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Xbox's latest big first-party release is Age of Mythology: Retold, which comes from the excellent studio behind all the recent Age of Empires releases. Essentially, this is a modernising of the classic Age of Mythology PC title from back in 2002, not only enhancing the visuals and controls, but...

Who'd have thought we'd ever see the PlayStation game Croc: Legend of the Gobbos on Xbox?! Well, that's apparently what's happening later this year, as a remaster has been announced for "all the current consoles". If you've never heard of it before, this is a 3D platformer from 1997 that proved...

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars Reforged now has a confirmed release date on PS5. This 4K remaster of the classic 1996 adventure title arrives next month, on the 19th September, and promises some impressive-sounding enhancements. For starters, we've got that aforementioned 4K...

Sometimes it's nice to take a trip down memory lane to relive those classic survival horror video games of yesteryear, though we may at times be tricked by our tinted rose goggles. For many, the golden era of survival horror was during the days of the first PlayStation which treated us to the...

We're going to take a little journey now, so please bear with me. Ys III: Wanderers From Ys is the third in the series of action RPGs; it first launched in 1989, with console ports following in 1991. In 2005, a remake was released – this is where we begin with the title Ys Memoire: The Oath in...

Aspyr has today announced that 2002's Star Wars: Bounty Hunter will be blasting onto Switch on 1st August in an all-new package. You might remember this third-person action-adventure from back in the GameCube days. In it, you play as Jango Fett (before his little run-in with Mace Windu...

For Worms creator Andy Davidson, his love of gaming started when he would play his Atari 2600 and Nintendo Game & Watch. It wasn't long until he received his first computer, a Commodore 64, which led to a passion for developing his own games. "It's in my blood," Davidson tells us. "Video games...

Aspyr's Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection had a bumpy launch in March but has since received a few major updates including all sorts of fixes. This brings us to the latest third update. Update 3 not only comes with server stability improvements and fixes but also some Switch-specific...

Eventually, almost everything gets lost in time and that includes our beloved video games but a once-forgotten PlayStation classic has been reborn and looks stunningly powered by Unreal Engine 5. Released in 1998, developed and published by Square Soft (now known as Square Enix), Xenogears is a...

Publisher 505 Games and developer ArtPlay, Inc. are proud to launch the final content update for their gothic smash Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, after five years of blistering content. The Classic II: Dominique's Curse DLC is new premium content that expands the lore of Bloodstained with...

A PS2 game may be being remastered for modern systems by a studio that is known for rereleases and remasters. The remaster is being teased on X (formerly Twitter) by developer Nightdive Studios, who recently released the remake of beloved action game System Shock, but are mostly known for their...

A demo of the SNES version of Black Jewel Reborn is now available and can be downloaded free of charge (or with a donation if you'd like to support the project. The project was successfully crowdfunded by 785 backers, who pledged €64,095 in total. Here's some PR:

Over the weekend, the Brazilian developer Ludic Studios gave an update on its in-development Steam shoot 'em up Wind Runners as part of #screenshotsaturday, and it looks set to be a modern take on classic 2D dogfighting games like Wings of Fury and Jetstrike. Wings of Fury, in case you're...

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Train Simulator Classic, Dovetail Games has released Train Simulator Classic 2024 on Steam. This version brings a free performance update, a new routes collection, and allows players to experience over 450 km of railways across five countries. The Deluxe...

Nintendo updated its Switch Online service this week to include three 1989 Game Boy games – Super Mario Land, Alleyway, and Baseball – but in Japan, an extra game was added to the service. Action-adventure title Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls) was developed by...

Even in this modern age of video games in which the quality of visuals, gameplay and arguably storytelling is better than ever, it's often nice to take a trip down memory lane. With subscription services such as PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass, we can not only play some of the most recent...

Following this collection's announcement earlier this week, it's now been confirmed VGP will be handling the physical distribution in North America. Pre-orders are now live (thanks for the heads up, Nintendo Everything). If you've been wanting Gothic Classic and Gothic II Complete in one...

Numskull has announced that Taito's Qix is joining its Quarter Arcades range this year. Originally released in 1981, Qix is one of the few Taito arcade games to be created in North America – it was developed by husband and wife team Randy and Sandy Pfeiffer. A commercial smash in coin-op form...

It still bums us out that Sega released the Game Gear Micro and not a full-size replica of the original handheld packed with classic titles. While the Micro remains a cool little trinket, it wasn't the ideal way to experience the system's catalogue – and the fact that you had to buy multiple...

If you have an affinity for the late '80s and early-to-mid '90s anime aesthetic and retro first-person shooters, then, boy, do we have the game for you. Mullet Madjack is an upcoming Steam game from the Brazilian developer Hammer95 that is releasing later this month on May 15th and only...