The Settlers II Gold Edition

Podcast: Has the FMV genre been revived?

On: August 18, 2025

Full-motion video (FMV) games have had a bad rap over the years, but they seem to be slowly garnering a new audience, as the technology finally catches up with their ambition. This week, I look at the news that Playdate title ⁠Blippo+ is coming to PC⁠ and consoles, while lookingRead More →

The Settlers II Gold Edition for Amiga AGA and PowerPC

29 years later, Settlers II finally gets Amiga release

By: Christian Cawley

On: August 13, 2025

In: Retro games news

Perhaps one of the greatest strategy games of the 16-bit era, The Settlers, did not get a sequel on Amiga. So, when The Settlers II came out in 1996, only MS-DOS and Mac OS enjoyed it. Aside from a release for Nintendo Wii in 2007, it didn’t land on anyRead More →