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, …
Gamers who are into retro consoles but don’t want to be limited to only playing titles from one era can now pre-order the SuperStation One. Although it’s primarily for PlayStation One games, Retro Remake has put an FPGA core in it so it’s possible to play games from another system with a little bit of …
Team17 and German-based studio FusionPlay have teamed up to deliver Nice Day For Fishing where the main character is based on the Epic NPC Man comedy series on YouTube. No official release date is currently available beyond later this year. The Epic NPC Man is the brainchild of the Viva La Dirt League, a New …
In an expected move to strengthen its balance sheet, French game developer and publisher Ubisoft announced on March 27, 2025 that it will join forces with Chinese tech giant Tencent in a subsidiary that will hold control over Ubisoft key IPs. Tencent will reportedly take a 25% stake in the new venture which is expected …
ShadPS4 recently updated to version 0.7.0, and despite not being a full 1.0 release has still included a variety of welcome fixes. PS4 games this emulator can already handle include Soulslike modern classic Bloodborne and comedy management sim Two Point Hospital. As an open source project, shadPS4 has received code contributions from over 40 developers. …
Indie developer and publisher Brain Seal announced the fourth installment of its Dark Quest series later this fall on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. This standalone game returns to the dungeon with a feel of playing a live board game. Inspired by memorable board games like Hero Quest, Descent, and Dungeon Saga, Dark Quest …
Ziggurat Interactive, a publisher of retro games, has set a release date of May 27, 2025, for Cosmi: Forbidden Forests, on PC, PS5 and Switch. Don’t be fooled by the singular name, though: this is a collection of 10 games from the Commodore 64 era, plus bonus material. Cosmi: Forbidden Forests packages a remastered Forbidden …
