ReCore’s long loading times slow down the fun adventure Posted byby Mike Minotti October 10, 2016 4 min In a lot of ways, ReCore feels nostalgic. This is not just a dig against its outdated graphics. ReCore, which comes out September 13... Continue Reading 4 min
How Keiji Inafune’s ReCore prizes color and cute robots over realism and blood Posted byby Mike Minotti June 28, 2016 4 min Too many shooting games feel like slogs through war and murder. It doesn’t have to be that way. Keiji Inafune is best known for the... Continue Reading 4 min
Mighty No. 9 gets release date and promises of no more delays Posted byby Mike Minotti May 2, 2016 2 min Delay Man is finally defeated. A new backer update for the Mighty No. 9, a 2D platformer from Keiji Inafune (who used to work... Continue Reading 2 min
Mega Man and Monster Hunter lead Capcom’s new mobile onslaught Posted byby Mike Minotti April 1, 2016 1 min Capcom is going to make a new push to mobile, and it’s using some of its biggest brands to help it succeed. Mega Man... Continue Reading 1 min
Trophies and achievements are a great way to make old games exciting again Posted byby GamesBeat February 14, 2016 6 min I just spend dozens of hours playing a 20-year-old video game I haven’t laid eyes on in quite some time, all because I wanted... Continue Reading 6 min
5 games outside Nintendo’s stable that need the Super Mario Maker treatment Posted byby Mike Minotti September 18, 2015 2 min Developers, why make your own games when you can just give the tools to fans? At least that’s the lesson Nintendo is teaching us... Continue Reading 2 min
Mega Man is back … on TV, with a new 26-episode animated series Posted byby GamesBeat June 2, 2015 2 min Mega Man celebrates his 30th anniversary with a new series. Continue Reading 2 min
Azure Striker Gunvolt is a smart, updated take on 16-bit action games (review) Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 28, 2014 4 min Developer Inti Creates brings back a style of game it mastered on Game Boy Advance. Continue Reading 4 min
Retro developers call out the games that kicked their asses (part 2) Posted byby GamesBeat August 10, 2014 10 min Here are more old games that were too hard for the people making retro titles. Continue Reading 10 min
Cloud Strife, Ryu, Mega Man … the real birthdays of some of the biggest video game characters Posted byby Mike Minotti July 31, 2014 2 min We dig through annals of video game history and find the exact birthdays of Mega Man, Cloud, and more. Continue Reading 2 min