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Do what you want ‘cos a pirate is free Vintage gaming fans would be forgiven for thinking this week’s Arcade Archives release looks a mite familiar. Now available to download on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, Taito’sPirate Petebear more than a passing resemblance to an earlier Taito release. Perhaps the first-ever example of a video game remake? Not quite. The truth is simpler… and more litigious. Released to arcades in 1982,Pirate Peteis a reworking of Taito’s ownJungle King, which hit the scene earlier that same year....

DINO TIME Primal Carnage: Extinctionis coming to PS4s in Europe and Australasia next Tuesday, July 19, 2025. Primal Carnage: Extinction will launch in Australia, New Zealand & EU Stores on#PS4this Tuesday!#StayTunedDinospic.twitter.com/wANBNSILwZ — Primal Carnage (@PrimalCarnage)July 03, 2025 Though the price has yet to be confirmed, the game – which hits PSN two weeks after the North American release – sells for $20 Stateside. Here, have a video and gorge on all that dino-flavoured carnage....

Busy year for racing fans Slightly Mad Studios and publisher Bandai Namco havere-revealedProject CARS 2with a “late 2017” release in mind for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Notice anything different in this trailer? Along with upwards of 60 tracks and 170 cars, the studio is bringing out expanded weather conditions for the racing sim sequel. Players will have to contend with snow and ice, as well as mud, and there will be new seasonal, dynamic weather effects to keep the place looking nice and pretty....

[Dtoid community blogger locketheleisz shares aremembrance of his hero, Nintendo’s Gunpei Yokoi. It’s a long read, but seriously worth your time! Want to see your own words appear on the front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] The story of Gunpei Yokoi is, I think, the most interesting in Nintendo’s 123-year history. It is also one that brings into focus the philosophy at the core of this Hanufada card factory turned multinational consumer electronics manufacturer....

Nobody could be blamed for assuming that anybody who developers platform games has been influenced by theMario Bros.franchise. In fact, if you tracedanydeveloper’s inspirational roots, one could reasonably expect to find Nintendo at the furthest reach. Not in the case ofRaymancreator Michel Ancel, who has confessed he’s not really intoMario. “I will tell you something terrible — I don’t really enjoy playingMariogames,” he confessed. “I don’t like gliding, I don’t like its inertia, and I don’t like not being able to give some slaps!...

Now there’s a name you don’t see every day This trailer forShadow Manbrings me back. That voice over! The third-person action-adventure game based on the comic series of the same namehas been added to GOG.com. It’s $5.99, and if you purchase before September 24, you’ll also get a freeShadowman (2012) #1digital comic. I never actually played the game myself, but I had a childhood friend whose family of gamers helped expose me to the likes ofSilent Hill,Resident Evil, and yes,Shadow Man....

Updated: June 09, 2025 We searched for the latest codes! When I first startedRoCast Online, I became a water bender. With additional healing abilities, I was helping friends who got injured in combat while beating up enemies with waves of water. While I enjoyed playing around with this element, something was missing. I felt disappointed that my avatar didn’t get blood-bending, which is why I turned toRoCast Onlinecodes. By redeeming them, I got additional free spins to try again....

Asspocalypse 2016 has ended? Remember when Blizzard decided toremove a pose for TracerfromOverwatch? You couldn’t possibly forget, as the internet hasn’t stopped arguing about it since it happened, blaming each other and just being all-around unpleasant. Well, fret not, as the new pose has now been implemented and you’re able to still see Tracer’s buns in her unrealistically skintight suit. Let’s be real: the problem isn’t so much the original pose, but more the “so tight I can almost make out her asshole” clothing Tracer is wearing....

Surprise, surprise, it looks better Square Enix has released a comparison trailer for its upcoming remaster of the 2008 RPGThe Last Remnant, which released last-gen on Xbox 360 and is currently back in development for re-release on the PS4. Of no surprise to anybody, the PS4 version showcases better lighting mechanics, more finely-detailed textures, smoother skin tones and an overall improved visual clarity when compared to the original 360 release. Although, that said, it must be admitted that during one clip (0:46 in the video) the frame-rate in the PS4 release certainly looks more janky....

The rights reverted The Call of Juarez series has a pretty dedicated following, but sadly new fans are going to have trouble getting into a few of the newest entries if they’re looking to go digital. Several weeks ago Ubisoft pulled Call of Juarez Gunslinger and The Cartel from every marketplace, both on consoles and PC. The reason for the pull is simple, says Ubisoft — they no longer have the rights to them....

Like roughly 90% of the rest of the world, I spent the days leading up to Halloween watching the second season ofStranger Things, which takes place in 1984. Nintendo didn’t hit North America until 1985, so kids like theStranger Thingscrew spent a good chunk of time in arcades playing games likeDig DugandDragon’s Lair. Back in those days, multiplayer meant crowding around an arcade cabinet watching someone rack up a high score or button-mashing against a friend one-on-one....

When deciding on your next good read, it’s always helpful to know what genre you should be looking for. When digging into science fiction, this is especially important as the differences between hard and soft sci-fi are quite large. The two styles share elements but differ quite drastically in others. Hard vs soft science fiction The core differences are how these two genres deal with the future and the sciences they include in the narrative....

DMZ‘s success might be marking the end of an era Anyone who was within a hundred-mile radius of the video game industry from 2018-2020 was no stranger to battle royale modes. Suddenly titles likeFortniteandPUBGwere some of the biggest games in the world, and it seemed like every franchise wanted a piece of the pie. We hadCall of Dutyenter the mix withWarzone, the character-focusedApex Legends, and we even got a battle royale mode forTetris....