Here’s one of the weirder stories we’ll ever publish, courtesy of our colleagues over at Kotaku UK. It turns out that Moon Jae-in, one of the current presidential candidates in South Korea, has released a couple of free StarCraft maps to promote his campaign. They’re pretty simple, of course, but it’s a shrewd move given […]
Archive: April, 2017
Maximum Power Up Podcast – Episode 47: Point & Click Adventures
In this episode Paul and Julian discuss their history playing the point and click genre. Back in the late 80’s and throughout the 90’s this time of game offered hit after hit for fans of the genre.
Big’s Big Fishing Adventure 3 – Dr. Eggman Trailer
We can finally show the first trailer of Big’s Big Fishing Adventure 3, featuring the voice of Mike Pollock! This trailer, inspired by Sonic Adventure‘s Japanese commercials, teases Dr. Eggman’s role in the game. It also shows the Big-Hazard Battle mini-game in action for the first time. This is the first in a series of trailers that […]
[Video] The Complete Story of LucasArts (Part II – final)
Here’s the conclusion of #PixelTHING’s Complete Story of Lucasfilm Games / LucasArts! Let’s take a look at the last 22 years of LucasArts gaming history! Enjoy!
Retro Spotlight – Freedom Planet 2
Going on three years now, Freedom Planet launched on Steam after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012. For the uninitiated, Freedom Planet drew heavy inspiration from Sonic the Hedgehog, while also adding a huge emphasis on combat and exploration. Fast forward to now, and we’re highly anticipating the release of the sequel, Freedom Planet 2. […]
Spark the Electric Jester Releases on Steam
With the pagies in cagies and Umburn Witches returning from slumber, today’s releases on Steam includes a platformer from the development team behind Sonic fan games such as Sonic After the Sequel. After a successful kickstarter campaign and given the green light on Steam, Spark the Electric Jester comes out on Steam reliving the glory days of 16-bit platformers […]
Bitmap Books Launches Latest Kickstarter
Bitmap Books has launched the Kickstarter campaign for the latest in its line of Visual Compendium retro gaming books, and once again Nintendo is the focus. The Unofficial SNES/Super Famicom: A Visual Compendium follows the success of Bitmap Books’ previous effort, which focused on the incredibly popular 8-bit NES console. If you haven’t seen one […]
Spectrum Vega+ hands on – video and mini review
Will plays with a Vega+ This report was written by Will Woodvine, photography and video by Ant Harper. Disclosure: I backed the Vega+ Indiegogo campaign but requested and received a refund over the Christmas period. I asked for a refund due to what I perceive to be the appalling lack of information provided to backers. […]