Sonic the Hedgehog running on Super NES - see the tech demo in action
Posted on December 11, 2022
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| Arica Deslauriers
What if Sonic the Hedgehog was ported to Super NES? What would it look like? How would it play? Could an engine designed specifically for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis transfer gracefully to Nintendo's 16-bit machine - even without Blast Processing? After 29 years, we finally have some answers and we've seen and played a convincing SNES port of one of Sonic the Hedgehog's levels.
On the NesDev forums, noted Mega Drive programmer TiagoSC posted a tech demo, showcasing the third stage of the Green Hill Zone, and it's a fascinating piece of work.
[Read More]Starcraft II gets July release date
Posted on December 11, 2022
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| Trudie Dory
Blizzard has announced that Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty will be available in stores worldwide on 27th July. Those who want to download the game from Blizzard's digital download store will have to wait until "shortly after" the retail launch, according to the announcement. The game's release will also see the launch of the new battle.net, announced early last year. A battle.net account and a live Internet connection will be required to play the game, even in single-player campaign mode.
[Read More]The Double-A Team: Mercenaries' Playground of Destruction was a lesson in open-world chaos
Posted on December 11, 2022
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| Arica Deslauriers
When I was a teenager and getting into Star Wars, I didn't care whether Han shot first or not in the cantina.
You see, I knew better. I'd played Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. I knew he'd use a bunker buster bomb to turn the cantina to a pile of rubble and dust instead.
Pandemic's 2005 open-world explode-'em-up let you create capital-C Chaos as Han Solo. This in itself is a mark of a different time.
[Read More]The mystery of Demon's Souls remake's enigmatic new door has been solved
Posted on December 11, 2022
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| Patria Henriques
Shortly after the arrival of developer Bluepoint's Demon's Souls remake on PS5, players discovered an enigmatic new addition not found in From Software's seminal 2009 action-RPG: a steadfastly locked door where one hadn't been before. But now, after some swift communal thinkery, the puzzle has been cracked, the door is open, and its secrets have been revealed.
But first a quick recap for the those latecomers at the back; players located Demon's Souls' mysterious new door in World 1-3, squirrelled away at the top of a staircase hidden behind an illusory wall - itself obscured by a mountain of rubbish at the end of an unassuming corridor.
[Read More]Undertale - True Laboratory explored: How to beat Memoryheads, Endogeny, Lemon Bread, Snowdrake's Mom and Reaper Bird
Posted on December 11, 2022
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| Trudie Dory
Previous page Page 11 of 12 Next page True Laboratory is an optional area in Undertale, following the boss battle with Asgore and completing the requirements of a Pacifist playthrough.
Our complete Pacifist guide tells you how to get here, but in short, you need to go through the entire game without killing anything to unlock this bonus dungeon.
Most other endings follow the exact same route and only differ in small ways, and our wider Undertale walkthrough delves into other areas of the game.
[Read More]You can now search for and find Cyberpunk 2077 on the PlayStation Store - but you can't buy it yet
Posted on December 11, 2022
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| Patria Henriques
UPDATE 2: Sony has warned Cyberpunk on PlayStation 4 will continue to suffer from performance issues even after it returns to the PlayStation Store, and suggested people play the game on the PS4 Pro or PS5 instead.
Sony issued the following statement to Eurogamer this evening:
"SIE can confirm that Cyberpunk 2077 will be re-listed on PlayStation Store starting June 21, 2021. Users will continue to experience performance issues with the PS4 edition while CD Projekt Red continues to improve stability across all platforms.
[Read More]"First commercial GBA game in 13 years" smashes Kickstarter target in less than a day
Posted on December 10, 2022
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| Patria Henriques
The Kickstarter for Goodboy Galaxy - the first commercial Game Boy Advance game since 2008 - has smashed its target in less than a day.
The Kickstarter went live yesterday asking for £18,000. Today, at the time of this article's publication, it's on over £58,000.
Goodboy Galaxy is the work of two developers, Rik Nicol and Jeremy Clarke, who met while working at a mobile games studio in the Netherlands.
[Read More]Assassin's Creed 3: The Tyranny of King Washington - Episode 1 review
Posted on December 10, 2022
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| Arica Deslauriers
The Tyranny of King Washington feels like an experiment. Freed by its alternate timeline setting, this add-on campaign for Assassin's Creed 3 risks potentially game-breaking new mechanics and weaves a fantastical story punctuated by hallucinogenic interludes. Another test is Tyranny's delivery in monthly episodes, meaning you will need to part with not one but three chunks of change to play it (and Ubisoft is already trying to selling you a whole Assassin's Creed game every year!
[Read More]Borderlands 3 - Guardian Rank and Rewards explained
Posted on December 10, 2022
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| Patria Henriques
Guardian Rank is a new way of levelling up that is unlocked once you complete the main story-line of Borderlands 3.
Levelling up your Guardian Rank will allow you to invest in a variety of Bonus Stats, which will give you an advantage over your enemies, especially if your playing in Mayhem Mode.
Alongside the Bonus Stats, you can also receive special rewards if you invest enough Guardian Tokens into a specific set of Bonus Stats.
[Read More]Borderlands 3 Mayhem Mode 2.0: Mayhem Mode difficulty and Modifiers list explained
Posted on December 10, 2022
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| Patria Henriques
Mayhem Mode 2.0 is a new Playthrough Mode that you can unlock in Borderlands 3 after you've completed the main story-line.
Unlike True Vault Hunter Mode, Mayhem Mode allows you to apply a selection of random modifiers to your post-end Borderlands 3 save file. These modifiers may make your enemies more dangerous, but they will increase your chances of finding rare loot and the amount of XP you receive.
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