Videogames
Castlevania Lords of Shadow like game called Blades of Fire. Do I need a castlevania section?
New D&D game being made, but that's all we know.
Alkahest is a First Person sword and sorcery open world game.
Shadow of the Road, a CRPG set in Japan, got a play test
Bolt gun 2 promoted by making a typing version of Bolt gun 1
Under a Rock is an open world procedurally generated multiplayer survival game. This article says it's Zelda meets Valheim. Articles after that compare new games that are Nintendo IP and Valheim. No idea if any of this even fits the actual feel of either game.
Fantasy Life I is a cozy exploration RPG
A Midnight Walk Review by IGN
Battlefront 2 gets rereleased and has perks for May 4th
Dawn of War is getting a remaster
PacMan Adventure sidescroller Shadow Labyrinth up for preorder
Abysm is a two worlds top down exploration horror game
Accessories for your handheld that isn't switch
Artsy videogames being released
VG: Open Level 3D
Big Hop has a tongue that can be used in various ways
Scratch the Cat is an open level collection game
Ruffy is a puzzle game where the characters are 2D in a 3D open world setting. Ruffy can copy textures onto other parts of the map.
VG: Doom Dark Ages
New Doom Dark Ages is more console game than PC
It did not sell very well
It seems to have more story and a female playable character
Cutesy computer vs Doom on screen
It's middling at best
Polygon says maybe the dragons and insanity weren't needed. The woke stuff was fine
It sold less than a million
VG: Strategy
Fractured Alliance is a Command and Conquer Red Alert like game
Memorialopolis is a Manor Lord's like game in Ancient Rome
VG: Horror Strategy
Nightmare Frontier is a horror based turn based strategy game
Critical Shift is another strategy horror game. It has team based turns, and feels like Resident Evil meets XCom.
VG: Capcom Fighting Collection 2
Review of Capcom Collection 2 by Nintendo Life 9/10
Video of review by Nintendo Life
The games ranked by GameRant
Gamespot review 8/10
TopHat Gamer Review
Review by the Verge
VG: Best Strategy Games
The list of top games finishes with this article.
https://archive.ph/dCOJp https://archive.ph/uB7YR https://archive.ph/dCOJp https://archive.ph/MD6e0 https://archive.ph/tgJTO
Another list by the same site on upcoming strategy games .
https://archive.ph/JsQLC https://archive.ph/3XOYW https://archive.ph/iROc0
VG: Business
SeGa starts their own dedicated stores
Virtua Fighter 5 is doing well
GameStop aiming at CCG as it's new gimmick
Trip Hawkins thinks Switch 2 will do well. An interview with him. I actually got the link from him.
Rumour has it that Half Life 3 is ready
SNK president steps down to advisory role
Apple blocking Fortnite because they lost a lawsuit to Epic.
Possible Playstation handheld rumoured
VG: EA
EA believes there are consoomers for RPGs. They refere to it as a cage full of buyers they don't have to sell to.
Game creators of the Black Panther game are shut down by EA. They all bragged that DEI rules over all.
VG: Xbox one PlayStation
I was looking for games on the PlayStation store when I discovered Gears of War was playable on the Sony Console
So is Forza, the latest one in fact
It seems a lot more games will come out for Sony and Nintendo consoles.
In fact, Microsoft will be announcing games for switch 2 soon.
https://archive.ph/ZPXNx . Playstation 3Rd Party exclusives will be going this route as well. So far no Gran Turismo on Xbox.
VG: Nintendo
Specs confirmed about the Switch 2
Nintendo expects to sell 15 million units for the first year of Switch 2. This is considered a low ball. Nintendo says it's the price not tariffs that will make it sell so low.
VG: Classics
Castlevania for the MSX2
Hideki Kamiya would love to remake some of his older games like Devil May Cry or Viewtiful Joe.
The story of Usagi Yojimbo on Commodore 64
Fallout 1 and 2 found and safe
A list of games for consoles that are still good
The Japanese Game Preservation Society thanks followers for keeping it alive.
A pro SeGa Saturn advert from the time that PS1 was announced to be cheaper.
A list for RPGs on the Game Boy Advance in box art
VG: Design
Unreal Engine 5 has not been the super awesome upgrade as promoted, because people aren't really using it properly.
SeGa is working on new Shinobi game. Details on design decisions in the article
Marc Laidlaw, who wrote the story for Half Life 1-2.5, has said he's not coming back to videogames
A look at the indie game Dog Walk being made by Godot and Blender
Interview with man working on remaster of WarHammer 40k Dawn of War. Fixing mistakes
Miyamoto says come up with new ideas I steal of following trends
Castlevania was inspired by Vampire Hunter D, it so says this article
VG: Design: Switch 2
Donkey Kong has been redesigned to be more expressive
Mario Kart World began on Switch 1, but console couldn't handle it
VG: D: Tomohiro Nishikado
Creator of Space Invaders says most design comes from sales or management and then made by a team. He things designers should make something and see where it can expand to make sales.
More from that interview. Most of his life in fact.
VG: Mods and Fan Made
Play GameCube games on the XBox console with special emulation
Fans translated Dungeons and Dragons Tomorrow of Doom for the Saturn to English. It's based on the arcade translation, but the files were different so they couldn't just copy paste.
Fan remake of XMen beatemup now ready to play
You can use a Switch or Phone to replace your WiiU controller
Fan port of San Francisco Rush arcade to other bases
Dawn of War Remaster will have mod manager
Dreamcast still has design secrets to use today
Fan made Arcane FPS
Want to play XWing for the PC? It's difficult to play today because of all the hardware changes. So some fans created a virtual box in unity, so you could play the game on a modern PC
VG: MFM: Minecraft and Mario 64 mod
Mario 64 with Minecraft abilities mod
More on the Minecraft mod
VG: MFM: Gaming Rigs
A couple spent 7 figures to make the perfect gaming LAN room. There is a DDR pad under the floorboards.
Linus Tech Tips makes a wall mounted arcade game
VG: MFM: Remakes
Half Life Remake Black Mesa gets a big update.
Fan Made remake of a pokemon game
VG: MFM: Space Marine 2
Space Marine 2 getting mods, including Tau and other figures
12 player Co-op with monster bosses for Space Marine 2
VG: MFM: Decompiled Games
Dinosaur Planet for the N64 being decompiled and finished by fans. It became StarFox Adventure for the GameCube later on
GameCube games can be decompiled
Emulator for playing N64 games on GameCube is decompiled
VG: 1UP Store in Yakima Washington
A favorite store in Yakima WA was destroyed by a fire
Here is the owner announcing they will rebuild.
VG: Classic Indies
Chronicles of the Wolf comes out June 19th and is a Castlevania like
More Toaplan games coming to modern consoles
Brazil still sells newly made SeGa Master Systems and Mega Drives
A 32x indie programmer passed away. He was able to do 3D and sprites. This is some of his work.
https://x.com/PigsyRetro/status/1927647053292732900?t=Vau0W6aLPHF6QT_bxpubIg&s=19
A review of a SHMUP called ZPF for MegaDrive
A discussion on Classic Indie games on X
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Ln7UN
Spirit of Halloween sells NES horror game on store website.
Capcom.wants to bring more of it's fighting games to modern systems.
A list of classic indies coming out
Castlevania like for the Game Boy Color
VG: CI: Classic Ports
NebulasRays coming to modern consoles. It was an arcade game, and never ported till now.
OutRun for the Game Boy Color
https://x.com/EGVroom/status/1924312659383464112?t=DWiHeO6uUuy6mPt02Sl00g&s=19
Windows Pinball Game now on Android for free
It seems Limited Run was using recycled parts for its Shantae port to Game Boy Advanced
VG: Graphics
Latest NVidia graphics tester can get a 5090 to 13 FPS in 4K with all that is happening
Nvidia wants to talk about graphics, not gameplay or other ways to make things look nice. So these YouTubers refuse to play those games.
Unreal Engine 5.6 Motion Design tools
Next Gen Pixel art with Dynamic Lighting
Everyone I've seen talk about it, and what I've seen, is that its literally just Command and Conquer. If you enjoyed those games, you'll probably enjoy it.
I've not seen anyone even talk about the MP, so either its dead or just not as interesting. Its all been SP.