Google added AR characters from well-known Japanese pop culture franchises in its search function on mobile. You can now find Hello Kitty, Pac-Man, Gundam, Ultraman, Evangelion, and much more represented in their 3D form. A few of the characters, including Cogimyun, Hello Kitty, and Pompompurin, come with their own audio …
Read More »Classic Shooter XIII Is Free On GOG Right Now
Starting today, the classic FPS XIII is free to download and own forever on GOG until April 1. Developed by Ubisoft, XIII is a stealth-action FPS with a cell-shaded art-style that has a cult-following in the years since its release. In order to snag this game, you’ll need a GOG …
Read More »Sonic The Hedgehog Is Getting His Own Card Game
Sonic the Hedgehog will soon–and likely at high speed–make the transition to paper when Sonic: The Card Game releases. Steamforged Games is producing the card game, and it looks like it will attempt to recreate the game’s coin-collecting action. Announced as part of a 2021 upcoming releases blog post on …
Read More »Snag A Galaga Countercade Cabinet For $49 With This Incredible Deal
Arcade1Up is well known for its large, 3/4-scale arcade cabinets, but it also makes smaller countercade cabinets, and one of them is on sale at a ridiculous price. The Galaga countercade cabinet is only $49 at Walmart, down from its regular price of $130. That’s a massive $80 discount, one …
Read More »Last Chance: Get Ghosts 'N Goblins For Free On Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch owners can snag a free copy of Ghosts ‘n Goblins if they claim it by February 25. It comes as part of Capcom Arcade Stadium, which is a digital arcade that you can fill with a bunch of classic Capcom games. The arcade collection comes with 1943: The …
Read More »Street Fighter 2 Turns 30, And Some Never Stopped Playing
Street Fighter 2, one of the most important fighting games–and video games–of all time, is now 30 years old. As of February 6, it has been three decades since Ryu and company landed in arcades, and the fighter’s classic gameplay has spawned countless imitators. In a post on its Twitter …
Read More »Sonic Prime 3D Animated Series Coming To Netflix
Sonic is speeding ahead with another animated series, this time on Netflix. The new series called Sonic Prime will consist of 3D animation. It’s coming in 2022. The announcement came from the Netflix brand NX, which is usually used for properties like sci-fi and anime. It says that this is …
Read More »Immortals: Fenyx Rising Gets Crossover With, Wait, Uno?
Ubisoft has announced another crossover for Immortals: Fenyx Rising, and this time it’s with another one of its popular games: Uno. You can download a Fenyx’s Quest pack for the popular card game, which will give it a Greek mythology makeover. In Fenyx’s Quest, the cards and game board get …
Read More »Age Of Empires 2 Adds New Civilizations And Campaigns In Lords Of The West Expansion
More than two decades after it first released, Microsoft’s classic real-time strategy game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings is still regularly receiving new content. This week saw the release of Lords of the West, an expansion that adds three new campaigns and two more civilizations to the …
Read More »Puzzle Quest 3 Coming This Year To PC, Mobile
Just a week after acquiring Puzzle Quest developer Infinity Plus Two, 505 Games has announced a sequel is on the way. Puzzle Quest 3 is coming as a free-to-play game later this year. The announcement only mentioned PC and mobile, but said additional platforms will be announced at a future …
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