Few studios are as committed to celebrating video game history as Digital Eclipse. With its interactive documentary format, meticulous research, perfectly-emulated classics, and fantastic remasters, The Making of Karateka sets a new gold standard.
Author: Matt Ryan
The game preservation experts at Digital Eclipse are bringing back one of the most influential RPGs of all time: Wizardry 1.
Taito Milestones 2 collects a great assortment of games, but like the first volume, barebones presentation holds it back.
Flutter Away invites players to a tranquil slice of the Amazon Rainforest for a relaxing spot of butterfly-watching.
Ray’z Arcade Chronology brings three memorable shmups to Switch, and shows just how creative Taito was in the ’90s.
Pokemon Sleep gets a soft-launch in New Zealand (among other places), letting people gamify their sleep habits with cute li’l monsters.
Labyrinth of Zangetsu is a great example of how, with a strong vision and a creative approach, you can do so much with comparatively little. This is a game that’s clearly been made on a modest budget—that’s not a criticism, by the way. But with a cohesive sense of style and theme, it ends up being far more visually arresting than the vast majority of big-budget blockbusters caught up in the high-fidelity arms race. A handful of striking hand-painted character and enemy portraits, some technically simple but very atmospheric environmental models, and the tension of a Wizardry-style dungeon crawler is…
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 brings more cars, environments, and features to the foundation laid down by its popular toy racing predecessor.
Infinity Strash, Square Enix’s action RPG adaptation of the Adventures of Dai anime gets a simultaneous global release on September 28.
The latest entry in Koei’s long-running Nobunaga’s Ambition grand strategy series introduces a handful of new tactical options.