It’s a good time to be a fan of retro video games, thanks to all the various compilations hitting the scene, and for the James Pond enthusiasts out there, their time has finally come. Developer System 3 has announced the James Pond Legacy: The Pond is Not Enough collection, but the…

Last week, Jacob Novak, an ex-Square Enix business strategist, claimed that Sony’s push toward a digital only future, seen in its impending ceasing of PlayStation disc production, could actually result in lower prices for digital games down the line, as he argued that physical game prices are “holding digital hostage.”…

The new confirmation that Coco is a world in Kingdom Hearts 4 adds support to a leaked worlds list from 2025. That doesn’t mean it should be taken as fact, as every rumor and leak in the world should be treated with a grain of salt, but it does make…

Former Arkane bosses Harvey Smith and Ben Horne have opened a new studio, Black Pony Immersive, which is now working on “imaginative first-person action-RPGs.” The last game they worked on was the ill-fated Xbox-exclusive vampire game, Redfall. Both Smith (Redfall director) and Horne (Redfall producer) have now discussed that project…

SKG decried the GTA 6’s leakers for ‘using illegal means’ and promoting ‘a meme coin’ to further their goals The internet was treated to some rather legitimate-looking Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks yesterday, and while the content of the leaks is the main focus for fans of Rockstar Games’ long-awaited…

While chronicling the history of RPGs, a pattern quickly emerges: turn-based battle systems began to decline in the PS2 era and never really recovered. Most of us noticed this as it happened, but the sheer drop in the number of releases between the PS2 and PS3 puts it into perspective,…