Author: Danny Neleman

Hamster announced that Namco’s arcade and TurboGrafx-16 classic, Splatterhouse, is coming to Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4, Today (June 22nd)! “Splatter house” is an action game released by NAMCO (Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.) in 1988. Take control of the hero, Rick, and use the power of the spirit in your mask to make your way through the cursed mansion to rescue your girlfriend Jennifer. Fight off merciless monsters to get out of the haunted mansion alive! Apart from the TurboGrafx and Wii’s Virtual Console, Splatter House hasn’t seen many console (re-)releases, so it is a nice fit for Hamster’s Arcade…

What if you combine the building and resource management of Minecraft, the graphical fidelity of a 1991 PC DOS platformer, and the survival strategy gameplay of a game like Grounded? And let’s not forget to add a touch of “Lost in Space” for the setting and story. If you shake that coctail hard enough, you’ll get Farworld Pioneers. A 2D survival sandbox game developed by Igloosoft and published by Tiny Build. The game has just been released on Xbox and is also available on Xbox Game Pass. Additionally, it’s available on Steam, and a version for PS4/5 is currently in…

Panic, the company behind the innovative crank-driven retro video game handheld, the Playdate, has announced the new June 2023 games for its curated online game store called Catalog. There is a whole slew of games added, but here are our top picks: P-Racer The first game is a bit odd. P-Racer is a pseudo 3D cart racing game highly inspired by Mario Kart. Developer Matteo went all the way in trying to convert the Mario Kart-like racing experience to a platform as viscerally 1-bit as the Playdate. Additionally, he added some really impressive game modes. It is kind of amazing.…

Press release Back to the Dawn will be featured with a playable demo at the upcoming Steam Next Fest starting today. The demo will be available until the 10th of July. Developed by Metal Head Games, distributed by Spiral Up Games and with an expected launch date in the second half of 2023, Back to the Dawn is an intense prison survival and escape RPG that puts players in the shoes of a framed and wrongly incarcerated journalist caught in a dark conspiracy. Inspired by classic prison-themed shows like Prison Break and Chow Yun-Fatt’s Prison on Fire, Back to the Dawn offers players an intense and…

On the heels of our news about Sea of Stars joining Game Pass on day one, publisher Gravity Game Arise has announced that their upcoming project, Alterium Shift, will enter “Early Access” on July 6th. The two-person development team is pretty clear why the opted to open up there game for early access sales: “Alterium Shift is entering Early Access for several compelling reasons. At the forefront, we aim to provide our eager community with a robust gameplay experience that extends beyond a simple demo. We’re also enthusiastic about receiving and implementing player feedback, helping us to refine and polish…

If you frequent this website often enough, you might have noticed that we are pretty excited about the upcoming Sabotage game “Sea of Stars.” We have ranked the game in our list of “upcoming indie games you should be excited about,” for instance. Right from the start, during the crowdfunding campaigns, the handling of the Xbox version was a little bit sketchy. It was initially a stretch goal, and although the threshold was met, the Xbox version suddenly disappeared completely. It wasn’t mentioned on the site or in the marketing campaign surrounding the reveal of the launch date. Not too…

What defines a true indie gem? In some cases, you can see a game packaging solid and engaging gameplay in a unique and wonderfully told narrative, like Celeste. Sometimes a game creates or popularizes a completely new genre. Recently, Vampire Survivor did just that. And in the case of Shovel Knight, it introduces a gameplay mechanic and utilizes it in such a manner that it innovates the platforming genre and inspires indie developers for years to come. With Tiny Thor, Asylum Square has created a game that gets in the mix of these modern classics without revolutionizing anything. Just on…

We have just finished reporting on ININ Games’ latest release, Puzzle Bobble EveryBubble! when another press release landed in our mailbox. The second edition of the Taito Milestones series will be arriving sooner than you think. We consider the Taito Milestones series to be the spiritual successor to possibly the best retro game collections ever made. We are talking about Taito Legends 1 & 2. Those were released on PS2, Xbox, and PSP in 2005. While those two discs were packed with an almost ridiculous number of 54 arcade classics. Milestones takes a step back with 10 games per release.…

It all started with a Neo Geo Arcade cabinet I eagerly raised my virtual hand when we needed a volunteer to do the Puzzle Bobble Everybubble review. Bub, Bob, and I have a long history, and I was curious to see what Taito would bring to the table with this reboot of the franchise. It must have been 1998 or 1999 when I bought a Neo Geo arcade cabinet from a former snackbar owner. Getting that machine was somewhat of an impulse purchase. It had a 2-slot MVS PCB board and included four MVS cartridges. However, it also came with…

If you’re up for a “Contra”-inspired shooting frenzy, then Retroware has got you covered. They have released a new demo and trailer for their upcoming 2D run-and-gun game called “Iron Meat”. Iron Meat is heavily inspired by Contra and features impressive 2D pixel art sprites and backgrounds. Additionally, the trailer showcases cartoon animations that we presume are part of the narrative. Apart from the Iron Meat trailer, a demo has also been added to the game’s Steam page. We haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, but be sure to do so yourself. The game is set to…