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Ultima Online marks 29 years of operation with a livestream and New Legacy Season 2 details
To say that Ultima Online staying operational for 29 years is an achievement is… well, obvious. Most MMORPGs can only dream of such a long tail. So of course Broadsword is feeling both retrospective and celebratory in equal measure. “What was only supposed to last a few years has endured for 29....
Boys Don’t Die: A Halo Retrospective
'No, I think we're just getting started.'
Atelier Resleriana Opens 3rd Anniversary Retrospective Website Ahead of November 25 Shutdown Featuring Story Recap Videos, Artwork, and Epilogue Material
Koei Tecmo and Gust have opened a third-anniversary website for Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator ahead of the game’s shutdown on November 25, 2026, at 4 PM JST. The title was launched in Japan on September 23, 2023, and later received a global release in January...
Star Ocean Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Retrospective Revisiting Every Numbered Game
Square Enix is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Star Ocean series with a new Japanese retrospective that looks back on the franchise’s history and highlights where its numbered entries can be played today. The feature covers each numbered title from the original Star Ocean through 2022’s...
Rockstar had to fight to get people to care about GTA 3 at E3, former lead recalls, and now GTA 6 is the most anticipated game of the generation
While it may seem wild in retrospect to think there ever was a time where GTA wasn't massive, former Rockstar Games dev Obbe Vermeij says the third game wasn't expected to be huge. It's hard to think of many games that on their own completely changed the industry, but GTA 3 is easily one of the...
[Warmachine] Summer Slaughter IGQ Retrospective
Today in Warmachine, Wolfe recounts his recent weekend in New Jersey at the Summer Slaughter event!
Disney To Livestream “Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts” Retrospective Panel on August 15th
Disney has announced that a retrospective panel for the Kingdom Hearts series will be hosted at D23 today, August 15th, their biennial fan convention. Titled “A Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts,” the panel will also be livestreamed at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET via the series’ official YouTube channel....
CEO of Space Marine 2 dev says upcoming driving game will get Steam AI tag following backlash, and he would "have been happy" to replace a fired writer with AI "in retrospect"
A writer who claims they'd been replaced on a game at Saber Interactive by literal ChatGPT has gotten several responses from the company's leadership, and they're just kind of bizarre. The publisher's CEO asserts it's all false, while also saying he'd now replace the person with AI if he could....
CEO of Space Marine 2 dev says upcoming driving game will get Steam AI tag following backlash, and he would "have been happy" to replace a fired writer with AI "in retrospect"
Rideshare "Stimulator" is accused of beong made using ChatGPT in some capacity
Saber CEO Denies Replacing Rideshare Writer With ChatGPT But Says ‘I Would Frankly In Retrospect Have Been Happy To Replace Her With AI’
Matt Karch said a missing Steam disclosure will be added eventually
id co-founder John Carmack revisits Doom at QuakeCon: 'Still a great game after all these years!'
t this year's QuakeCon in Gaylord, Texas, a number of id Software's OGs and founders are in attendance for a retrospective talk and reunion, and it looks like legendary programmer John Carmack took some time to refamiliarize himself with the reason for the season... Read more.
Another look at Kingdom Hearts 4 seems even more likely this month after co-director is confirmed to appear at Disney D23 event
It's looking likely that we could be getting another look at Kingdom Hearts 4 this month. The franchise is set for a retrospective showcase at D23, and some potential panelists have been revealed, increasing the odds that the latest installment will be part of proceedings in some capacity. The Deep...
Did You Know Gaming Disputes Metacritic’s Ocarina Of Time Score, Upsetting Its Top Rated Spot
While researching for a retrospective, the historical YouTuber account came across inconsistencies with the record-breaking Zelda tally
Indie dev explains how their forgotten 8-year-old Steam game suddenly became popular thanks to an Undertale mod
An indie developer has explained how their forgotten free Steam game from eight years ago suddenly became popular thanks to Undertale. RetroSpecter, who says they’ve been making games for nearly a decade, recounted the story on the IndieDev Reddit page (as spotted by PC Gamer), explaining why a...
'Wtf is going on': Indie dev discovers their neglected Steam game is powering an Undertale multiplayer mod following its freak 1700% jump in player activity
few months ago, indie developer RetroSpecter noticed something unusual about Crashphalt, their first completed game that launched on Steam in 2018: Since their last check-in on the neglected platformer, Crashphalt had suddenly gained over 500 reviews. In its first four years, it had barely managed...
Interview: "I May Have Been The First Person To Ever Finish The Game" - The Real Story Behind Wizardry's Iconic Enemy, Murphy's Ghost
"I was determined to get to the bottom of this dungeon and beat this game". Researching old games, it can sometimes be hard to break new ground, with pretty much everything that can be dug up seemingly having already appeared in some old magazine, website retrospective, or YouTube video Read the...
Albion Online recaps its last year of major updates and looks ahead to the arrival of dragons
We’ve already noted how Albion Online’s ninth anniversary is being marked with delicious cake and murderous statues, but no anniversary is complete without a retrospective look. Luckily, Sandbox Interactive likely felt similarly, as it shared a look back at the last year of major updates as part of...
Sega Shares Sneak Peek Of Sonic's New Animated Short
Introducing "Memories and Beyond". At Anime Expo this week, Sega shared a "sneak peek" of its upcoming 35th anniversary short form animation, Sonic the Hedgehog: Memories and Beyond. This was revealed during the "Sonic the Hedgehog Animated Shorts: A Frame-by-Frame Retrospective panel". As you can...
Casually Classic: What were vanilla World of Warcraft’s weaknesses?
Last week, I offered my perspective on what I thought were the four greatest strengths that the original vanilla version of World of Warcraft (and in a slightly lesser capacity, WoW Classic) brought to the table. But it’s always helpful with these kinds of retrospectives to be honest in criticism,...
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