Japanese developer City Connection has announced that they have plans to release an all-new entry in the classic military-based shmup series Strikers. Tentatively titled Strikers 2020, the new title is planned for release on multiple platfo...

Some of you may have played some of the cutesy (but somewhat obscure) titles in classic shmup series Cotton, which dallied around the arcades and various home platforms in in the 1990's. Well, it appears that it's time to dust off the ol' b...

Every now and again, the fine folk over at Hamster like to throw us all a curveball when it comes to their retro re-releases. Case in point, this week, as Jaleco's weird Buta San is been now available to download on Nintendo Switch.Released...

Don Bluth's classic arcade releases Dragon's Lair, Dragon's Lair II: Timewarp and Space Ace are coming to Xbox One as The Dragon's Lair Trilogy late next week. The three games have been "remastered and updated" for modern audiences, and thi...

The 1989 arcade classic Ninja Gaiden will be available for $7.99 on both PS4 and Switch today thanks to Hamster's "Arcade Archives" line. Not to be confused with the NES version of the same name, the arcade version was a more standard beat-...

Hamster takes to the skies once again for this week's retro release, as Nichibutsu's 1987 shmup sequel Terra Force has been dusted off for release on Nintendo Switch.The third release in the Moon Cresta/Terra Cresta series, Terra Force took...

Idea Factory International has dropped a trailer - along with a release date - for the fun-looking retro-inspired shump Neptunia Shooter, which stars the heroes and villains of the popular Hyperdimension Neptunia series.As you can see from ...

CFK are bringing their PC remake of the classic Sega arcade Wonder Boy to the Nintendo Switch later this month. Wonder Boy Returns Remix will feature the updated audio and visuals of the PC release, but will also include an all new "Charge ...

Sony has announced the next batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers and the selection is pretty decent. Overcooked and What Remains of Edith Finch will be available next Tuesday, May 7, for download from the PlayStation Store....

Hamster's retro release for this week affords us the opportunity to look at the early days of one of SNK's most famous heroines - King of Fighters hero, pop starlet and all-around cutie-pie Athena Asamiya - as old-school arcade game Psycho ...

A listing on the Microsoft store has revealed that SNK 40th Anniversary Collection is set to launch on Xbox One next week. Already available on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, the retro compendium features a glut of the early games that made SNK a...

It looks like the classic platforming title BurgerTime is preparing to make a comeback, on the Nintendo Switch no less, as developer G-Mode Corporation has teased the release of an all-new sequel BurgerTime Party! (The exclamation mark is w...

Those of you eager to get your hands on SNK's upcoming Samurai Shodown title might get a little kick out this week's latest retro release from Hamster, as they bring Samurai Shodown V Special back out of the bag for PS4, Xbox One and Ninten...

Arc System Works has announced that the arcade release of their crossover fighting game BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will be arriving at locations across Japan from next week.The arcade edition of the kinetic fighter, which stars characters f...

When the Capcom Home Arcade hardware was announced I kind of glossed over several entries on the game list. Okay so a few like Final Fight and Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting are completely expected. Capcom wants to parade the classics ar...

Natsume Inc, publisher of the Harvest Moon and Reel Fishing titles, has announced a new program designed to help smaller developers get their wares out into the big, wide world. The Natsume Indie Program will see the publisher team with ind...

[Update: A new rumor from Nintendo Life states that this teaser is for a plug-and-play arcade stick that includes a range of Capcom classics. That would explain the inclusion of Street Fighter 2 in the video, but that falls firmly in the re...

The retro video game purveyors at Hamster are feeling shmuppy this week and have chosen to re-release colourful '80s arcade Time Pilot, now available to download on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.Developed by Konami, Time Pilot hit the arcades in ...

For the past few years, Three Fields Entertainment has been doing its damnedest to resurrect the once proud Burnout series. Starting with Danger Zone in 2017, the team started small by recreating "Crash" mode and figuring out car physics. T...

Hamster has dropped another '80s title on the Nintendo Switch as part of their Arcade Archives range. This week they're sticking with first party classics, with Nintendo's own Donkey Kong 3.Originally released in arcades and on the Famicom ...

The once proud Burnout series is not likely to make a comeback anytime soon. EA may have released a remastered version of Burnout Paradise last year, but arcade racers seem to have fallen out of style with the general public. That's a real ...

SNK and Digital Eclipse are to release a compilation of six classic Samurai Shodown titles. The Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection will include, as its title denotes, the six classic arcade releases that hit the MVS scene between 1993 and 2...

Hamster have added another old-school arcade title to their expanding Arcade Archive catalogue. Nichibitsu's sci-fi schmup Armed F is now available to download on the Nintendo Switch.Originally hitting the arcade market in 1988, Armed F (al...

Fans of arcade classic Toki, who may have been a little jealous of the Nintendo Switch remake last year, will be pleased to hear that the saliva-heavy ape is bringing his rejuvenated antics to PC, PS4 and Xbox One sometime in Q2 of 2019.Tok...

This week's retro release from Hamster is one the flurry of baseball titles SNK released for the Neo Geo market, although this case is a slightly more irreverent one. Baseball Stars 2 is out now for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.Origina...