Blizzard has announced a 4K remaster of its classic game StarCraft, a sci-fi real-time strategy game which won legions of fans. StarCraft Remastered features graphics redrawn in the original style but at a much higher resolution, re-recorded music and voice acting, and new race-themed comic book interludes. The original game and its Brood War expansion will be […]
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Blizzard Announces StarCraft Remastered
Blizzard has announced a 4K remaster of its classic game StarCraft, a sci-fi real-time strategy game which won legions of fans. StarCraft Remastered features graphics redrawn in the original style but at a much higher resolution, re-recorded music and voice acting, and new race-themed comic book interludes. The original game and its Brood War expansion will be […]
How Fleetway Played The Games, Part 9: Of Chaos and Chaos Emeralds
Once again it’s just over a year since last time in the series. Having gone through a variety of one-offs and short-run stories, we rejoin Sonic the Comic at issue #175, for the final original story in the comic’s run – the 10-part adaptation of the Dreamcast launch title and fan-favourite that is Sonic Adventure. […]
Sonic & Chuckles 48-Hour Charity Stream Benefits Refugee Aid at 7PM PST
What happens when artists and animators band together to run a Sonic-themed charity event? You get Sonic & Chuckles, a 48 hour livestreaming event starting at 7PM PST today! Sonic & Chuckles is benefiting the Refugee Aid run by both Geneva Hodgson (Storyboard artist and writer for OK KO, Teen Titans, co-creator of the new […]
Maximum Power Up Podcast – Episode 45: Konami 16-Bit Era
When thinking back to the 16 bit era, one software developer/publisher stands head and shoulders above the crowd across all platforms. With formidable output on both home consoles and the arcades, Konami built further upon their household name and brand they’d established during the Famicom/NES years.
Phantasy Star
We can only imagine the conversations at Mastertronic when Phantasy Star came in. Here was a company that had made its fortune from selling games on tape for as little as £1.99, and through its distribution contract with Sega, it suddenly had to try to sell a game for £39.99. The good news was that […]
Phantasy Star
We can only imagine the conversations at Mastertronic when Phantasy Star came in. Here was a company that had made its fortune from selling games on tape for as little as £1.99, and through its distribution contract with Sega, it suddenly had to try to sell a game for £39.99. The good news was that […]
SEGA News Bits: Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania SXSW discussions
Now that the SXSW Sonic the Hedgehog panel has passed, George and Barry discuss what we learned regarding Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces. We talk about Sonic Mania‘s delay, Flying Battery Zone being announced, new official Sonic Mania artwork, the Sonic Mania soundtrack vinyl, the first real life look at the Sonic Mania Collector’s Edition, […]
Sonic Forces Us To Recap SXSW
Surely the internet isn’t going to make the title of this article a played out meme before it goes up, nope, probably not, nah. So that Sonic SXSW panel happened, and we got some pretty good reveals out of it. And enough of them for us to actually make a recap article for once! Now, if you want to […]
Cancelled Dreamcast Game Millennium Racer Unearthed
Earlier this week, Dreamcast owners were thrilled to learn about the discovery of an unreleased and seemingly complete game for the system – Millennium Racer: Y2K Fighters, a conversion of a futuristic racing game that originally appeared on the PC. The game was developed by Russian studio Creat Media and was to be published by […]