Time To "Feed The Beast" Inside Your Body, Konami's "3D View" Run 'N Gun Shoot 'Em Up 'Devastators' Is Coming to Consoles
Another Konami arcade title joins Arcade Archives this week.This week, Hamster, the Japanese company behind Arcade Archives, is continuing its unspoken quest to bring Konami's arcade library to modern consoles, announcing a reissue of the third-person arcade shoot 'em up, Devastators.Released in…
"We Know Trust Is Something You Earn Over Time" - Limited Run Games Reveals "Renewed Fan-First Focus"
"Trust is our product, and we’re excited to keep building it".Publisher Limited Run Games has come in for plenty of criticism over the past few years, with fans citing quality control issues, poor communication, and endless delays as key ways the company has let them down.However, it seems that…
Anbernic's 'Rotating' Handheld Leaks, Reminds Us Of The Gloriously Crazy Phone Design Boom Of The 2000s
Remember when every phone was different?Back in the 2000s, before smartphones arrived and turned every device into a large-screen fondleslab, mobile phone manufacturers experimented with some pretty crazy designs.We had flip phones, slider phones, phones that rotated – you name it, somebody…
Xbox 360, PS3 And Nintendo Wii U Are "Officially Retro", Says GameStop
"They are still very cool, and anyone who owned one at launch is absolutely not old".Retailer GameStop has issued a tongue-in-cheek statement today which declares that the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii U are, "for all practical purposes, now officially retro consoles."GameStop's rules…
"Crystal Dynamics Should Issue A Partial Refund For Forcing This On Us" - Tomb Raider Remastered's New Outfits Aren't Going Down Well
"This is… really bad".While it's designed to celebrate the history of a true gaming icon, the Tomb Raider Remastered series has had a bit of a bumpy ride for one reason or another.First, there was confusion over what seemed to be AI-generated visuals in the first Lara Croft collection (it turned…
"It Does Not Save Time Or Offer Anything Of Value" - Translator Hilltop Isn't A Fan Of AI
"The quality will be bad, but who cares, right?".The recent release of an English translation patch for the Dreamcast title Segagaga was supposed to be a moment of celebration, but sadly, it turned into something of a flash point in the ongoing debate about AI use in the translation community.The…
Bleem Creator Says Sega Was "Thrilled" At PlayStation Games On Dreamcast, But Didn't Want "A Big Legal Battle With Sony"
"They loaned us a Dreamcast hardware development system".Bleem! was a really unique product for its time, allowing users to run PlayStation games on non-PlayStation hardware. Originally created with Windows-based PCs in mind, Bleem! would later come to the Sega Dreamcast as Bleemcast – a move…
"We Know People Love It. We Know They Want It" - The Simpsons Showrunner Doesn't Rule Out 'Hit & Run' Remake
"My quote about Hit & Run would be, 'Never say never.'".Barely a week goes by without some new tweet or social media post coming across our radar, crying out for an official remake or remaster of The Simpsons: Hit & Run for modern platforms.When it comes to games released in the early to mid 2000s,…
"It's Been A Long Time Coming" - Mega CD Homebrew Development Kit Hits Major Milestone
MegaDev 1.0 now available.While the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis homebrew scene is constantly flooded with new and unique games, as well as ports of existing titles, the Mega CD / Sega CD, by comparison, has traditionally been somewhat neglected, due to both the lack of available tools and the…
This Super Mario 64 Footage May Not Look Like Much, But Marks A "Huge" Change For GameCube Devs
The GameCube is officially joining the "KallistiOS ecosystem".The Sega Dreamcast homebrew community has been going from strength to strength in recent years, and it now looks like the Nintendo GameCube community could soon be joining it.That's because the systems engineer and Dreamcast/GameCube…
DOOM Star Says The Movie Was "Probably One Of The Worst Films Ever Made"
"The film was an absolute bomb".Of all the attempts to bring video games to the silver screen, Andrzej Bartkowiak's 2005 adaptation of DOOM wouldn't be in my personal top ten of stinkers – not when the likes of Alone in the Dark, Monster Hunter, Double Dragon and House of the Dead exist.Now,…
"The Last Of Crash" - Crash Bandicoot's Co-Designer Hints 'Nitro Kart' Could Have Been The End Of The Series
"Vicarious Visions saved Crash Bandicoot".The multi-platform racing game Crash Nitro Kart could have been "the last of Crash", according to Crash Bandicoot co-creator and character designer Charles Zembillas.Zembillas recently spoke to Time Extension for an interview about his career, during which…
How Bethesda's Canned Starfield Predecessor Taught Its Lead Designer "Not To Jump On Grenades"
"I think it would have been a very cool game".We were lucky enough to sit down with the legendary Bruce Nesmith recently, a video game industry veteran who has had roles at TSR and Bethesda and has titles such as Fallout 3, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on his glittering…
Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (March 15th 2026)
ThunderPass! Castlevania! Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb!Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place.Read the full article on timeextension.com
"That's My Fault" - If This Elder Scrolls' Dungeon Made You Want To "Tear Your Eyes Out", Here's Who To Blame
"That initial dungeon, the very first one you start the game in, that was mine.".If you've ever attempted to play The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, you'll know that it doesn't exactly get off to the easiest of starts.Dumped into the tutorial dungeon, it's not uncommon for players to round the first…
Random Game Saturday: Macross M3 (Sega Dreamcast) - A Game I Hate To Love
Do you remember loving this bad video game?I have a love/hate relationship with Macross M3.As any Macross fan will tell you, the popular anime series has a sketchy history when it comes to video game adaptations. For every Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie, there are multiple…
Feature: What Naughty Dog Did Was Inexcusable" - Crash Bandicoot And Jak & Daxter Artist Charles Zembillas On Why Independence Is The Key
"Work-for-hire is not the way we should be doing things".Charles Zembillas isn’t the type of person to stay quiet when he feels he's been disrespected.He’s aware that may make him seem like a bit of a “firebrand” to some. But it’s something he feels has been necessary to set the record…
"You're Doing Nothing With It" - Crash Bandicoot's Co-Designer Asks "Where's the Movie? Where's The TV Series?"
A Netflix show was rumoured last year, but so far remains unconfirmed.It's somewhat hard to believe, given the character's popularity over the years, but Crash Bandicoot has somehow never had a starring role in his own TV show or animated film.To our knowledge, there has been at least one attempt…
Analogue 3D Firmware Update v1.2.3 Now Available, And Here's What It Does
Fixes and upgrades.Analogue has released version v1.2.3 of 3DOS for its Analogue 3D, which brings with it a host of improvements and updates to the FPGA-based N64 clone system.This update improves cartridge detection and fixes GameShark compatibility, as well as addressing an issue with the OS…
"War Is Not A Video Game" - White House Social Media Post Mixing Iran War Footage With Nintendo's 'Wii Sports' Triggers Outcry
"This has ruined my perception of the Nintendo brand".The White House social media account is no stranger to leveraging video game imagery in its messaging, and has already used the likes of Pokémon and Halo without permission – almost always resulting in the IP holders of those franchises…