begone. We can now add the modern Mega Drive/Genesis shoot’em up Earthion to that list – which can be downloaded from today. This horizontal space shooter has been causing a stir since hitting Steam in July, gaining gushingly positive …
Finland-based Tensori have an all-together different haunting experience planned for PS5 and PSVR2, in the form of POOLS. True to its name, it entails exploring abandoned swimming pools and submerged corridors, intended to provide an experience that’s both soothing and unsettling as you walk around dimly lit environments and wade through pools of still water. As …
Limited Run Games has announced the rather unexpected Nickelodeon Splat Pack, which brings together four 16-bit games from the mid ‘90s. Included are: Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES), which sees the three monsters working together, a la The Lost Vikings. 25 stages with five bonus levels feature. Rocko’s Modern Life: Spunky’s Dangerous Day (SNES), likened …
Another format is being added to NSO + Expansion next February, and it’s one that fans have long requested: the Virtual Boy, Nintendo’s early attempt at creating a system with a 3D display. Unlike the recent addition of the GameCube, it’ll be available for both Switch and Switch 2. The red hued headset made its …
News of Acclaim’s revival has set tongues waggling, and that’s despite the majority of their IP rehomed a long time ago following the publisher’s demise in 2004. Nightdive has spent the last few years remastering Acclaim’s games, and many N64 titles have been made available on NSO. On top of all this, the Turok and …
Described as a combination of Metal Slug, Contra, and Wild Guns, Zenovia Interactive’s Neon Inferno is getting ready to hit the streets in October, with Retroware publishing. This is Zenovia’s second release, with the first being the 16-bit style platformer Steel Assault. Neon Inferno is gunning for a 32-bit era feel, set in a cyberpunk …