[Update: As predicted, Sega's new trailer for Sonic Mania Plus confirms a July release date. The game will launch July 17 in the West and July 19 in Japan. Physical editions will include a cool Mega Drive-style reversible cover and mini art...

The wait for Hollow Knight's third DLC isn't quite over yet, but in the mean time, developer Team Cherry has released a new update to tide fans over. Called "Lifeblood," this new patch adds a bunch of stuff, tweaks some of the game's featur...

Hamster continue their wave of classic Neo Geo goodness with the return of one the more controversial titles of the SamSho series, 1995's Samurai Shodown IV, available now on PS4 and Xbox One.After SNK made efforts to darken the tone and ap...

In 1993, during the Video Game Violence hearings, Nintendo of America's Howard Lincoln told the senate that Mega CD stinker Night Trap would "never appear on a Nintendo system." Well, it took over 25 years, but someone at The Big N has deci...

The original soundtrack to Bethesda's DOOM will be getting an official release this Summer. The highly-praised and 100% metal score will be made available on CD and in a selection of stunning blood-red vinyl sets.Coming from distributor Lac...

SNK's domineering obsession with re-releasing their back catalogue continues unabated this week, with classic arcade fighter Real Bout Fatal Fury Special hits Nintendo Switch today.Originally launching on the arcade and Neo Geo platform in ...

Long time developer/publisher SNK are celebrating 40 years in the business this year. The  former arcade giant has teased that they will be releasing new hardware as a thank you to gamers for decades of faithful fandom.Although there i...

When I saw the PR e-mail from Sega about Dynamite Headdy joining Sega Forever, my mind went to straight to Decap Attack. I have no idea why, but for some reason I've confused the two games over the years. Anyway, you can now download Dynami...

Wild Guns Reloaded is finally available on Nintendo Switch today. Coming in at $29.99, you'll be able to download the game from the eShop or grab a physical edition to put on your shelf. The Switch version comes with a new "Beginner" mode d...

As part of the ongoing festivities of Fes 2018, which is currently underway in Akihabra, Tokyo, Sega have revealed a selection of classic titles are winging their way to Nintendo Switch.Sega Ages (a compilation branding they have used previ...

At Sega Fes 2018, the developer has re-entered the console market... sorta, with the reveal of the Sega Mega Drive Mini, a compact edition of their classic home console that nestled snugly in many a bedroom in the early '90s.The Mega Drive ...

While most of Hamster's Neo Geo releases consist of SNK's flagship titles - or at least franchises that may jump-start your nostalgia cells - today's release, coming to PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, is a little more left-field.Develope...

French retailer Pix'n Love have tweeted out images of a Limited Edition set for Capcom's upcoming compendium Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection.The set, which appears to be exclusive to the artsy retailer, contains a copy of the gam...

At PAX East this weekend, SNK announced that their 2009 PSP shooter, Metal Slug XX, will be making its lead-slinging way to the PS4 sometime this Summer.Metal Slug XX is a revamped version of Nintendo DS title, Metal Slug 7. XX was tweaked ...

Hamster continue to roll out classic Neo Geo titles on modern platforms, with this week seeing the return of King of Fighters '99 to PS4 and Xbox One.KoF '99 was SNK's attempt to take the fighting franchise in a new direction, following the...

Fox N Forests doesn’t really have the most appealing name. It sounds a little like a generic mixture of canines and arboreous backgrounds, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. The press e-mail we got before PAX had some won...

Ion Maiden has been making waves as of late and for good reason. This is the game idiots like me have been clamoring for ever since Call of Duty skyrocketed into popularity and started becoming the template for a modern first-person shooter...

At PAX East this year I got the chance to sit down with the developers of The Messenger, Sabotage Studio's new game that follows a young ninja on a simple mission: deliver a mysterious scroll with the hopes of saving his clan from some...

Although we had the long-awaited confirmation of Spyro Reignited Trilogy for PS4 and Xbox One yesterday, the Nintendo Switch was conspicuous by its absence. However, single eyebrows have been raised, akin to Spyro's goofy face on the game's...

Courtesy of the fine folk at Hamster, SNK's 1995 release Samurai Shodown III will making it's artery-slashing debut on the Nintendo Switch, with the classic fighter being made available for download today.Samurai Shodown III was a reboot of...

[Update: An official PR statement has been released by Activision confirming that Spyro Reignited Trilogy will launch for PS4 and Xbox One September 21. Developed by Toys for Bob, the package contains three PS1 classics: Spyro the Dragon, S...

A lot of people were initially stoked when Square Enix announced that beloved old-school RPG Chrono Trigger was coming to Steam. That sweetness turned a little sour when it was then realised that it was the mobile port, which features new v...

Speaking at this week's GDC in San Francisco, studio Nightdive have stated that their crowdfunded remake of 1994's creepy techno-adventure, System Shock, which went on hiatus earlier this year, has been pushed back to a tentative 2020 relea...

My life has been upended more than a couple times over the past few years. New jobs, new apartments, newer jobs, consolidating my life into a single bedroom; it’s been a bit chaotic. Nothing I couldn’t handle, of course, but as ...

Hamster are at it again, and have dropped another classic from their Neo Geo ACA range. Left-field fighting game Waku Waku 7 is available to purchase on PS4 and Xbox One.Created by Sunsoft for arcades and the Neo Geo platform, Waku Waku 7 r...