Xenosaga's 2004 mobile prequel is coming to PC and Switch
G-MODE is bringing Xenosaga: Pied Piper and Namco Chronicle to modern platforms, rescuing two obscure feature phone games from the early 2000s.
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Bitmap Books just released a massive history of Fatal Fury
The 460-page book covers everything from the 1991 Neo Geo original to the upcoming City of the Wolves, packed with developer interviews and unseen concept art.
Pilotwings 64 just got a native PC recompilation
The 1996 Nintendo 64 launch title has been statically recompiled for modern systems, though you will need to build it from source for now.
You should be reading Atari Projects
Jason H. Moore has been quietly publishing bite-sized Atari programming tutorials for years, and it is exactly the kind of passion project the internet needs.
Analogue 3D just got an OLED-focused HDR update
Firmware 1.2.5 brings Advanced HDR to the FPGA N64 console, along with alphabetical library navigation and automatic Rumble Pak detection.
An unreleased Punch-Out prototype just revealed four scrapped fighters
The Video Game History Foundation has acquired a pre-release NES cartridge of Punch-Out that includes fighters who never made it to the final game.
Sega's internal metrics just revealed how Sega Channel really affected game sales
The Video Game History Foundation has unearthed marketing data from 1995 that finally answers whether Sega's cable TV service cannibalized retail cartridges.