You’ve no doubt already seen the video of an “officially” releasedSonic 4that’s been floating around, but if you haven’t, check it out. It seems Sega was a little too late to the part when it announcedSonic the Hedgehog 4. A sneaky “developer” by the name of Twin Eagles Group already made it … for the SNES. This not-quite-legally distributed game was a surprisingly expert hack ofSpeedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos.Since the game was already like a stripped-down Sonic title, it wasn’t too much of a stretch to replace Speedy with Sonic and throw in some rings....

Love this man Game developers say some crazy things. Some make promises they never intend to keep, like Molyneux’s spectacular failure of a publicity stunt that spanned bothCuriosityandGodus. Others just say crazy things they totally do intend to follow through on and are curbed by reality. But Swery — creator ofDeadly Premonition— made a pretty amazing promise he actually kept. Back in July over at BitSummit, he mused on how he wanted to one day become a Buddhist priest, and this week he actually made that dream a reality....

Cheaters never prosper Just over a year ago, Valve and eSports Entertainment Association shook theCounter-Strikescene bydishing out bansto a whole load of high-profile players who were caught match-fixing. Duc ‘cud’ Pham, Derek ‘dboorn’ Boorn, Casey Foster, Sam ‘Dazed’ Marine, Braxton ‘swag’ Pierce, Keven ‘AZK’ Larivière, and Joshua ‘Steel’ Nissan surprisingly weren’t banned for having daft usernames. Instead, they were all banned due to fixing a Cevo Season 5 match, with highly valuable in-game items being split amongst those involved....

Plus the return of Forge After announcing it at this year’s Game Awards, 343 Industries has releaseda whole load of detailsabout the upcomingCartographer’s Giftupdate forHalo 5: Guardians. The update features the return of the popular Forge mode from previous games, as well as four new multiplayer maps:Battle of Noctus, a Warzone map, andOvergrowth, Entombed,andAntifreezefor Arena. There’s also new armour, the Mark IV and Raijin armour sets, and the return of some popular weapons such as the SPNKr Rocket Launcher with three variants....

It really takes three years to notice? Jonas Savimbi played a pretty important role in Angola’s history. He regularly fought against the Portuguese, who had colonised the country, and then also fought against the new ruling political party, the MLPA, up until his death in 2002. I’m not an expert on Angolan politics or history, buthis Wikipedia pageis pretty dang interesting. He was also featured inCall of Duty: Black Ops 2back in 2012, as part of the Pyrrhic Victory mission which saw the player character fight alongside him....

While so many things stood out in the originalGod of War, the one thing that will haunt me forever (besides ripping the wings off of harpies), isWinifred Phillips’sepic soundtrack. The main titles became the soundtrack to my life. Upon seeing my total savings upon checkout at my local grocery store, I’d hear the melody swell in my head. When I got married last June, I fought long and hard to have the band play the theme as I walked down the aisle (we went with Slayer’s “Angel of Death” instead)....

‘We can do that’ For as great of an impact asThe Oregon Trailhad on me as a kid, I know so very little about the circumstances surrounding its development. As it turns out, they’re fairly remarkable. AMental Flossprofile of the game recounts the story of three student teachers who wanted to bring the subject matter to life in their classrooms. The original version of the wildly successful educational software was played using a teletype, which involved physical rolls of paper....

Jade Shadows is the next known update coming toWarframe, revisiting the Stalker, introducing the new frame, and significant reworks in the game’s mechanics. In the 180th DevStream, we had a good look into what’s to come in the update. WarframeJade Shadows release date The Jade Shadows update will be coming toWarframeonJune 18 on all platforms. It’ll be in the style of a typical update where we get a quest, a new frame, a new game mode, new weapons, balance changes, quality-of-life improvements, and several tweaks....

Hands Across America We loveKatamari Damacy, and I’m confident we’ll also love Keita Takahashi’s latest oddball,Wattam. It’s been such a long time coming, but the friend-making puzzle-adventure game is about to launch. Look for it to land on PlayStation 4 and PC (via the Epic Games Store) on June 03, 2025. “Six years constipation has been relieved finally,”the creator said. It’ll run $20, normally–but folks who pre-orderWattamon PS4 or PC can shave off 15%....

Turns out you just sort of shuffle and die Remember that crazyBattlefield 4E3 demowhere the skyscraper came tumbling down and “leveloution” became a word? Yeah, that was great — the collapsing building, not the buzzwords. But have you wondered what it looks like to be in the building while it come down? YouTuberTerryxMastersdid, and apparently the answer is that you just shuffle around some and die. I was hoping for some hamster-in-a-wheel tumbling, but I suppose that would be too tasking....

Still free-to-play It’s been a little over half a year sinceWildStarwent free-to-play, but developer Carbine Studios is still going through a tough period. They’ve just announced a number of layoffs, and accompanying them is the decision to cancel the launch of the game in China — a country that contributes huge MMO numbers. The studio shared the news on their forums, noting: Earlier this morning, Carbine Studios completed a reorganization of its operating structure....

Pizzazz, pizzazz, Windows 10 is here Windows 10 is now officially available, andthose who have Windows 7 or 8 can upgrade for free, which is a pretty good price for what I consider the best version of Windows yet. Windows 10 packs a bunch of new features, including some nice extras for Xbox One owners. Here is an overview of new features you might care about as someone who plays games....

I’m not a big supporter of this new regime Wolfenstein: The New Orderis a videogame that has guns in it, and you use these guns to kill people. That’s about as remarkable a statement as I could rack my brain for after spending three hours with game. As much as someWolfensteinfans may want to greetThe New Orderwith fanfare and anticipation, I have to say folks, there just doesn’t seem anything noteworthy to this newest title....