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G’AIM’E Time Crisis+ review: a mostly brilliant shot of arcade nostalgia

A retro lightgun console that gets surprisingly close to the '90s experience.

Creative Bloq · May 18

"This is the culmination of over a decade of work": Nintendo's forgotten Mario Kart game is finally playable again 21 years later as the best GameCube emulator gets even better

"Maybe a few dozen years later than anyone expected," but who's counting

GamesRadar · Feb 18

Namco’s Rave Racer Is Coming to Consoles for the First Time

A pleasant surprise!

Operation Sports · Feb 6

Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition released at $169 — bright yellow console comes with Pac-Man: Double Feature 2-in-1 game cartridge

Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition games console released in striking, vivid yellow livery.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 1, 2025

Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer lovingly preserves Namco’s legendary arcade game and is perfect for quick handheld Switch 2 sessions

Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer isn’t the most feature-rich package out there, but it is an excellent preservation effort.

TechRadar · Jul 22, 2025

3 years later, my favorite retro game collection is getting fresh DLC complete with the "first-ever re-release" of the broken Pac-Man port that became the best-selling game of the pre-Nintendo era

Bad games deserve to be in these collections, too

GamesRadar · Jul 21, 2025

'Shadow Labyrinth' Turns Pac-Man On Its Head With a Gritty Sci-Fi Metroidvania

This surprisingly dark spin on Namco history might be one of the most promising Metroidvanias in years.

Inverse · Jun 23, 2025

As Tekken 8 emergency patch runs back controversial Season 2 changes, series producer Katsuhiro Harada says "I personally do not think this backlash is at all unjustified"

Bandai Namco has promised another patch coming in mid-May

GamesRadar · Apr 15, 2025

A canon spin-off of beloved JRPG series Xenosaga was once feared to be lost media, but 21 years later, it's been preserved and is finally getting a fan translation

Xenosaga: Pied Piper lives

GamesRadar · Mar 18, 2025

PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool

Launched in Japan in December 1994, the record-breaking PlayStation started out as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo – but ended up ushering video games into a new era all on its own

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024