Windjammers fans got a double dose of day-glo news yesterday, as Dotemu released a new trailer revealing new characters headed to the upcoming Windjammers 2, along with the announcement that the sequel would be hitting the Google Stadia pla...

Revolution Software has released a new trailer giving us our first real look at their upcoming title Beyond a Steel Sky, a sequel to the classic point-and-click adventure Beneath a Steel Sky, which wowed critics and players back in 1994, th...

Last week, Ion Fury launched and turned out to be a great game. Lovingly crafted to replicate the 90s era of first-person shooters, it's something I would easily recommend to anybody with an interest in retro gaming and action titles. Sadly...

What's old is new again, as the saying goes. At Gamescom today, Intellivision CEO Tommy Tallarico unveiled the Intellivision Amico. An old-school, family-focused, affordable device, Intellivision isn't looking to take on the big three with...

Dotemu has dropped a new trailer for Lizardcube's awesome looking brawler sequel Streets of Rage 4. For the first time, we get to catch a glimpse of one of the game's all-new stars in action, and it's a helluva motherfucker who goes by the ...

Hamster have pulled out an instantly recognisable name for this week's retro release - even if it isn't quite the arcade original - as VS. Gradius joins their Arcade Archive lineup on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.VS. Gradius is the Nintendo lice...

RAD provides an alternate history where at some point in the mid-eighties, the world was annihilated in nuclear hellfire. Eventally, survivors managed to scrape together enough remnants of civilization to start rebuilding society. Cult...

In fantastic news I would never have imagined, publisher QUByte Interactive has announced than it will release a double pack of the weird and wonderful '90s fighters Breakers and Breaker's Revenge on consoles and PC sometime next year. Brea...

The retro FPS renaissance is in full swing as of late last year. With the release of DUSK, fans of labyrinthine designs and key hunting were treated to an evolution of a classic formula that paid homage to and improved upon its inspirations...

Old school adventure heads will be pleased to hear that Gung Ho's remaster of the classic Grandia RPGs is now available on Nintendo Switch, with a PC port of the original title coming as soon as September.The Grandia HD Collection features ...

WayForward has revealed a brand new title currently in development for Nintendo Switch. Vitamin Connection, described as a "bacteria-busting game for one or two", is a new co-op game which - to my mind - recalls the heady days of video game...

Destructoid is proud to announce The Big Con, co-funded by our mothership company, Enthusiast Gaming, and developed by Mighty Yell Studios. In this coming-of-age comedy you control Ali, an awkward teen who must pickpocket, sneak, and g...

Power Stone is one of my favorite franchises of all time. It cemented my love of brawlers forevermore, and the second entry in particular is one of my most-played games to date. It also had some pretty legendary talents behind it, like Hide...

We got our hands on a Sega Genesis Mini early, and have the go-ahead to showcase its complete contents. Naturally, the first thing I did before playing it is see how it compares to all the other minis so far. I have a little mini museum!

Spotted by eagle-eyed ResetEra user Link83, it looks like Nintendo has filed an FCC listing for a modern SNES remote. You know what this means! The SNES component of Switch Online, which would work in tandem with the NES suite, has been rum...

Last week, WayForward and Arc System Works released a new trailer for their upcoming River City Girls that introduced to its bob-cut brawler Misako. The developer has followed this up today with a fresh new video, which focuses on her BFF a...

If there's one title from 2019 that came out of nowhere, kicked down the front door, and immediately captured the attention of the video game community, it's WayForward's upcoming brawler River City Girls. With a reveal trailer dropped like...

Retro funsters Hamster have us blasting into innerspace for this week's Arcade Archives release, with the re-release of body horror shmup XMultiply, available now on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.Released in Japanese arcades in 1989, just two yea...

Well Nintendo, this is definitely a strategy. I've always said, even before a paid Nintendo service was announced, that Nintendo could benefit from putting all of their first-party games onto an on-demand service. Take the ROMs they al...

Sega has announced that the Sega Ages ports of Puyo Puyo and Space Harrier will be releasing later this month on the eShop. Coming out August 22 for $7.99 each, you can expect these to be the definitive versions of these classic titles with...

Back in 2015, folks were wary about the idea of a Super Smash Bros. convention basically popping up overnight. Some doubted that it would even get off the ground (it was announced right after the infamous DashCon ball pit incident, among ot...

Of all of the brands jumping on the "mini nostalgia console" bandwagon, easily the most surprising was the announcement of the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 Mini. A console that only the most hardcore - and wealthiest - kids had back in my day,...

We're a little over a month away from the release of the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Mini. After a series of frankly pretty crappy attempts to capitalise on the emulation console market, Sega is hoping this much-improved venture will capture ...

[Update: Publisher GungHo Online has confirmed that dual language support won't launch with the Grandia HD Collection. In an update post-launch, the feature will come as free DLC for owners of the main game.] The Grandia HD Collection will ...

WayForward Games and Arc System Works have released a short trailer, spotlighting one of the dual heroines from upcoming retro brawler River City Girls. Put up your dukes and prepare to get laid the fuck out, quite honestly. Misako's coming...