# retro game (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover retro game. Page: Feed: --- ## [Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 2 review – once more unto the mercenary breach](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/21/metal-gear-solid-master-collection-vol-2-review) _2026-08-21 · Diego Nicolás Argüello · Games | The Guardian_ PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S; Konami This second collection remasters another three titles from the illustrious stealth espionage series, but their world has changed little since the original releases ‘War has changed,” claims Old Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Back in 2008, the team at Kojima Productions waxed poetic about people recruited to fight in… ## [Stupid Never Dies – a zombie fights for the love of a frozen corpse](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/21/stupid-never-dies-zombie-game) _2026-08-21 · Bex April May · Games | The Guardian_ Free from a big brand’s audience expectations, new studio GPTrack50 has created a wacky action-packed romp through a monster-filled world for its first game Love is blind. In Stupid Never Dies, it is also frozen solid and technically dead as Davy, the weakest zombie in monster society, discovers Julia’s body in a shopping centre and falls in love at first sight. He wants to bring her back to life… ## [Marvel’s Wolverine: Spider-Man developers turn to a more cutthroat character](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/20/marvel-wolverine-spider-man-developers-turn-more-cutthroat-character) _2026-08-20 · Alex Spencer · Games | The Guardian_ Even film-makers have been inspired by Insomniac’s take on Spidey. But the studio’s tried and tested format might not fit a superhero with such sharp claws The recent Marvel’s Spider-Man games have become so tightly interwoven with the character’s core that they’ve been cited, by both actor Tom Holland and director Destin Daniel Cretton, as an influence on this year’s blockbuster film Spider-Man:… ## [The Duskbloods: the best of FromSoftware fights in a frantic multiplayer battleground](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/20/the-duskbloods-fromsoftware-feature) _2026-08-20 · Kirk McKeand · Games | The Guardian_ The Elden Ring creator is known for epic single-player RPGs, but its new action game is all about multiplayer interactions: fighting, chasing, befriending, even … proposing? Lowanro City’s skyline is dominated by an oppressive clock tower, silhouetted against a moody red sky and an impossibly large, ominous moon. A retractable bridge splits the map in two, and a network of slimy sewers runs… ## [In Big Walk, players just walk and talk – and find joy along the way: ‘Some stories we’ve heard are punch-in-the-gut beautiful’](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/20/in-big-walk-players-just-walk-and-talk-and-find-joy-along-the-way-some-stories-weve-heard-are-punch-in-the-gut-beautiful) _2026-08-19 · Alexandra Neill · Games | The Guardian_ After their hit Untitled Goose Game, Australian studio House House is back with a new game where your only goal is to go exploring with friends – so we took them on a big walk inside Big Walk When I arrive to meet with the tiny team at Melbourne game developer House House, they’re sitting in a circle under a eucalyptus tree. After introductions, the five of us set off into the scrub. Over the… ## [Will the future of gaming be powered by upstart indie developers?](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/19/will-the-future-of-gaming-be-powered-by-upstart-developers) _2026-08-19 · Keith Stuart · Games | The Guardian_ As gaming’s biggest publishers retreat into safer bets, a new generation of independents are building an alternative from the ground up • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here During the 1990s, a new strata of independent film studios and distributors revitalised the Hollywood movie machine. The likes of Miramax, New Line Cinema and October Films challenged the ageing… ## [The Blood of Dawnwalker – save your family while becoming what you hate](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/19/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-save-your-family-while-becoming-what-you-hate) _2026-08-19 · Kirk McKeand · Games | The Guardian_ Human by day, vampire by night, Coen has difficult choices to make – beginning here in the 1300s, his adventure could span centuries in upcoming sequels The Blood of Dawnwalker could be the start of an epic saga. Created by some of the talent behind The Witcher 3, this dark fantasy role-playing game takes place in the 14th century in the fictional land of Vale Sangora, a Carpathian valley of… ## [After 25 years, I’m breaking up with The Sims. Here’s why you should, too | Jordan Erica Webber](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/19/the-sims-jared-kushner-saudi-investment-fund-ea-diversity-inclusivity) _2026-08-19 · Jordan Erica Webber · Games | The Guardian_ Now that Jared Kushner and the Saudi Investment Fund have bought The Sims’ publisher, EA, it’s unlikely to remain a game celebrating diversity and inclusivity Sometimes it feels as though horrific world events and the malicious entities behind them are reaching into every aspect of our lives, from heatwaves that keep me shut away indoors, to generative AI that makes it increasingly difficult to… ## [‘The ultimate gamers’ mascot’: Sonic the Hedgehog at 35 – from 2D to 3D to a billion-dollar film franchise](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/18/sonic-the-hedgehog-at-35) _2026-08-18 · Keith Stuart · Games | The Guardian_ Sonic’s creators explain how the speedy scamp has kept on running through generations as an enduring avatar of ‘attitude in the face of adversity’ One day in the early 1990s, I came home from university for the weekend and discovered that my dad had bought himself a Sega Mega Drive, bundled with a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I knew about Sega’s mascot of course. The launch of the original Sonic… ## [Dressmaker – a canvas for the creativity of dream dress design](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/18/dressmaker-a-canvas-for-the-creativity-of-dream-dress-design) _2026-08-18 · Jordan Erica Webber · Games | The Guardian_ Co-created by a developer and his sewing-obsessed partner, this design game is ‘the most technically challenging’ its lead programmer has ever made When Jonathan Hau-Yoon wanted to make something as meaningful as the environmental strategy game Terra Nil , he turned for inspiration to his longtime partner. Sabrina Becker had worn a dress she made herself to their very first date, and would have… ## [Find what they just said (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KfnKf3HXh28z) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Surface recent public signals so you can send policy-aware, relevant outreach ## [The Sinking City 2 review – Ukrainian cosmic horror, come hell or high water](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/17/the-sinking-city-2-review-ukrainian-playstation-5-xbox-series-pc-frogwares) _2026-08-17 · Nic Rueben · Games | The Guardian_ PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, PC; Frogwares Frogwares’ Lovecraftian action-horror is full of grim tenacity and pulp paperback charm, despite a few frayed edges I’m standing in the prosthetics lab of a campy horror hospital, hunting for a preacher’s flayed face to wear so I can trick the world’s grisliest smart doorbell. Pinned to a board in the corner of the room are a dozen X-rays: shattered… ## [Ithaca: a scintillating eco-thriller RPG that aims to confront our violent moment](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/17/ithaca-pixel-hunt) _2026-08-17 · Lewis Gordon · Games | The Guardian_ The latest game from ‘reality-inspired’ studio the Pixel Hunt sees you transporting precious human cargo – and deciding what to do with it Ithaca has one hell of an opening: Penelope, a disillusioned environmental lawyer, stops her car at a petrol station. But upon returning, she discovers something shocking: the unconscious body of an oil company CEO in her boot, his hands hog-tied together,… ## [‘The kids were right’: 30 years of Pokémon, from school-wide bans to multimillion-dollar trading cards](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/17/pokemon-30th-anniversary-japan-australia) _2026-08-16 · Patrick Marlborough · Games | The Guardian_ Pokémon outlived the moral panic of its early days in Australia and its staying power has proved that simple joy can cross borders There’s a generation of Australians for whom Cheez TV was a religion. Every morning before school, I’d sit in my little white plastic chair about three feet from our big wooden television and watch 90 minutes of cartoons “curated” by the show’s teenage hosts, Jade and… ## [Alien: Isolation 2 – another strong female protagonist stalked in a terrifying new world](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/14/alien-isolation-2) _2026-08-14 · Graeme Mason · Games | The Guardian_ Creative Assembly could strike gold again with this follow-up to their fan-favourite, film-inspired game … if you’re brave enough to venture outdoors A lien: Isolation redefined Alien games on its release in 2014, bringing the original taut, haunted house theme of the first movie to fans who had mostly been fed action-packed shooters. Cowering under desks and inside lockers wasn’t a new thing;… ## [Agent 64: Spies Never Die review – licence to kill time like the 90s never ended](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/13/agent-64-spies-never-die-review-pc-replicant-d6) _2026-08-13 · Alex Spencer · Games | The Guardian_ PC; Replicant D6 This GoldenEye 007-styled retro shooter is an agreeable set of straightahead shooting missions that hark back to a simpler time, with simpler controls With 007 First Light , 2026 has already given us the best James Bond game in more than three decades, since the release of Rare’s N64 classic GoldenEye 007. But what about those players whose loyalties lie not with the super-spy… ## [Why we’re going back to the games of our youth](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/12/why-were-going-back-to-the-games-of-our-youth) _2026-08-12 · Keza MacDonald · Games | The Guardian_ As millennials return to the games of their youth, remakes of Star Fox and Halo suggest there is still plenty to learn from the past • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here As much as some people more or less cease to listen to new music in their 30s , I have noticed a retreat to safe, familiar gaming territory among some of my fellow millennial gamers. Retro collections… ## [Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls review – an anime-style rumble that’s rooting for you](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/12/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-review) _2026-08-12 · Joshua Rivera · Games | The Guardian_ PlayStation 5, PC; Arc System Works/Sony Interactive Entertainment With tremendous visuals and accessible controls, this superhero-themed fighter has the chops to inspire a new generation of champs Arriving at the turn of the millennium and the twilight of the video arcade, Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes has long been a high-water mark for fighting games, with no heir apparent; its massive,…