Just an FYI, as there's been another Twitter purge - I'm on Bsky (and Threads), same name, same posts. Not leaving here until it's truly dead, but if you're at one of those, follow me there too. 👍

ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 1 + 2 announced, launching December 12 for the Switch in Japan. Includes various Metal Slug, King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown, Fatal Fury games, and more: gematsu.com/2024/09/aca-ne…

The Astro Bot reviews landing right now, my goodddddddd

Astro Bot is now the highest-rated game of the year - with many calling it one of the best 3D platformers of all-time, comparable to Mario, and a love letter of PS history: The Guardian - 5/5 IGN - 9/10 GameSpot - 9/10 @Eurogamer - 5/5 GAMINGbible - 10/10 VGC - 5/5 VG247

State of Decay 2 support will end later this year, with studio Undead Labs focusing on its in-development sequel: insider-gaming.com/state-of-decay…

Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition announced, coming to consoles on September 26:

Black Myth: Wukong has surpassed 18 million copies sold, with an expansion in development: bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2024/…

Retro action-platformer Byte the Bullet announced, coming to consoles + PC on September 19: nintendoeverything.com/retro-style-pl…

Balatro is coming to mobile on September 26:

Unholy is coming to the PS5 + Xbox Series on September 13: gematsu.com/2024/09/unholy…

Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports is coming to consoles and PC on September 27: gematsu.com/2024/09/looney…

Go Mecha Ball - the cool, pinball-inspired, fast 'n vibrant roguelite twin-stick shooter - is coming to Switch, PS4, and PS5 on September 26 (previously Xbox/Steam exclusive): gematsu.com/2024/09/arcade…

thinking about him 💙

Aloha!🌺 We had the privilege of interviewing Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 from Lost In Cult at #gamescom2024 about their upcoming official KILL THE PAST book. Preorders are open NOW: lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/immorta…

Linkin Park's new singer sounds good - particularly in their new song (which is also good), a little less so in the rest of the song with existing songs. In hindsight, this is totally the right move - a new sound, rather than a Chester copycat. Looking forward to the album!

I'll be writing my indie game newsletter this evening/tomorrow - last call on any launches, announcements, trailers, news I've missed! 🚨

I remember the good ol' days when people prevented Molyneux from doing any more interviews and spewing nonsense shite

Dangerous to Go Alone has launched - a new, independent, reader-funded, writer-supporting gaming blog, with monthly zines focusing on the intersection of video games and life. Happy to see this independent game site revolution continue: dangeroustogoalone.site/restart-intro/