The Sega Genesis Mini looks primed to be a hell of a competitor to Nintendo's NES and SNES Classic systems. Packed with 42 games and with emulation being handled by M2, Sega isn't holding back on creating the ultimate retro trip for old-s...

Retro game enthusiasts Hamster have gone all obscure with us again this week, reaching into their bag of odd classics and pulling out Konami's Pooyan, now available to download on Nintendo Switch.Originally released in arcades in 1982, befo...

XSEED Games has finally released a gameplay trailer for upcoming Nintendo Switch throwback BurgerTime Party! which takes the classic 1982 arcade game and reinvents the action for the Nintendo platform. And it actually looks pretty good.As I...

Few franchise names immediately recall the dawn of video games like Space Invaders. Legitimately a cultural icon, Taito's 1978 arcade, that didn't cause a shortage of the 100-Yen coin on release, has been referenced time and again in the 40...

Indie outfit Midboss has revealed a trailer for an upcoming sequel to 2017's cyberpunk adventure 2064: Read Only Memories. Neurodiver looks to continue the series' love of engaging colourful characters and deductive investigation, once aga...

Amidst all of the excitement and noise of new Xbox consoles, Final Fantasy remakes, co-op Avengers games and online subscription services, it's understandable that many people seem to be overlooking the best news of E3 so far: '90s FMV shoo...

[Update: Spyro Reignited Trilogy will also be coming to PC the same day. Whoo!]The excellent Spyro: Reignited Trilogy is on its way to Nintendo Switch, having already won fans and critics over with its 2018 appearance on PS4 and Xbox One. A...

During Nintendo's special E3 Direct this morning, we caught a glimpse of an upcoming remake of the classic Sega Saturn hit Panzer Dragoon, which is on its way to Switch this winter.. The short trailer featured the beautiful fantasy worlds, ...

New Blood Interactive is slowly becoming a modern day ID Software. Not content with releasing the best retro inspired shooter with DUSK and creating the arcane wonder that is Amid Evil, the lovely boys at New Blood have acquired indie...

At today's E3 press event, Microsoft revealed the first gameplay footage for the new Battletoads title, first announced back in 2018. The Battletoads, for you younglings, were old-school video game heroes, stars of various Nintendo releases...

This week's Hamster release takes us to the mid-1980's, with a memorable fantasy game that was popular in the arcades, but made a much bigger impact on the home computer market: Solomon's Key, now available to download on Nintendo Switch.Re...

XSEED Games has announced that BurgerTime Party! will be arriving in the west on Nintendo Switch this fall. G-Mode's "reimagining" of Data East's classic 1982 arcade will spice up the old-school platforming gameplay with a slick new look an...

The release of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled may still be a couple of weeks away, but that hasn't stopped publisher Activision from putting the pedal to the metal and releasing a "launch" trailer for the updated PS1 classic.The new video w...

Christmas has come early for Final Fantasy music fans, as a whopping catalogue of original soundtracks, covering the length and breadth of Square Enix's legendary RPG franchise, have been uploaded to services Spotify and Apple Music, ready ...

As part of yesterday's Mega Drive Mini live stream, in which we learned of the final 12 games headed to the tiny retro console, Sega also revealed the existence of a fun Japanese "Tower" variant, which will include cute Mega CD and 32X add-...

I have a special connection to at least two of the three games being added to the Switch Online NES suite in June: City Connection, Double Dragon II, and Volleyball. Can you guess which ones? If you read Destructoid regularly you might reme...

[UPDATE: The Steam page for the game is now live and includes screens featuring SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy, which you can check out in the gallery below. Also noted is that Rehydrated will feature refined gameplay, a "Horde" multiplayer m...

The final 12 games for Sega Genesis Mini have been announced and there are a few surprises. Darius, a hardcore shmup masterpiece, will be included alongside the exceptionally rare Tetris (that reportedly sold for $1 million some time back)....

Game Atelier's awesome platform adventure Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom will be arriving on PC via Steam and GOG next month. The pseudo-sequel to the classic Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap will be hitting the platform on July 25. Al...

This past weekend, Square Enix filed a trademark in Europe for "Collection of Mana", following on from a similar trademark filed in Japan back in February of this year.While this of course is no official announcement or confirmation of anyt...

Fun footage from an old Japanese television show has come to light, giving us a fleeting look at the planned, but ultimately cancelled, EarthBound 64 (or Mother 3) that was in development for the Nintendo 64 back in the mid-'90s.Unearthed b...

PlayStation Underground has released a new video, featuring a full 15 minutes of action from Activision's upcoming kart racer Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled which, as of this writing, is just a few weeks away from release. The video lets us...

Every now and then, Hamster reach into their bag of retro games and pull out a title that perhaps isn't quite the renown classic crying out for a re-release. The preservation of video games is important, but at eight dollars a pop, some of ...

Announced a few months back, Beamdog and Skybound Games are bringing a bunch of classic D&D RPGs to consoles this Fall. Going under the collective title of "D&D Classics Enhanced," these new ports will be available on PS4, Xbox One...

Competitive multiplayer title Killer Queen Black (an updated edition of 2013 PC release Killer Queen) is headed to PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch later this year. It has also been revealed that both console platforms will see a physical ...