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This Week's Arcade Archives Release Swaps Greens & Fairways For Military Action & Motorbikes
"THUNDERCADE!" is coming to Arcade Archives. After encouraging players to take a relaxing trip to the golf course last week , Hamster is offering something a little more action-packed for this week's Arcade Archives release: Seta's vertical shoot 'em up Thundercade (also known as Tokushu Butai U.A.G. and Twin Formation ). Released in Japanese arcades in 1987, the game swaps the idyllic imagery of greens and fairways from last week's game for enemy-filled warzones (including occupied cities and enemy hideouts), with the player taking control of a soldier tasked with riding a motorcycle straight through the middle of the volley of bullets to reach the enemy stronghold. Along the way, they'll be forced to destroy anything in their path (helicopters, tanks, and even submarines), while collecting power-ups in the form of sidecars that will give you a little extra firepower. Read the full article on timeextension.com
If you've sworn off genAI Crazy Taxi and dislike all the twerking in GTA 6, consider Shifu: Traffic Masters, a jolly open world driving game set in 1990s China
I'm not your guy for computerised automobile magic picture shows, or "car videogames" as they are popularly known – for that, we turn fearfully to Mark Warren, whose every word during Gchat meetings is screamed against a backdrop of throbbing motors. Still, once in a blue moon a car game hooks my interest. Take Shifu: Traffic Masters, which we can approxiately translate as Driver and/or Midtown Madness (those are explicit inspirations), but set in northern China during the 1990s. It's got a demo on Steam. Cars emit steam, don't they? How poetic of them. Here's a trailer. Read more
Steam's new Big Art Mode is a lovely visual upgrade for my living room setup
Big Art Mode is looking fiiiine.
Planet Zoo 2 is a beautiful sequel and a fine management sim, but it's the animals that steal the show
If the Planet Zoo series has taught me anything it's that I'm rubbish at animals. Sure, I'm okay with the simple stuff - I do, you'll be relieved to hear, know the difference between an elephant and a flamingo - but the more exotic they get, the second we start dabbling in subspecies, the more clueless I am. That was one of the joys of the original Planet Zoo: a chance to discover a vibrant menagerie of unusual animals, all brought to wonderful life by developer Frontier's typically exquisite artistry. And after spending some early hours with Planet Zoo 2, it's this, as much as anything, that's kept me so completely enthralled. Read more
Ubisoft is planning to shut down Trials studio RedLynx and lay off 70 Ubisoft Singapore staff
RedLynx doesn't currently have a project and has been deemed unsustainable, VGC understands
Weekly Roundup #535
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Ubisoft closing Trials developer RedLynx and cutting jobs in Singapore studio
Ubisoft has proposed the closure of Finnish studio RedLynx, creator of the Trial franchise, and major job losses at Ubisoft Singapore, lead developer of the ill-fated Skull and Bones. The cuts are the latest in the firm's ongoing restructuring, as it seeks to dramatically reduce costs and reform into a new Creative Houses structure. Read more
Three more GBA games come to Switch Online, including Metal Slug Advance and a previously Japan-only title
All three, including Monster Rancher Advance and Kururin Paradise, are available now
Xbox announces what sounds like a generative AI-focused game-making department, Xbox Labs, while avoiding mentioning AI
Xbox is reacting - uncharacteristically quickly - to the deluge of vibe-coded game ports, decompiles and recompiles we've been seeing online in recent weeks by establishing Xbox Labs, a new initiative seemingly designed to explore the phenomenon. Read more
Clayface first reactions say the DCU horror movie "holds nothing back" and is "shockingly gruesome"
The first reactions to the new DCU movie are in
Xbox CEO reportedly warns firm will "not survive" if it only relies on existing franchises
Xbox boss Asha Sharma has reportedly warned that the organisation will "not survive" if it relies on existing game franchises. Read more
Toy Shooter Hypercharge: Unboxed Is Getting A "Huge" And "Completely Free" Update On Switch This Week
Adding "full crossplay" support, new modes, maps and much more. Back in 2024, the toy shooter HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed got an update on other platforms adding cross-platform support. Now, a few years later, the team has shared some news about the Switch version. Alongside a lengthy message , the development team at Digital Cybercherries has this week announced the Switch release will be getting the "biggest update" it's ever had...and it will be "completely free". Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Steam now has a maddening bouncing logo screensaver, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't perfectly hit the corners
It sucks, get rid of it.
Oblivion Remastered Gets A New Switch 2 Update, Resolves "Global Visual Degradation" Issue
Players reported issues in Update 1.1. Last month, Bethesda released a new update for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered on the Switch 2. It was loaded with a bunch of fixes, but it didn't take long for players on Nintendo's hybrid platform to notice changes to the visuals in docked and handheld mode. Bethesda also acknowledged this in a statement , noting how some players were experiencing "blurry or lower-quality visuals compared to previous versions" of the game. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With Three More Titles
Monster Rancher, Metal Slug & Kururin. Breaking: Nintendo has today expanded the Switch Online 'Nintendo Classics' library with three more Game Boy Advance titles. The games now available include the following: Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 4.0.1, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today. After a surprise update in September, Nintendo has today released version 4.0.1 of its Switch title, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe . This update, as you might have already worked out, is a lot less exciting, and basically addresses some issues with multiple fixes. If anything else significant about this latest update is discovered, we'll provide an update. For now, here's the full rundown via Nintendo's official support page. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Valve is clearing out its discontinued Index VR headsets if you want a cheap piece of history
The Steam Frame has rendered the tethered workhorse obsolete.
Round Up: The Reviews For Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Are In
Here's what the critics think. It's been a while, but this week Konami's Castlevania series resurfaces with the new entry, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse . This 2D action-exploration title, set 23 years after Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse , is developed by the team at Evil Empire ( Rogue Prince of Persia ) and Motion Twin ( Dead Cells ), and puts players in the shoes of Rose Belmont, the daughter of Trevor Belmont. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
After 8 years, Ultima creator says his MMO Shroud of the Avatar finally has "zero bugs" thanks to AI
"We need fewer people and less time to make it" because of AI, says Richard Garriott
AI-upscaled Total War: Shogun 2 remaster blasted in Steam reviews as the original gets delisted
The new version is a $10 upgrade
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says he 'failed' with Max Payne 3, and I'm sorry Danno but that's just plain wrong
Hear me out.
Kojima says he was 'just like Bryan' from the Resident Evil movie when he played RE1 in 1996: 'I kept getting game over after game over, shouting F***!'
"It’s a film about the experience of playing Resident Evil, controller in hand."
Send in the Clown is a turn-based RPG comedy about fighting one annoying child at a birthday party where there's only one fight in the whole game
I generally find it quite frustrating how limited the medium of games insists on being when it comes to engaging in a wide breadth of genres. One particular genre that its filmmaking cousin frequently utilises but is rarely seen within games is comedy. Sure, occasionally a game makes an attempt at telling a joke within a cutscene (failing more often than not (comedy's hard!)), but rarely is it a genre mechanically. So I'm quite pleased to learn of Send in the Clown, a turn-based RPG where you play as a clown that has to save a 12 year old's birthday party… and it only has one turn. Read more
Eric Barone says "no one" is playing Haunted Chocolatier until he's ready
Not even Eric Barone's partner gets to play Haunted Chocolatier yet