There are some game concepts that never really leave you. Marble-rolling games are one of those for me, so the announcement of Marble’s Marbles, due to release on Steam on January 7, immediately caught my attention. I spent a lot of time with Marble Madness in the arcades, and theRead More →
There are retro-inspired games, and then there are games that look like they crawled out of a time rift and refused to update their design documents. Beyond Logic very much falls into the latter category. Now available on Steam, Beyond Logic is a family-friendly puzzle and logic game that tasksRead More →
Hong Kong 2097, the official sequel to one of the most notorious games of the 16-bit era, won’t be launching on Steam after all. The developers behind the project — Kanipro and Kowloon Kurosawa (Happy Soft), the creator of the original Hong Kong 97 — have confirmed that Steam hasRead More →
The popularity of GOG’s DRM-free catalogue has created a niche for a new wave of what you might call parasitic piracy. A fresh contender, GOG-unlocked, is gaining traction by promising free, “preinstalled” versions of games—particularly the retro classics the community loves. But is GOG-unlocked safe to use? Quick answer: no,Read More →
The Game Boy Camera was never meant to be scary — which makes Encryptid all the more unsettling. Announced by Autumn Knight (Morph Girl, Dark Nights with Poe & Munro), Encryptid is an FMV horror game built around real footage captured using the original Game Boy Camera, and it’s headingRead More →
Stop the wololo presses — Age of Empires Mobile is getting a PC release. In what might be one of the more unexpected RTS announcements in recent memory, Microsoft has confirmed that the mobile-focused Age of Empires Mobile is heading to PC in early 2026, with releases planned for SteamRead More →
If chunky pixels, classic management sims and old-school game design make your altimeter twitch, Legendary Pilots is one to watch. The retro-styled indie flight sim has launched today for free on iOS and Android, with a premium PC version officially announced for Steam. As a fan of classic flight sims,Read More →
MicroProse has announced Steel Bounty, a new first-person mech simulation that immediately calls back to the angular, polygon-heavy era of 1990s PC and Amiga gaming. It’s currently in early development, but even at this stage it looks like the sort of game many of us would have happily sunk entireRead More →
For anyone who grew up with an Amiga, a joystick, and far too much time spent tweaking car setups instead of actually racing, this is a quietly huge announcement. MicroProse and Geoff Crammond are working together again, bringing one of the most influential racing simulation engines of the 1990s backRead More →
