Whoa One of last year’s biggest success stories was the phenomenal re-release of the originalCrash Bandicootgames.Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogysold gangbusters upon its PS4 release, holdingchart supremacyfor weeks and inspiring a host of horrid new memes. Activision have taken note of all of the green rolling in and are once again preparing to stoke the nostalgia fires. In arecent investor report, in which the publisher summarises the success of 2017, Activision state that they plan to revisit more titles from their back catalogue....

Some of the best writing in games today Analogue: A Hate Storysnuck up on the world behind and ended up becoming an international sensation. DeveloperChristine Lovehad been crafting these kinds of interactive narrative games for a while, butAnaloguetook her to a whole other level. It was even translated in Korean. Not bad for a one-woman operation. No doubt encouraged by her success, Love is currently at work on aHate Plus ~Mute’s Golden Days~, the official sequel toA Hate Story....

Thinner, lighter, more powerful At this morning’s Apple press event, the new iPad Air was announced. It still has its 9.7″ Retina display, but the bezel is 43 percent thinner now. The device is 7.5 mm thin — 20 percent thinner than the last generation. It weighs just one pound. iPad Air uses the iPhone 5s’s new A7 chipset and 64-bit architecture.The graphics are 72 times faster than the original iPad, Apple says....

Don’t write it off completely if you aren’t feeling the art style Battletoadsis alive and well in 2019– or something like that. After a round of cameo appearances, the cult-classic brawler series is set for a return on Xbox One with an unmistakable new look. Microsoft lifted the lid during its press conference and, ahead of E3, we tried our hand at the upcoming title. I took down a bunch of rats, wailed on a pig boss, dodged barriers and dashed around drop-offs on a hoverbike, and confirmed that Pimple is, in fact, still my toad hero of choice....

The 24 hours evolution is an interesting upgrade option forEA FC 25players, and you’re able to upgrade a card of your choice by locking it for the next 24 hours. Just like its name, the new evolution has four levels. It’s a training camp evolution, and each level unlocks automatically after six hours. The evolution costs 75,000 coins to unlock, so let’s take a look at the best possible options to consider....

Even in a procedural death maze Full Disclosure —Chris Chung, creator ofCatlateral Damageand fellowSmash Bros.fangave me a smallSmash Bros.towel after we did this interview. We also went to a comic book store together once and maybe sawLucas Popebrowsing the recent issue ofThunderboltswhere Punisher kills Ghost Rider. It’s a pretty good issue. So maybe I’m biased when I say that “rascally cat simulator”Catlateral Damageappears to be expanding into diversified gameplay experiences at a nice pace....

So out of the blue last night, Nathan Hamill sends me an e-mail sharing some cool art with me. In case you couldn’t tell by the last name, Nathan is the son of Mark Hamill, better known as that one guy fromStar Wars. The image was “born out of [Nathan’s] love forStar Warsand Nintendo” and it’sbased on the momentwhere Han Solo and Chewie won the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian in a game of Sabacc....

Eurogamerrecently talked it upwithCrackdownproducer Phil Wilson and believe it or not, some info about the game’s upcoming download content was revealed. Vague as these details may be, they are still better than nothing. Here are a few highlights from the interview: Flying vehicles are a possibility now that the existing engine is proven capable of handling “immense draw distances and rapid streaming” One of the new game modes is inspired by a co-op video that was posted online (credit will be given to the original creators)...

Even if it is jolly good fun Earlier this week, Allistairsuggestedthat violence is integral to immersion, that it could draw us into games that lack it even more. This was in response to apresentationgiven by serial pompous twit and occasional truth-sayer, David Cage. While the spirit of his article — that violence is a facet of gaming we shouldn’t dismiss or overlook — is one I very much agree with, I think that he might put too much stock in it....

My original plan for this subheader was to write that everyone has Pokemon Gone to the polls but writing Pokemon without the accent feels wrong and this doesn’t support utf-8 Crazy. There’s no better word to describe 2017. It was a crazy year. Good crazy in some places, like video games, and bad crazy in others. Over the past few weeks, the community has beenhard at workvoting for their favorite games released in this wild, wild year… Also, hard at work reminding me thatDoki Doki Literature Clubshould have been an option....

Pretty pricey though RPG remasterDisgaea 1 Completeis now available for purchase on mobile devices. After launching on PS4 and Nintendo Switch back in 2018, the complete edition of this anime RPG can now be played on iOS and Android platforms for the princely sum of $33. As a refresher,Disgaea 1 Completeis an HD remaster of the originalDisgaea:Hour of Darkness,which launched on the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP back in 2003.Disgaea 1 Completeincludes all previously released DLC, and gives the classic adventure a fresh coat of paint with new character models and scenery textures....

Namekian Dragon Balls are freely obtainable inDragon Ball Sparking Zero, but getting them at a consistent level can be slightly difficult. Dragon Balls, much like the original lore, are required to make summons (slightly different from what we were used to seeing in the anime and reading in the manga). Thankfully, there are no microtransactions and stuff, which means that the only way to get these magical items is by playing the game....

The Path Infernal crossover event betweenFinal Fantasy XIVandFinal Fantasy XVIwas announced way back in July of 2023 during the Las Vegas FanFest, so it’s been a long time coming. But the wait is finally over and we can now team up with Clive in order to bring back his memories. As of April 1, theFF16crossover event has begun, lasting until July 03, 2025. If you’ve not managed to playFinal Fantasy XVIjust yet (say, you’re very impatiently waiting for the game to come to PC) then some parts of this quest line may go completely over your head....