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New to gaming? Here’s what you need to know
Gaming has become one of the fastest-growing entertainment industries in the UK, captivating new players and generating around £2.2 billion each year. Gaming has evolved far beyond a casual pastime. It’s becoming a cultural phenomenon fuelled by stunning graphics, immersive storytelling and innovative ways to play. Whether you prefer mobile gaming or console eSports, there’s…
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$700m Development Costs for Each Call of Duty Game’s Lifecycle – Is It The Most Expensive Game in History?
Black Ops Cold War (2020) cost an incredible $700 million to make. Its prequels COD: Black Ops 3 (2015) and COD: Modern Warfare (2019) cost $450 million and $640 million. These figures account for development over the games’ lifecycles – so development post-release as well as initial costs. They’re quite amazing numbers, but is…
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Doomlings MSX – Killing Lemmings for fun… Again!
Ask anyone about Lemmings, and their first memories, would probably be about a bunch of blue and green haired Lemmings that could be blown up, ripped apart and dropped from the highest of points before they even hope to reach that exit. So why is that great game getting another mention on Indie Retro News?…
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Docsters Digger – A Bonus C64 game released with Mancave in 2019 gets a Plus/4 port by 220 Volt Team (220V)
During 2019 Psytronik Software released(link) a C64 game by Megastyle called ‘ Mancave ‘; a game which follows the hilarious adventures of Richard Morningwood who has the unfortunate task of gathering up the pages of some rather naughty magazines that have been nabbed from his secret stash by his pesky kids. Well if you were…
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Review of the GB Operator – By William Schwartz
What distinguishes handheld gaming in the modern era? Strictly speaking, most games today are handheld, as mobile games are played on phones. If you want classic games on that platform, you can probably find them. But Epilogue’s suspicion – borne out by the fact that the GB Operator is chronically out of stock – is…
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Ladybird – A rather cool Commodore 64 game by Icon64 with publishing by Psytronik!
Looking for some more entertainment this weekend, either through emulation or real hardware, then come and check out Icon64 with publishing by Psytronik’s latest Commodore 64 game of ‘Ladybird’. A retro-inspired arcade game, in which you must make your way through 16 nests full of the nastiest insects to save your kiddies. To coincide with this…
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Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside RailGods of Hysterra
Old School Gamer chats with RailGods of Hysterra Troglobytes’ Art Director Lucian Iurino, who discusses the game’s development, inspiration and goals for the future. About RailGods of Hysterra: RailGods of Hysterra, a cooperative base-building survival action game set in a twisted Lovecraftian dreamscape from developer Troglobytes Games and publisher Digital Vortex Entertainment. Showcasing its titular celestial locomotive, the new trailer delves into…
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SkillGrid – A wicked AGA Shoot ’em up for the Commodore Amiga gets another update!
Some late Indie Retro News for you all and one I think you’ll agree is rather cool if you have a Commodore Amiga, as we’ve recently been informed via the EAB forums, that you can now download the newest version 1.4 of SkillGrid; an endless score-attack vertical shoot ’em up featuring frenetic, tactical gameplay and…
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Soko-Ban – 1980’s game of Sokoban on the PC, gets a unique Amiga port by Tukinem
While Twitch streamer Amiga Bill is probably going to be overloaded with the amount of Amiga news on offer this week. I thought it would be worth mentioning however, that Tukinem has released the new Commodore Amiga game of ‘Soko-Ban’. A 1984 game of Sokoban by Spectrum Holobyte that appeared on the PC, which has…
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A scorcher of a shooter!! Releases February 7th, 2025
MACROSS -Shooting Insight- is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS5 and PS4 on February 7 digitally Paris, France – 31st of January, 2025 – Red Art Games is announcing that the Western version of MACROSS -Shooting Insight- will now release on February 7, 2025 in North America and Europe on Nintendo Switch, PS5 and PS4 digitally. MACROSS…
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