The demo for deck-builder Pirates Outlaws 2: Heritage by China-based Fabled Game Studio is out now with the full release of the game on PC and mobile set for Q3 2025. Its swashbuckling predecessor Pirates Outlaws was released on mobile in 2019 and has been downloaded over 3 million times to date. It was later …
Gamers around the world can finally stop holding their breaths, the long-awaited handheld Nintendo Switch 2 has an official release date – June 5, 2025. Nintendo made the announcement during a presentation which also included hardware details, system features, and upcoming games from both Nintendo and its publishing partners. It’s been eight years since the …
Fans of giant anime robots are likely set to lose their minds later this year when Bandai Namco releases Super Robot Wars Y, a grid-based tactical combat RPG that brings together a ton of mechs and their pilots from across various animated shows. Incredibly, this is the latest instalment in a game series that started …
Once the company responsible for a Sony-beating emulator, Bleem is now back and the subject of a Kickstarter to help create a multimedia retro game platform. The company, now owned by Piko Interactive, is aiming to reach a goal of $80,000. Bleem, initially styled as bleem!, started as a PS1 emulator for the Dreamcast. A …
German developer VR-Dynamix has added a DLC to their virtual time machine TimeLab which will allow a VR viewing of the infamous Hindenburg Disaster in New York in 1937. The Hindenburg airship model was the largest passenger carrying vehicle of its time and made a total of 10 round trips between Europe and the United …
HyperMegaTech!, the sibling company of retro-focused game publisher Evercade, has released a new version of its popular Super Pocket handheld. The Data East Edition comes with 18 classic Data East games and is available for pre-order now, with a release set for June, 2025. The Super Pocket range of handhelds all run on different emulators, …
Sci-fi action RPG Black Beacon, from Glohow and Mingzhou Network Technology, is coming to mobile devices and PC on April 10, 2025. This news follows a successful global beta test back in January, and the game is currently open for pre-registration. Black Beacon combines anime-style characters with highly-detailed sci-fi/fantasy backgrounds. Set largely within the Library …
New Mexico-based game developer, Yucca Studio, has revealed its stepping into the tech sector with the release of the Ultra SIM, an all-in-one game emulation SIM card suitable for all dual SIM cellphones. The Ultra SIM uses Java Card technology to run Yucca’s Studio’s own Fingir emulation software, which was specially designed to work on …
The developer of Coins, Crown & Cabal, German-based Magni Games, will take the game in a different direction from a free-to-play to a premium model, and have signed with Daedalic Entertainment to take on the duties of publisher following player feedback. Coins, Crown & Cabal is an upcoming medieval economic, political, and trade simulation game …
Blaze Entertainment, the company behind Evercade, has set release dates for NeoGeo Arcade 1, a game collection, and Super Pocket NeoGeo Edition, a new handheld. Arcade 1 contains six classic games from the original NeoGeo era, ranging from platformers to beat ‘em ups. The Super Pocket also comes preloaded with 14 retro games, including sidescrolling …
Jagex announced on March 31, 2025, that the RuneScape Universe will expand with the new game Dragonwilds planned for release this spring. Dragonwilds is set in Ashenfalls, a continent in Gielenor that’s yet to be explored. The biggest reveal is the introduction of Anima, an energy stemming from magic that can be used to create …
Terrain3D, a popular plug-in for the Godot game engine, has now been released as version 1.0. It’s available for free, and primarily comes from Outobugi Games and Tokisan Games. Both developers have created a variety of other dev tools, and the latter is also behind medieval adventure game Out of the Ashes. Terrain3D was first …
The latest QD-OLED gaming monitors by Acer, the Predator X32 X2 and X27U X1 integrate quantum dot and OLED technologies to push refresh rates up to 240 Hz and the response time to virtually instantaneous at 0.03 ms. Since Acer’s first Predator gaming monitor, the X34 QD-OLED, was introduced during summer 2024, the company has …
Konami recently revealed that classic shmup Gradius is coming to PC and major consoles on Aug. 7, 2025, as part of a digital collection of seven related games with 18 different regional versions. Physical versions are also currently available via pre-order and are made by Limited Run. Gradius Origins includes the title game plus its …
Adrenaline junkies can get their fix with gravity defying tricks in Legends BMX. The extreme sports game by Firenut Games and Saga Legends Games is now available on PS5, following its initial release on PC in December, 2024. With limitless trick-combos, players will be able to put together almost endless strings of gnarly twists, flips, …
