Note: while this post contains some factual information, it is largely for entertainment purposes. Oi, cunts! It’s me. Your ol’ pal Randy Pitchford.* The Randino. Y’know what, Australia? I was pretty angry a few weeks ago when I found out that We Happy Few, a game that my company, Gearbox, has taken under our wing and shepherded as publisher, was
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NIS America has announced that the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection will be available November 13th in North America and November 16th in Europe. This collection includes over a dozen old-school SNK arcade games, and by “old-school,” I mean pre-Fatal Fury fighting game era SNK, though publisher NIS has teased that more games will be revealed at a later date. This collection
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Bandai Namco has announced Namco Museum Arcade PAC (…pack. Get it?) for the Nintendo Switch. This is a seemingly cool announcement until you realize that this new release is merely a retail version of both Namco Museum and Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus, both of which are already on the Switch eShop. Still, if you’re a retro gaming fan and don’t own either
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On Monday, UK-based Bitmap Books launched a Kickstarter campaign to create an officially-licenced coffee table book on the SEGA Master System. SEGA Master System: a visual compendium is officially licensed by SEGA and is the first book of this kind to be released focussing on the Master System. SEGA Master System: a visual compendium is being created by an experienced
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I’ve attended the Too Many Games convention in Phoenixville, PA for several years now, and over that time I’ve seen it grow and expand into quite a girthy experience. I only had one day (Saturday) to see and do as much as I could, but I was not lacking activities to jump into. Below are the highlights of the trip.
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According to the latest backer update from HumaNature Studios, Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove will be released before the end of 2018.* The Nintendo Switch version of Back in the Groove is almost ready to submit for certification while the other console versions are reportedly close behind. The backer update also announced that a closed beta will launch
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July’s free PlayStation Plus games have been revealed! The free PS4 titles include both martial arts-focused fighting game, Absolver, and Heavy Rain, a story-focused psychological thriller by Quantic Dream. PlayStation Vita owners can snag the sci-fi world destruction title Space Overlords and the mature-themed puzzle adventure game Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma, the latter of which is playable on the PlayStation
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Publisher Deep Silver and Warhorse Studios revealed Tuesday a first glimpse of new story DLC for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, set to release in July. Titled From The Ashes, the main thrust of the DLC features a town-building expansion in which players create a new settlement from the ground up and adjudicate disputes between settlers. Also on Tuesday, Warhorse Studios released
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Degica Games has announced that Koihime Enbu RyoRaiRai, a one-on-one fighting game set in ancient China and featuring a roster of 100% females, will launch for Windows PC and PlayStation 4 on July 12th. Koihime Enbu RyoRaiRai is an enhanced version of Koihime Enbu, which was released on Steam in 2016. This new “super turbo” version, you can now choose
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Like every E3, we were wowed and bombarded by a steady stream of refreshes and updates to gaming properties we all know and love. But while these forays into the familiar may get most of the press, developers at E3 2018 still had several interesting new IPs to show off. Below, we’ve featured five of our favorite new IPs from
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This was my fourth year attending the Too Many Games convention in Phoenixville, PA, and it’s seen quite a bit of growth over the years. One of the more noticeable changes is the increased number of attendees sporting cosplay from their favorite characters and games. So much so, in fact, that I thought it worthwhile to post a small gallery
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Developer Ninja Theory announced via social media today that Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice has now passed 1 million downloads across all platforms. Hellblade received high acclaim when it released last August. It was designed and marketed as an “independent AAA game,” achieving high production standards with a smaller development team and priced at only $30 in exclusively digital form. Hellblade is
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The latest entry to the Devil May Cry series was revealed just last week at E3 2018, and according to the latest issue of Famitsu, Devil May Cry 5 development is already 75 percent complete. Capcom hasn’t announced a fixed release date yet, but their aim is to have it in gamers’ hands before March 2019. At this stage of
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SEGA has confirmed that Valkyria Chronicles 4 will launch on September 25th for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC, the last of which is part of SEGA’s “Best of Japan on PC” initiative, which was announced at E3 last week. SEGA also revealed a “launch edition” of the game (above), retails for $59.99 and includes an exclusive controller
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Major gaming retailer GameStop confirmed today that it’s been entertaining buyout offers. Reuters originally reported that GameStop Corp. has received buyout interest from private equity firms and was actively discussing offers. GameStop issued a press release confirming that it’s in “exploratory discussions” with third parties concerning a possible buyout, but the company cautioned that there’s no assurance that any final
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The first rule of marketing is focus on your audience. Know your buyer, and direct your marketing towards those you expect will buy your product. Simple, right? So why did only one presentation at E3 2018 seem to take this creed to heart? Nearly every presentation and press conference at E3 2018 was bogged down by focus tested language and
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Shares of Nintendo (NTDOY) have dropped 16% so far in June. Much of this drop came shortly after Nintendo’s showing at E3 2018, in which the big N chose to focus most of its attention on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It appears that some gamers were not the only ones unimpressed by Nintendo’s E3 presentation, but investors look to be
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SEGA announced at E3 this week that several of their Japanese-developed titles will finally be making the jump to PC. In a video titled “Best of Japan on PC”, SEGA revealed that Yakuza Zero, Yakuza Kiwami and Valkyria Chronicles 4 would be coming soon to PC, with Yakuza Zero releasing via Steam on 1 August. All three were previously exclusive
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Bandai Namco announced Tuesday that their weapons-based fighter Soul Calibur VI will arrive October 19 on PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC. Soul Calibur VI details have trickled out fairly consistently since the game was announced in December, and we know that this new entry is a soft reboot for the franchise. Bandai Namco also provided a trailer featuring the
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The word on the street is that Rocksteady, the developers behind the Batman: Arkham series, will show off a new Superman game at E3 to be followed by a cover story in next month’s issue of Game Informer. While this isn’t the first time a similar rumor has circulated, Rocksteady is certainly due a new game in the near future
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On Wednesday, Square Enix announced via Twitter that NieR: Automata has sold 3 million copies worldwide, including both physical and digital sales. While those aren’t ground-breaking numbers, they have to be encouraging to Square Enix as the original NieR (aka NieR: Gestalt in some territories) sold for a combined total of less than a million copies on PS3 and Xbox
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Valve doesn’t want to be your mom. The PC game distributor announced today that they will not remove games or software from their Steam platform unless the product in question is either flatly illegal or “trolling” users. This decision follows a series of controversies regarding whether to allow risqué Japanese titles or games that mimicked school shootings on Steam. While
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In January, SEGA of Japan displayed a new installment in its arcade light gun series House of the Dead at its Akihabara building. Now it looks like House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn is heading to Western arcades. SEGA Amusements recently updated their arcade page with the following: “Horror has never looked or felt this real… This is terror like
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Limited Run Games announced last week that it will hold its own press conference during E3 2018 to take place at 3pm Eastern Time on Monday, June 11. This is the first time the North Carolina-based publisher will hold its own press conference, though LRG had a presence at E3 in previous years, including announcing 17 new releases at E3
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This past week, Intellivision Entertainment announced that it intended to revamp its brand by naming “Video Games Live” creator and 30-year video game industry veteran Tommy Tallarico as President of Intellivision Entertainment… and by introducing a new home video game console. Described as simple, affordable, family-friendly and fun, not much else is known about the yet unnamed Intellivision console. Tallarico
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Since 2012, fans of SEGA’s Shenmue series have used social media to campaign for the series’ return. With the re-releases of the original two games coming soon and Shenmue III slated for release in 2019, what more is there to say? “Thank you,” of course.
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On Tuesday, Sega of Japan held a live stream broadcast featuring the Yakuza 3, 4 and 5 remasters for the PS4. During the broadcast, franchise lead Toshihiro Nagoshi mentioned that previous Yakuza games on PlayStation 3 cut content during the localization process, and that SEGA’s goal for the upcoming PS4 remasters is to release them completely uncut. This will restore
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The original super fighting robot will return to consoles and PC on October 11. According to Capcom’s newest release, Mega Man 11 will also feature a new gameplay feature dubbed the “Double Gear system,” which enhances Mega Man’s normal capabilities. The Speed Gear briefly slows down time giving Mega Man time to react to more frantic moments. Sounds like the
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Gaming pioneer and Atari co-founder Ted Dabney passed away on Saturday at the age of 80. Historian Leonard Herman, who told Dabney’s story in an article for “Edge” magazine in 2009, announced his death on Facebook. In 1971, Dabney co-founded Syzygy with Nolan Bushnell where they developed Computer Space, the world’s first commercially available arcade video game. Rather than use
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After finally being inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame this year, former wide receiver Terrell Owens has also been named the cover athlete for a special Hall of Fame Edition of Madden 19. The cover athlete for the standard edition of Madden 19 will be announced at a later date. This isn’t the first time that T.O. has graced
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