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Japan’s Game Preservation Society is responding to a funding freeze with a Patreon, a US sister organisation and plans for a digital library.
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Twilight Princess has been decompiled, opening the door to potential native ports while adding another major project to GameCube preservation efforts.
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A new Star Fox 64 recompilation uses N64Recomp and RT64, adding broad operating-system support, code mods and modern widescreen improvements.
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The NES arrived after the 1983 crash and changed home gaming through its controls, software strategy, Super Mario and influential lockout technology.
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Atari CEO Wade Rosen names Pushmo, the 3DS puzzle classic also known as Pullblox, as his favourite game of 2025.
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A fan translation opens up Macross M3’s story, communications and system text for English-speaking Dreamcast fans at last.
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Roguecraft DX brings its expanded dungeon adventure to Amiga, Mega65 and Game Boy Color, with platform-specific features, discounts and physical editions planned.
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Used Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL prices rose sharply in late 2025, with some consoles now selling for far more than their original retail prices.
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Limited Run Games co-founder Josh Fairhurst will leave his leadership role in 2026, ending a ten-year chapter at the physical game publisher.
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One-Netbook’s ONEXSUGAR WALLET points to a new generation of gaming handhelds, combining an 8.01-inch foldable display with familiar console controls.
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Capcom Vs Square: Parallel Destinies is a fan-made 1v1 fighter featuring characters from Street Fighter, Final Fantasy and other classic series.
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Sega’s Japan-only Dreamcast strategy game Hundred Swords is playable online again, while its PC releases could help bring an English translation closer.
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A new English patch brings Glodia and Alfa System’s 1994 PC Engine CD RPG Emerald Dragon to a wider audience of retro RPG fans.
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Koji Igarashi wants to improve his health in 2026 after repeated hospital stays while continuing work on Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement.
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Sega co-founder David Rosen has died aged 95. His career helped shape Japan’s coin-operated amusement industry and Sega’s international arcade legacy.
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The National Videogame Museum is creating the UK’s first game design archive, preserving development materials and player memories for future generations.
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A new Amiga tech demo brings the opening stage of Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog to Commodore’s 16-bit computer in 16-colour and 32-colour versions.
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Taki Udon reflects on the intense 2025 launch of SuperStation One, an FPGA console supporting MiSTer cores, original PS1 controllers and an optional dock.
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An unofficial Neo Geo port of Toaplan’s Zero Wing is nearly complete, with all levels working and support planned for both Mega Drive and PC Engine versions.
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Vigilant Paradise is a $10 Sega Saturn homebrew FPS with Miami Vice-inspired style, two playable officers, voiced cutscenes and original-hardware support.
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Brooklyn Games And Arcade plans to close its 4th Avenue arcade in March or April 2026, ending a trading run that began in 2013.
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Coopware transforms Super Mario 64 into a WarioWare-inspired multiplayer challenge, with timed microgames, boss rounds, achievements and user-created content.
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A Dreams creator is rebuilding the classic PlayStation racer Ridge Racer, adding visual options and a planned expansion for PS4 and PS5 players.
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SNK’s 1987 American football arcade game Touchdown Fever arrives in Hamster’s Arcade Archives range for Switch, Xbox and PlayStation consoles.
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Oblings turns Playdate into a pocket-sized creature workshop, offering a relaxed Spore-inspired creative experience for players of all ages.
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Evercade’s first firmware update of 2026 expands Neo Geo settings, adds MVS/AES switching and improves Atari 2600 difficulty and multiplayer features.
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Two PAL Zelda-themed New Nintendo 3DS consoles have reignited debate over grading, battery safety and whether collectible hardware should remain playable.
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D4 Enterprise’s next EGGCONSOLE releases bring T&E Soft’s Rune Worth 2 and Carry Lab’s Mad Rider to Nintendo Switch in January 2026.
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Mega Cat Studios will launch three new NES and SNES experiences on 29 January, including Old Towers, Plyuk and Super Fanger.
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Dreamcast homebrew game Metal Canary demonstrates a clever 3D-printed solution for displaying two VMU screens at the same time.
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A fan translation of Super Robot Wars 64 is in development, opening the Japan-exclusive Nintendo 64 strategy RPG to English-speaking players.
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A lost LMA Manager hotline once sold unique cheat codes for £1 per minute. New research has recovered the key behind the system.
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A 1998 Italian comedy captures SegaWorld London in operation, offering a rare visual record of the short-lived Trocadero arcade attraction.
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A new Jet Set Radio Future decompilation project could eventually support a native PC version, but the long-running effort remains far from complete.
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AYANEO has paused Pocket PLAY crowdfunding while it addresses delivery delays, after-sales concerns and quality-control issues through a new service plan.
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Commodore Industries is bringing Taito’s 1988 platformer The NewZealand Story back to Steam with new stages, enemies, visuals and arcade action.
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A new documentary from the Bedrooms To Billions team will explore the Commodore 64’s creation, games, music, cultural impact and enduring appeal.
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Quest 64 Recompiled is bringing the Nintendo 64 RPG to PC, promising smoother performance, higher-resolution visuals and a more accessible modern experience.
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A fan-made Zelda’s Adventure remaster is reviving the Philips CD-i curiosity with smoother performance, modern options, improved audio and restored content.
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About Fishing blends the calm of angling with a submerged mystery, bringing together ideas familiar to fans of Dreamcast fishing and adventure games.
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Delisoba Deluxe, the Sega Saturn’s famously scarce soba-delivery racer, receives an English patch covering its menus, title screen and track editor.
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Dreamware’s wireless Dreamcast LightConn light gun is being redesigned with a custom case and laser pointer, though production details remain subject to change.
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Acrolyte is a new sci-fi action-platformer inspired by Super Metroid, rebuilt from ideas created for CyberKomodo’s abandoned Opposition romhack.
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IORAMA’s A Fool’s Errand turns Playdate’s crank into a precise control system for an endlessly rotating tower, dangerous traps and high-score runs.
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GOG’s new owner is considering a gradual move into game development, publishing and classic IP restoration while preserving its DRM-free identity.
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A gold Vampire Killer cartridge from a 1990s Japanese magazine competition remains one of the Mega Drive’s most elusive and fascinating collector discoveries.
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Games Workshop is taking a cautious approach to generative AI, restricting staff use while expanding its teams of human artists, writers and sculptors.
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Kazuyuki Hoshino explains the hidden meaning behind NiGHTS’ lowercase “i”, while revisiting the Saturn classic’s hardware significance and his Sonic Team career.
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NMK’s Bomb Jack Twin brings colourful platforming, simultaneous two-player play and new modes to Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
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Vital Shell captures the visual style, soundtrack and build-driven action of the PS1 era with a top-down mech shooter built around repeatable runs.
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Square Enix’s Chrono Trigger Orchestral Arrangement features 10 new recordings celebrating the RPG’s 30th anniversary, with digital and Japanese CD editions planned.
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Commodore has addressed keyboard flex and reported PCB buckling affecting some C64 Ultimate Starlight systems, while owners seek support solutions.
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Ecco the Dolphin creator Ed Annunziata reconfirms a new game and several related projects, alongside planned remasters and a new fan community.
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The new Ecco the Dolphin game has original creator Ed Annunziata involved, but he insists no pixels will be generated by AI.
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Hyperkin says the Mega95 handheld is delayed by visual artifacts and screen tearing, with hardware finished and software testing still underway.
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A new fan translation brings the Japan-exclusive PS2 edition of Fate/stay night Réalta Nua to English, expanding options for Type-Moon and retro console fans.
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A free Game Boy and Game Boy Color demo showcases Last Crown Warriors, an action-tactics adventure inspired by Zelda and the Mana series.
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A poorly received Nintendo DS tie-in, Disney’s Cory in the House, is climbing Metacritic’s all-time user rankings through an internet meme.
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IO Interactive explains why 007 First Light will follow a wider, third-person action-adventure format instead of recreating GoldenEye 007.
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Power Smash, Japan’s version of Virtua Tennis, has regained four-player online support on Dreamcast thanks to a new fan-led restoration.
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Donut Dodo is coming to Nintendo 64 with Endless Delights, CRT-focused visuals, EEPROM saves, Rumble Pak support and a Kickstarter physical release.
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Remembering Nick Thorpe, the devoted Sega and Sonic fan whose writing, friendships and behind-the-scenes work enriched classic gaming journalism.
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Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves faces AI trailer accusations after a long-serving SNK Discord moderator resigns in protest.
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Bel’s Fanfare pairs Zelda-inspired 3D exploration with bullet-hell combat aboard a haunted cruise ship, and its Kickstarter campaign has already exceeded its funding goal.
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Neversoft once pitched its own Beatles game, complete with a Yellow Submarine venue, before Harmonix secured the costly licence for The Beatles: Rock Band.
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A hidden cheat in the 1998 PS1 football game Three Lions creates an unexpected connection to Rockstar’s founders and gaming’s Hot Coffee controversy.
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Three former Rare developers say they never heard of Nintendo’s alleged plan to turn Panel de Pon into a Killer Instinct-themed puzzle game.
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Fatboy Slim recalls the FIFA 99 connection and the financially driven Smurfs game soundtrack demo he believes was never released.
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Lara Croft nearly received a large-eyed, anime-inspired redesign for Japan, but Toby Gard resisted changing her in-game appearance.
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Kid’s obscure 2005 PS2 dating sim Mabino×Style is now playable in English through a new fan translation from Gopicolo and collaborators.
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A homebrew developer is porting Konami’s influential 1984 arcade fighter Yie Ar Kung-Fu to Sega Genesis and Mega Drive using SGDK.
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Harbour Masters’ Ghostship brings Super Mario 64 to PC with 60+ FPS support, custom textures and a simpler installation process.
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TrimUI’s Brick Pocket Pro adds dual analogue sticks and a larger 4-inch screen, improving the compact handheld’s N64 and Dreamcast capabilities.
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Hyperkin has hinted that a handheld N64 could be possible, but its recent hardware delays and two-year timeline suggest a long wait.
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Retroid has delayed some Pocket 6 shipments after OLED calibration slowed production, but new factory equipment should increase capacity tenfold.
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AYANEO has announced the Windows-powered KONKR FIT, 4:3 Pocket S Mini and a software upgrade for its dual-screen Pocket DS handheld.
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Earthworm Jim creator Doug TenNapel confirmed that the character’s personality was inspired by GameFan editor and publisher Dave Halverson.
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Z-GYUBAAN! reworks the panel-clearing arcade formula as a twin-stick shooter, combining all-direction combat, explosive floor destruction and rescued characters.
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A high-speed video reveals how Nintendo’s Virtual Boy used vertical LED columns and oscillating mirrors to create its distinctive stereoscopic images.
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Konami’s obscure 1988 shooter Labyrinth Runner sends players across Vegetaria to rescue Princess Papaya in a multi-platform Arcade Archives release.
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Peter Calver, founder of Audiogenic and co-founder of ELSPA, has died after cancer. We look back at his lasting contribution to British games.
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Sonic, Team Chaotix and a star-studded voice cast investigate a stolen Station Square relic in a new hard-boiled podcast adventure arriving in 2026.
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Sonic Gateway is a new Hatch Engine framework from Axanery, designed to make standalone classic Sonic fan games easier to develop in 2026.
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Ratcheteer DX expands the Playdate adventure with full-colour visuals, new display options and an 8-bit stereo soundtrack for Switch, PC and Mac.
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Atari’s Phoenix hotel plans combine pixel-inspired architecture, esports, concerts, immersive spaces and 91 rooms in a licensed arcade entertainment destination.
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Argonaut Games is teasing an announcement coming soon while outlining 2026 anniversaries and explaining delays affecting Croc’s physical editions.
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Scottish slam-metal band Party Cannon is issuing its new four-track EP on a limited PAL Nintendo 64 cartridge with exclusive bonus content.
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Miami’s Arcade Odyssey preserves arcade culture with more than 170 machines, rare prototypes, pinball tables, Japanese imports and skill-based play.
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A reported second Saturn prototype for Éric Chahi’s Heart of Darkness has surfaced, but anonymous claims now cast doubt on its authenticity.
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Chuck’s Arcade and Pizzeria in Kansas City, the flagship venue for Chuck’s Arcade, has permanently closed with no public warning or confirmed future plans.
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Courageous Perseus brings a rare 1984 PC-8801 action RPG to Nintendo Switch, preserving an early chapter of Japan’s influential genre history.
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A 1996 Sega Saturn cyberpunk RPG may finally receive an English translation, but its AI-assisted workflow has sparked a debate about quality and preservation.
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Nubeo’s Atari 2600 limited-edition automatic watch combines console-inspired styling, five colourways and a strictly limited run for gaming collectors.
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A new PS3 qCFW mod uses Raspberry Pi Pico hardware injection to unlock overclocking, Linux support, PS2 ISO playback and recovery features.
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Rave Racer’s 30th anniversary arrives with a two-disc remix album, Tokyo event and confirmed release dates for arcade music fans.
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A Chinese modder has completed a one-off Sega Saturn CDX2, combining folded Saturn hardware, a portable shell, LCD display and built-in battery.
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Anbernic’s RG G01 Smart Controller combines an HD IPS display, capacitive sticks, multiple connections and built-in heart-rate detection for cross-platform gaming.
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Banjo: Recompiled brings Banjo-Kazooie to native PC with higher frame rates, widescreen support, dual-analogue controls, mod support and Steam Deck compatibility.
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Treasure’s Guardian Heroes turns 30, celebrating a Saturn landmark that blended frantic 2D fighting, RPG progression, branching routes and unforgettable style.
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A rare 2009 Gundam fighting game for Japanese i-Mode phones is playable again after preservationists rebuilt the server it needed to run.
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