Prime Gaming’s July 2022 lineup of free games is live now. It’s a bit different than usual, though. There are only four free games as part of the monthly program: Maniac Mansion, Suzerain, Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark, and Fishing: North Atlantic. But it’s not a down month for Prime Gaming. …
Read More »Arkanoid: Eternal Battle Adds Battle Royale To An Arcade Classic
During the 2022 Guerrilla Collective indie game livestream, Microids unveiled Arkanoid: Eternal Battle, a modern revival of an arcade classic with a battle royale twist. This new Arkanoid includes four ways to play: a new modern take on the classic block-breaking gameplay, the original retro experiences from decades ago, four-player …
Read More »Double Dragon Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary This Week By Reminding You Of Its Brutal Difficulty
Double Dragon officially turns 35 this week, and for anyone who remembers playing the game in the arcades, they’ll also likely reflect on just how brutally difficult the series was. That challenging gameplay wasn’t accidental, as Arc System Works’ Takaomi Kaneko recalled stories to the PS Blog that he’d personally …
Read More »Pac-Man Crossover With Fortnite Announced, Launches June 2
Fortnite’s latest crossover has been announced, and it’s none other than Pac-Man. An announcement post on the Japanese Pac-Man website confirms that some kind of collaboration between Fortnite and Pac-Man will begin June 2. The website, translated by VGC, says “items with the Pac-Man motif” will be available in Fortnite …
Read More »Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Among 2022 World Video Game Hall Of Fame Inductees
This year’s latest inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame are a quartet of influential titles. Ms. Pac-Man, Dance Dance Revolution, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Sid Meier’s Civilization will be placed in the Strong National Museum of Play’s hall of fame, standing alongside other …
Read More »Adventures and Victories: How Netflix’s Castlevania Transcends Its Source Material
In the year 2022, we’ve finally come to a point where a video game being adapted into a film or a TV show isn’t an immediate cause of stress and nail-biting. We live in an age of two shockingly good Sonic the Hedgehog movies, a delightful live-action Pokemon film, a …
Read More »Ms. Pac-Man Is Being Replaced, And It's Likely Due To A Legal Dispute
Ms. Pac-Man is a gaming icon alongside Pac-Man himself, but that hasn’t stopped Bandai-Namco from replacing the character in a recent Pac-Land re-release, likely due to an ongoing rights issue. As spotted by Twitter user Nickisonlinenet, the newly released Arcade Archives port of Pac-Land replaces Ms. Pac-Man (and Jr. Pac-Man) …
Read More »Three New Official Atari 2600 Cartridges Are Coming This May
Your Atari 2600 probably hasn’t gotten much use in recent… decades, but that could change very soon. Via its Atari XP initiative, Atari is releasing three new cartridges for the system this May, complete with an entirely new physical design and unique numbering for collectors. One of these games is …
Read More »Metal Gear 35th Anniversary Site Is A Prank
A recently surfaced website claiming to be for the Metal Gear franchise’s 35th anniversary is a fake, Konami has confirmed, with the site’s creator having also come clean. The site Metalgear35th.com appeared on April 1, which is suspicious, but some fans still believed it could have been an official Konami …
Read More »Pac-Man Museum+ Is Bringing 14 Pac-Man Games To Console And PC This May
For those who never tire of Pac-Man’s special brand of pellet-eating action, Bandai Namco’s previously announced Pac-Man Museum+ is set to bring a whole lot of Pac-Man to a console or PC near you May 27. The collection will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC …
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