Bluepoint Games’ stunning conversion of Ico And Shadow Of The Colossus is now available to buy on PS3.

Ico is a magnificent adventure that has you rescuing a young girl called Yorda from fiendish shadow monsters, while Shadow Of The Colossus has you hunting down 16 huge Colossi. Both games are absolutely senstational, with the latter pushing the PS2 to its technical limits.

Both games have been suitably overhauled now, … [ Read More... ]

With all the high-defintion remakes on the way, it’s refreshing to learn that it’s not only PS2 games getting the HD treatment.

Søren Borgquist is currently putting the finishing touches to his Spectrum remake of Dingo. First released in arcades in 1982, it’s an obscure game by Chris and Tim Stamper of Ultimate: Play the Game fame.

Søren’s remake not only look like a faithful port of the fun game, … [ Read More... ]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you’re probably aware that Electronic Arts is resurrecting Syndicate.

It’s being created by Starbreeze Studios and will be taking the form of a first-person shooter. This has predictably kicked off a huge shitstorm on the internet, with people flatly stating that they won’t be buying it and that it’s bound to be rubbish.

While we’re of the agreement that … [ Read More... ]

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This past summer I decided to take a leap that a lot of retro gaming enthusiasts ponder, but far too few ever follow through with: I decided to add some kind of  dedicated arcade experience to my gaming setup.

I have long owned some very nice arcade-style fightsticks by companies like Hori, Agetec, and MadCatz, and swear by all of them for playing shmups or fighters on … [ Read More... ]