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Image: Damien McFerran / Time ExtensionLast year, I was lucky enough to go hands-on with a prototype of the Octopus TR Fight Stick, an all-in-one arcade stick which eventually raised over $150,000 via Indiegogo. That particular sample came in a 3D-printed case, but it nevertheless left a very positive first impression. I’ve now got my hands on the final version, which has not only undergone a redesign but is also made from aerospace-grade aluminium, offers broader system support and much, much more. The headline news here is that the Octopus TR Fight Stick supports a staggering range of different platforms.…
Image: TohoToday Makoto Shinkai is primarily known to the world for being the hugely successful director behind some of Japan’s top anime films like Your Name, Weathering with You, and Suzume. But, before he kickstarted his career in animation, what many people probably won’t know is he previously held a position at the famous RPG developer Falcom, where he storyboarded and directed the opening movies for the 1999 RPG The Legend of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean and the 2000 Windows title Ys II Eternal. Shinkai worked at Falcom from 1996 to 2001, which is when he ultimately decided…
Image: UnboundUpdate [Fri 14th Mar 2025, 2:15pm]: The Bookseller has reported that troubled on-demand book publisher Unbound has gone into administration. Allister Manson and Charles Turner of Opus Restructuring were appointed administrators of the company on 10th March 2025. Author Steven Goodwin, one of the many writers who hasn’t been paid by the publisher, has posted the following message on Linkedin: I might have accidentally destroyed an entire publishing house! At the end of 2023 I released a book “20 GOTO 10” via the publisher Unbound. (4.4 stars on Amazon!) It sold tens of thousands of copies, and yet, I…
Image: Capcom We’re sad to report that prolific voice actor Dave Morrow has passed away at the age of 76. Morrow’s career in voice acting began in 1984, and his animation, film and TV credits include the likes of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Digimon, Hunter x Hunter, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Fist of the North Star, Mobile Suit Gundam F91, The Waterboy and Castle in the Sky, to name just a few. However, video game fans might know him best as the voice of Akuma / Gouki in recent Street Fighter titles, including Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter X Tekken, and…
Image: Vivendi Games MobileThe feature phone preservation community has done it again, preventing a further two “previously lost” games for Japanese mobile phones from being lost forever. This time around, according to RockmanCosmo, it’s the turn of the 2006 Monster Hunter spin-off Monster Hunter I and the 2007 motion-controlled mini-game compilation Chokkan Crash Bandicoot to be preserved, with both games being dumped from a SH904i phone by the community member XYZ. Just to give you some background, Monster Hunter I is an action RPG, similar to the mainline entries in the series. It sees players embarking on various quests across…
Update [Fri 14th March 2025 15:05 GMT]: The filmmakers behind the upcoming 5-part docu-series Terrorbytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming have just launched a new pre-sale campaign for the documentary ahead of its physical launch next month. So, if you consider yourself a diehard fan of the horror gaming genre and are tempted to hear some fresh insights from various big names attached (like horror filmmaker John Carpenter, Silent Hill’s Akira Yamaoka, and Silicon Knights’ Dennis Dyack), you now have yet another chance to snag all five episodes. According to the campaign, the digital edition now costs just $27.99 (down…
Image: Rockstar GamesThe developers of Grand Theft Auto III’s fanmade Dreamcast port may have already started work on bringing its sequel Vice City over to the Sega console. However, that hasn’t stopped them from doing some more incredible tinkering behind the scenes to further improve their previous efforts, and make sure the port is the best it can be. Recently on Twitter, Falco Girgis, one of the many fan developers working on the project, revealed he has been working on a massive new update for the game that he has come to describe as a “[Pull Request] from hell”. It…
Image: Damien McFerran / Time ExtensionMelonDS for Android has just been updated to version 1.10.0, introducing a bunch of amazing new features, fixes, and improvements. According to the changelog, the new update adds an OpenGL Renderer as well as support for up to 8x scaling on more powerful devices. This is in addition to the ability to manually input cheats, the introduction of improved support for foldable devices, and fresh compatibility for the Nintendo DS memory expansion GBA slot (which is used for the Nintendo DS Browser and some homebrew titles). That’s not all either, as it seems the App’s…
Image: Hyperfocus GamesUpdate [Wed 12 Mar 2025 18:30 GMT]: We’ve updated the article below to add further clarification from Hyperfocus Games’ Director of Communications & Talent Relations Anthony Maurizio regarding the company’s acquisition of the AKI & AKI USA trademarks, and whether or not it can use the AKI logo. Last month, Hyperfocus Games, the Scottish studio behind the upcoming wrestling video game Ultra Power Wrestling stated in a video update that it had successfully acquired a pair of trademarks for the WCW/NWO Revenge and WWF No Mercy developer AKI and that it was planning to use the classic brand…