Every Wednesday, we highlight rarely-remembered but interesting games for our “Games Time Forgot” series. The system does seem to have a lot more games that have been left to the past than most others. It’s not that they’re obscure per se, but they just don’t turn up in conversation often anymore. It’s not often that you hear someone proclaim thatBuck Bumbleis a great shooter, or recommend games likeIggy’s Reckin’ BallsorTonic Troubleto anyone....

In case you weren’t aware,GeForce LAN 6, a 48-hour-long LAN party, is being hosted by NVIDIA on the USS Hornet in Alameda, California. Having a bunch of people bring their own computer onto an actual aircraft carrier is crazy enough to work, I think. Interested? The event kicks off this Friday, October 14. Tickets for general admission are $20 and will be sold onsite. The main attraction for this one seems to be the 64-playerBattlefield 3setup, though I’m sure there’s plenty more excitement to be found in contests and other activities....

Could be the rarest PSP game yet RPG fans, I wanted to point you to theClass of Heroes 2presale over at Gaijinworks. This digital preorder gets you both aClass of Heroes 2digital code and physical UMD. We JRPG people have to support these small releases, so I’m hoping Destructoid’s readers will help out here. MonkeyPaw Games tells us that they’ve just about reached their goal of 2,500 pre-sales, and that number would make this the rarest PSP game out, beatingDJMax Portable 3....

From Fullbright to Dim Bulb One of the founding members of The Fullbright Company, the studio behind 2013’s love it or hate itGone Home, has left to start his own studio. Johnnemann Nordhagen, a 2K Marin developer that worked onBioShock 2‘sMinerva’s Denbefore moving to Fullbright, just opened Dim Bulb Games. Nordhagen toldPolygon“I feel right now is an exciting time for games, because there’s all sorts of studios and people exploring the outer edges of what games can be....

Believes they can coexist with traditional ‘package titles’ Ahead of the October 12 Xbox Live Arcade launch for Toylogic’s free-to-playHappy Wars, the developer has shared its vision of how big-budget games will adapt to the growing business model in the coming years. Speaking to GamesIndustry International, Toylogic president Yoichi Take said “I believe it is quite natural that people will gather to play games for free. I predict that, moving forward, even triple-A titles will be shifting toward Play-for-Free....

200+ developers have dev kits via ID@Xbox This week at the Game Developers Conference, Microsoft has shared more details about its self-publishing program for Xbox One,ID@Xbox. A couple different lists of who all is signed on to make games for the platform have come out since the program’s announcement last August, but this latest list, viewable in full below, summarizes 25 specific titles. With tons of indie game confirmations for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita these past few months especially, it’s great to see Xbox One play catch up here; everyone wins....

The new Riot Forge game builds up the Netflix library Riot Games has been rolling out new announcements about its various games, all centered around the premiere of Netflix’sArcane. TheLeague of Legendsuniverse has expanded out to a card game and TV show, and now it’s coming to the runner genre withHextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story. Hextech Mayhemis developed byChoice Provisions, the makers ofBit.Trip RUNNER. Published under the Riot Forge label,Hextech Mayhemwill launch on Nintendo Switch and PC on Nov....

The Lovepurr Chronicles is a set of books you can track down as a quest inCat Quest 3. You’ll need to comb the globe for the alarmingly pink tomes and bring them together to help heal a broken heart. There are three Lovepurr Chronicles books to track down inCat Quest 3. The clue to find them is a trail of book pages leading you to a cave. Clear the cave and the book is yours....

Avoid the long introduction over and over again Survival games are unpredictable, so learning how to save inSons of the Forestis incredibly important. The problem is that you’re able to’t save directly from the menu, and if you die, you’re taken straight back to the helicopter crash. Part of the fun withSons of the Forestis figuring out how the gameplay and environment work by simply exploring. If you want to skip those steps, on the other hand, here’s how to save inSons of The Forest....

Coming to Steam this winter Hyakki Castleis one of those games that’s strong enough conceptually to grab my attention, even if the execution — in this case, the 3D art — might not be all the way there. It’s a first-person dungeon crawler that draws from Japanese folklore, an idea I’m very much into, especially on a platform like PC. You’ll put together a crew of humans, oni, tengu, or nekomata to work your way through a haunted castle, taking on familiar yokai and avoiding traps with an end goal of killing the castle’s lord....

Tomorrow is Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Another day, another free game. That’s how the cookie crumbles and the library grows withEpic’s 12 Days of Free Games. Today, it’sHyper Light Drifter, a gorgeous action adventure RPG from 2016. Developer Heart Machine meticulously crafted an indie masterpiece of abstract storytelling and punishing combat. It’s a beautiful blend of old and new approaches to game design, all wrapped in an aesthetic that constantly tempts you to take screenshots....

Or just click this article to watch scoop shovel goalies Rocket Leaguehas been one of the biggest success stories of the past year. It became a huge hit after its free debut on PlayStation 4, and is now available on PC and the Xbox One as well. The concept of playing soccer with vehicles had been done before, but the polish and care that went into such a simple concept has inspiredtributesin places you might not expect....

Huh-huh-HERE WE GO! The latest leg of Nintendo’sMario Kart Touris now live.Having apparently abandoned the concept of visiting real-world capitals, the mobile racer is fully embracing the Nintendo universe, with this latest event transporting the roster to the colourful Donkey Kong jungle. Jungle Tour Week One sees the arrival of committee-cool meme king Funky Kong, who takes to the track in the kind of ATV that rich dickheads bother people at the beach with....