© Jaleco Hamster has revealed that the next entry in its long-running Arcade Archives series is going to be Jaleco’s Rod Land. Known in Japan as Yousei Monogatari Rod Land, this 1990 release shares similarities with Taito’s Bubble Bobble. Lead characters Tam and Rit (player 1 and 2 respectively) zap enemies with a magic rod,
Month: January 2021
The extra-terrestrial extravaganza Spacebase Startopia has deployed a surprise beta in Xbox Game Preview. Starting today, slip on your oversized space boots and take control of a three-tiered donut-shaped space station, managing the needs of alien visitors and residents across a fully voiced single-player campaign. [embedded content] Hire and house a diverse range of E.T.’s to keep your space base up to snuff, and ensure your visitors mention
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The Super Nintendo is an iconic part of early 90s gaming with classic titles like Super Mario World, Star Fox, and Chrono Trigger. However, the machine itself was woefully underpowered compared with the competition. Nintendo used a series of enhancement
Thatgamecompany, the company behind the acclaimed Journey and Flower, has confirmed that the beautiful mobile title Sky: Children of the Light will be heading to the Nintendo Switch system. It’s set to arrive on Nintendo’s popular system sometime this spring. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but the Adventure Season Pass for mobile is $9.99. “From the
It’s that time of the year when the spirit of the holidays takes over as the coldest season is nearing its climax. But there is no place as cold as outer space. And there is no spirit stronger than a spirit of a heated battle in Hellpoint, a brutal sci-fi action/RPG developed by Cradle Games
If you drop into Verdansk or Rebirth Island in Call of Duty Warzone right now, chances are high that you’ll die to someone wielding a DMR 14 and Mac-10 in their loadout. The deadly combo of weapons from Black Ops Cold War, along with a couple of other statistical outliers, are all getting adjusted in
The Xbox Series X is, undoubtedly, a powerful console. With high resolution graphics, impressive performance speed (quick resume turned out to be as awesome as Microsoft claimed), and extremely short load times, players can get into the action at a faster rate while enjoying a newfound level of detail and immersion. However, the Series X
You might remember The Sinking City, a Lovecraftian horror game that launched in June 2019 to middling reviews (read ours here). The game was delisted in August 2020 due to a nasty contract dispute between developer Frogwares and publisher BigBen Interactive/Nacon. After months of litigation, the French court has ruled in favor of Nacon, and
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. AMD has filed for a patent on a chiplet-based approach to GPU design. One of the key goals of this approach is to create larger GPU configurations than are possible with a single, monolithic die. AMD is the third company
Hey, everyone. Let’s fix Cyberpunk 2077. Well, sort of. Let’s fix what we can at any rate. If CD Projekt Red did one thing right with their latest game, it was using an engine that people are comfortable modding. We’re not at a place where there are wholesale balance changes or complete UI makeovers, but
© Nintendo Life The SNES is a legendary console, of that there can be absolutely no doubt. However, it did have one considerable weakness when compared to its main rival, the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis: the clock speed of its CPU. The Ricoh 5A22 which powers the console runs at 3.58 MHz, while Sega’s
Cyberpunk 2077 has lost players three times faster than 2015’s The Witcher 3. CD Projekt Red’s recently-released Cyberpunk 2077 has seen a 79% decline in players on Steam since its launch. The figures, collated by Githyp, reveal that while the game boasted one million concurrent users when it first came to the PC platform in
It would appear as though Nintendo has pulled the plug on quite a few DSiWare games that were available on the 3DS‘s eShop. The games taken down from the digital storefront only seem to apply for North America, but this could soon change if the European and Japanese eShop’s follow the same trend. It’s reported
First impressions say a lot, and Drunken Fist is billed as a “Totally Accurate Beat-Em Up”. Of course, this is not to be taken seriously. However, I won’t bother building up any tension here, as during my two and a bit years writing for TheXboxHub, I can comfortably say this is the worst game I
GenDESIGN, a studio made up of Team ICO veterans responsible for ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian, is teasing its next game in a holiday card image on its site. GenDESIGN’s main page features the stylized 2021 image above, with four games making up each number. The first three are 2001’s ICO,
One of the complaints about the PlayStation 5 is the sheer size of the console. I personally stand the console at the side of my television because it won’t fit in the units underneath it. Not to worry, though; help is at hand. Furniture giant IKEA has come up with a plan, as noticed by
The original God of War trilogy on PlayStation was nothing short of iconic and Santa Monica’s continuation with the overhaul made a beloved franchise even better. That being said, there was a lot left unsaid following the events of the original trilogy, events that will be explored in a new comic series from Dark Horse
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The ongoing shortage of Xbox and PlayStation consoles has been a story since these platforms launched in November. The shortage isn’t unique to console gaming — there are problems with hardware availability across both PCs and consoles as recently launched
Nintendo Animal Crossing: New Horizons offers hours of fun all year round, but as veteran players will know, things get even more exciting when in-game events take over your precious island. As you might expect, the festive season is a particularly joyous time – this weekend saw plenty of social media users sharing videos of
Cyberpunk 2077 is a game all about player choice, and that includes romance options. Aside from one-night stands and hiring prostitutes, there are a handful of more fleshed out characters who you can get to know and, if you play your cards right, you can start a more meaningful relationship with them. Our Cyberpunk 2077
By Sherif Saed, Monday, 4 January 2021 13:12 GMT Team Ninja looks to be teasing a big year for the Japanese studio. Team Ninja, the developer of Nioh, Dead or Alive and many musou games, has revealed that it’s working on a number of unannounced games, set to be revealed this year. In 4Gamer‘s big
Strangely on Nintendo Japan’s release schedule is a listing for Kingdom Come Deliverance Royal Edition for the Nintendo Switch. Kingdom Come Deliverance Royal Edition is listed for February 2021 and published by DMM GAMES. The original for the PC, Playstation 4 and Xbox One is a graphically heavy RPG, so if it is coming to
There’s a peace to be had playing games like Mahjong. Much like Solitaire and match-3 puzzles, you can move the brain down into first gear and enjoy its routine. In Mahjong’s case, you are matching identical tiles and removing them from a large tile structure, which in turn reveals more tiles. Remove them all and
While The Witcher wasn’t a game adaptation (it was based on the novels that inspired the games), Netflix knocked bringing Geralt’s life to fans in a whole new way out of the park. With several other gaming adaptations in the works, it looks like a new TV series based on The Elder Scrolls is also coming
Suikoden creator Yoshitaka Murayama has said that although he’s focusing on the upcoming Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, he would be open to working on a new Suikoden game should the opportunity present itself. The IP is currently owned by Konami, and hasn’t seen a new release since 2012’s PlayStation Portable title, Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki. Speaking
Unreal Engine 5 maker Epic Games has said that it has been discussing next-gen (well, now current-gen) hardware with Sony for the last 3-4 years, during which Epic received early access to the PlayStation 5. According to CEO Tim Sweeney, his company’s conversations with Sony architect Mark Cerny weren’t just limited to graphics. The partners
It could be a good year for Fatal Frame fans with co-creator and producer Keisuke Kikuchi recently expressing interest in doing something to celebrate the series’ 20th anniversary. Yes, that’s right, as of this December the survival horror series will have been around for 20 years. Here’s what Kikuchi had to say in an interview
Dawn of the final day. We return to work tomorrow. Every year Graham opens the secret panel in the back of all our heads (with a little screwdriver) and removes our batteries so we don’t cause any trouble over the break. On January the 4th he’ll put new ones in, but to keep you amused
One of the good things that came out of 2020 along with a plethora of great video games across all platforms, was the buzz around the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and DOOM Eternal. Both games shared the same release date and thanks to the internet, a flood of memes and fan made artwork
First announced at China Hero Project 2019, futuristic action-adventure ANNO: Mutationem has been delayed to Q3 2021. The game was originally set for release in December 2020. Publisher Lightning Games and developer ThinkingStars penned a letter apologizing for the delay, and revealed that ANNO: Mutationem is now in development for the PlayStation 5 as well. According