One of the video game industry's most recognized music producers and composers is responsible for some of the medium's most memorable scores, Nobuo Uematsu's influence on generations of fans and talent within the business resonates within the games he's contributed towards, from Rad Racer to Square Enix's Final Fantasy series, and…

The Mortal Kombat 1 Kombat Pack continues its additions to the MK1 roster, and starting off 2024 with Suicide Squad star Peacemaker. With the voice work provided by John Cena, Netherrealm Studios captures the over-the-top mannerisms and spirit of the chaotic mercenary, as he joins the roster in early March, succeeding Invincible's Omni-Man and the…

EA Sports' college gridiron video game will make its return this summer for the first time since NCAA Football 2014 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. With its return, the over 11,000 collegiate players will have an opportunity to have their likeness represented in the game. Based on…

A part of the Nintendo Direct Partners Showcase, some offerings for the Nintendo Switch Online Service + Expansion Pack this month comes courtesy of the Xbox-owned studio Rare. Known throughout their relationship with Nintendo over the decades, some classics from the NES, SNES, and the Nintendo 64 are made available to NSO subscribers.

For the…

I can talk about SNK-produced fighting games until I'm blue in the face. Or type about them until I'm numb in the fingers, in this instance. However, there's much that can be said about their sports games, which are very interesting to me. If I put aside Windjammers (co-produced by Data East), Neo Turf Masters was the first sports game I played at an…

It appears that Nintendo's next generation incarnation of the Nintendo Switch will most likely be ready to debut in 2025. This information comes courtesy of GamesIndustry.biz…

Japanese studio FromSoftware now completely owns the trademark rights completely to their action RPG Elden Ring from Bandai Namco, who served as publisher of the game. The changes of ownership had gone into motion around April  23rd 2023, as the studio seeks to increase its ambitions, according to a report by…

So...the PlayStation 5 is having an interesting lifespan. While sitting fairly comfortable atop the conventional console market, Sony's forecast dictates some potential financial issues the brand may be facing.

According to…

Splatoon 3 will be rolling out new single player content in the form of this roguelite campaign mode. In Side Order, you play as a resident Octoling of Inkopolis named Agent 8. You wake up in a world of order, where the color spectrum is reduced to uniform shades of white. Assisted by a drone that's claiming to be Pearl, the former host of Off the…

Hudson Soft's library of games are some that I have not taken full advantage of talking about here on the Retro of Reboots. Their influence gets overlooked, mostly due to the larger publishing and development giants throughout the 80's, 90's, and 2000's. They manufactured the TurboGrafx-16 console, a pretty cool machine that got DEMOLISHED by the…

Palworld certainly caught the world by storm. Since its release, creature-based resource managing survival game has seen a player count peak at 2 million active players, riding its controversial designs that seemingly emulate Nintendo's adorable pocket monsters (enough to provoke a response from Pokemon developer Game Freak, as they begin seeking an…

A long-time game development studio will have a new home. Japanese multimedia holdings company Kadokawa Corporation, who owns development and publishing companies such as FromSoftware (Elden Ring, Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon) and Spike Chunsoft (Fire Pro Wrestling, Jump Force) has purchased Acquire Corp., known for their work…

With a third movie confirmed for a December 2024 release, the live action Sonic the Hedgehog universe will see some expansion in the form of an upcoming 6 episode series centered around Knuckles. Taking place between the events of movies Sonic 2 and Sonic 3, Idris Elba reprises his role as the voice of the eponymous Knuckles the Echidna.…

Okay, this one is very modern and I'm breaking some rules here, but it earns a special place in my heart. One of my favorite video games of all time, Konami's top-down run 'n gun arcade action title Jackal, a piece of software I've practically spent my entire internet tenure talking about on every platform, including being my first ever let's play…

PlayStation Plus' monthly games announcement for February have been announced for subscribers, headlined by the self-labeled party shooter Foamstars. The extravagant multiplayer title will be available for both the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Also joining the PS5|PS4 lineup, the single player action shooter Rollerdrome,…

These are rumors, so take the following information with a grain of salt. In what could be rather large news, reports indicate that a growing list of Xbox exclusive titles could be confirmed to make their way to other platforms. This will change the way Microsoft approaches their philosophy of the Xbox family of consoles.

According to a report…

Live service games are ubiquitous in this day and age, as they are strong sources of revenue for publishers and companies. Based on some new data, it looks like they have long evolved beyond a fad and aren't going away. Based on the Griffin Gaming Partners' 2023 Game Development Report, 537 studios across the planet were surveyed last…

I've enjoyed revisiting some arcade classics in recent Retro Reboots. Joust has been one I've always meant to discuss, because I often use it as one of the earliest examples of competitive platform action. Or more, one of the building blocks that a game like Super Smash Bros. established its roots.   …

Following a very strong advertising campaign, the highly anticipated release of Tekken 8 has been dominating the charts, namely in the United Kingdom. According to a report from…

The clearing of employees across Xbox, Blizzard, and Bethesda (1900 total) now sees its first major replacement. Johanna Faries, who has previous experience working as an executive in the NFL in marketing and club business development, will fill in for the departing Mike Ybarra, this news becoming official January 29th in a memo sent to…