Xbox

Does Choplifter HD Really Need Zombies And Duke Nukem?

Coming soon to Xbox Live Arcade, inXile Entertainment’s Choplifter HD takes the classic rescue chopper gameplay of the 1982 PC original and “amps it up” with zombies, explosions and the odd cameo. Fingers crossed for a classic mode!


November 9, 2011
Nintendo

Hey Kids, Cave Story Is Now Out On The 3DS, And It Looks Like This

From NIS America and original developer Nicalis comes Cave Story 3D, a game that graphically overhauls a title that really needed no graphical overhaul. How’d that work out? Let’s take a quick look.


October 11, 2011
News

Do We Really Need This Leisure Suit Larry HD Remake?

Kotaku AU

Since the mechanics of old-school adventure games are relatively simple, they tend to age quite well — which is why I loved both Monkey Island remakes (with the voice acting turned off obviously). But now EGM are reporting that a Leisure Suit Larry remake is in the works, and I don’t really know how I feel about that.


September 16, 2011
PlayStation

The Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD Remake Is Filled With Gorgeous Bugs

Can you spot the bugs in this trailer for the HD remake of Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath for the PlayStation 3?


June 3, 2011
PC

Half Life 2 Mod Dear Esther To Receive Substantial Overhaul, 2011 Commercial Release

In 2008, Dan Pinchbeck of the University of Portsmouth created an interactive “ghost story” titled Dear Esther using Valve’s Source Engine, and its associated Half Life 2 art assets. The game achieved enormous critical success and established a devoted cult following. Now the title is set to receive a substantial makeover with the help of Indie Fund, and is due to enjoy a commercial release later this year.


May 20, 2011
News

Atlus Travels Back In Time To Tease Persona 2: Innocent Sin

Atlus Faithful fan club members received a bizarre mailing today in the form of a newsletter dated June 23, 1999. What’s significant about that date? Why that’s when the only Persona game not to hit North America was released in Japan. How odd.


March 31, 2011
PC

BurgerTime Has Never Looked So Meaty

After giving us a few tantalising peeks at the high definition remake of the culinary classic platformer, MonkeyPaw Games delivers a handful of scintillating new screens for BurgerTime HD.


March 30, 2011
PlayStation

Atari Crashes Castles With Its Warlords Remake

The latest classic Atari game to be dragged kicking-and-screaming from our fond memories into the present day, the new version of Warlords marries the wall-busting gameplay of the original with an element of real-time strategy, with a dash of Castle Crashers cuteness thrown in for good measure.


October 16, 2010
News

Atari Confirms The Return Of Star Raiders

In 1979, Atari introduced the joys of first-person space combat with Star Raiders. Next year Star Raiders returns, bringing team-based multiplayer space combat to the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.


September 1, 2010

Half Life Remake Black Mesa Tantalisingly Previewed

“Is Black Mesa the ultimate Half Life mod?” That’s the question Atomic MPC asked after going hands-on with a near-final build of the eagerly anticipated Half Life Black Mesa mod. I’m so jealous.