News.
Release dates, announcements, and anything else worth noting. No PR fluff, no embargoed opinions. If it matters to people who actually play the games, it's here.
QUByte's Plungeez is a 16-bit Metroidvania with no combat, just a plunger and a sewer full of puzzles. It launches on Switch, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox on August 13.
RomM, the self-hosted library manager for retro game collections, hits 5.0 with a full redesign, a new cross-device save sync engine, and past 10K GitHub stars.
The 1989 Data East RPG Hercules no Eikou II: Taitan no Metsubou hits PS5 and Switch 2 via Hamster's Console Archives line, with English UI but Japanese text.
Compulsion Games, recently cut in Xbox layoffs, puts out a call for co-development partners as it returns to independence, alongside other divested studios.
A Sony patent reportedly details a PS6 cooling redesign that abandons the liquid metal solution linked to PS5 APU and motherboard failures.
A fan translation patch has made the obscure N64 RPG Zool playable in English for the first time, though it's definitely not a Pokémon clone.
Polymega Collection Vol. 19 bundles four Toaplan arcade shooters, including Batsugun and Zero Wing, for an August release.
Halo: Campaign Evolved goes gold ahead of its July 28 launch on Xbox Series X|S and PS5, marking the franchise's PlayStation debut.
Linux 7.2-rc3 reportedly includes Dreamcast driver fixes while older architectures are dropped, keeping the console alive in modern kernels for emulation and homebrew.
Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster lands on Switch 2 July 16 with support for 120 FPS and 4K, giving the 1997 LucasArts shooter a new performance boost.