Blizzard pulled a surprise out of its hat for Warcraft III fans during BlizzCon 2026. More…
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How movie licences created some of gaming’s most infamous releases
For years, Hollywood had a simple plan for video games. If a film sold enough cinema…
Retro games, real stocks: 5 listed companies making money from classics
So you love retro gaming. Could your hobby make you rich? Buying boxed SNES games and…
Women in retro gaming aren’t as rare as the old stereotype suggests
Retro computing still gets portrayed as a male-heavy corner of tech. Beige computers, soldering irons, Amiga…
City MSX brings SimCity style city building to the MSX2
City building on an MSX2 sounds like a tight fit. City MSX goes for it anyway.…
LAN parties were loud, messy and completely unforgettable
LAN parties made very little practical sense, which was part of their character. You packed a…
As physical games disappear, online games need a death plan
Games don’t stay online forever. Servers close, authentication services disappear and publishers move resources elsewhere. None…
Doom has found another bizarre platform: a simulated 166,000 neuron fruit fly brain
Google Research and a group of scientific partners have mapped the brain and central nervous system…
How couch multiplayer shaped a generation of gamers and why we still remember it
There was a point when multiplayer meant finding another controller. No login. No matchmaking screen. No…
Deus Ex Remastered is still in the works after its indefinite delay
Deus Ex Remastered hasn’t disappeared. Aspyr is still working on the updated version of Ion Storm’s…
IKEA releases free Skyrim mod starring Matt Berry as a Kallax shelf
Skyrim has dragons, ancient ruins, civil war, giant spiders and enough loose cheese wheels to fill…
Metal Slug Ultimate Collection targets 2027 with 10 games and modern features
Metal Slug is getting a sizeable new collection next year. SNK has announced Metal Slug Ultimate…
Akira Nishitani wants to rework Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo after 30 years
Super Street Fighter II Turbo has been around for more than three decades, yet one of…
GOG Preservation Program grows with new games and classic box scans
GOG has added two more games to its Preservation Program, but the more interesting part of…
Sega Model 1 arrives on MiSTer FPGA with Virtua Racing first
MiSTer FPGA has gained Sega Model 1 support, opening with Virtua Racing as its first released…
RuneScape developer sentenced over $400,000 theft from player accounts
A former Old School RuneScape developer has been sentenced after using his access at Jagex to…
Retro gaming is changing, and access is the new battleground
Retro gaming used to have easy arguments. Nintendo or Sega. PlayStation or Saturn. Cartridge or CD.…
Thousands of old mobile games are disappearing, and hardly anyone notices
People worry about cartridges dying. Disc rot gets plenty of attention too. Yet one of gaming’s…
Still gaming in your 40s? Science has some interesting answers
Gaming in your 40s used to come with a strange question attached: aren’t you a bit…
Space Harrier and Hang-On arrive on MiSTer FPGA in new Sega arcade core
Space Harrier has landed on MiSTer FPGA, joined by Hang-On in a new Sega arcade core…
The Ridge Racer Type 4 Windows port fans have been waiting for is taking shape
Ridge Racer Type 4 could be heading to PC in a form very different from emulation.…
LEGO PlayStation could become a working PS1 emulator with BrickStation
LEGO’s new PlayStation set is meant to sit on a shelf. BrickStation has other plans for…
Older PC games could get a serious visual boost with DLSS 5 Swapper
There’s no shortage of old PC games that still look good on a modern monitor, but…
Sly Cooper PC port is taking shape as project cane shows new gameplay
Sly Cooper has never had a proper PC release. More than 20 years after the first…
Someone turned Mario Kart World’s Radio Bike into a real electric motorcycle
Mario Kart has never worried much about whether its vehicles make sense in the real world.…
Sega X Board comes to MiSTer FPGA with After Burner II, Thunder Blade and more
MiSTer FPGA has added support for Sega’s X Board arcade hardware, bringing a fresh batch of…
Tim Curry dies at 80: the actor behind some of PC gaming’s most memorable characters
Tim Curry has died at the age of 80. Most people know him from film, theatre…