Tag: PC Gaming

Silk – A tribute to Mike Singletons groundbreaking 1984 game The Lords of Midnight!

Many years ago when the 8-bit ruled the era, there was a game called Lords of Midnight by Mike Singleton that took the world by storm. A game that featured a ground breaking technique called landscaping to depict the lands of Midnight from a first-person perspective. It was such a […]

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin – 3D Realms going full retro with the return of the Quake Engine!

If you’re looking for a retro inspired shooter that is sure to excite many in the retro community, then look no further than 3D Realms upcoming First Person Shooter game WRATH: Aeon of Ruin. This game of which we were suprised to find out about today, is a wicked shooter of […]

LUST FROM BEYOND – Lust for Darkness sequel is coming Q1 2020!

This is a very early announcement and one "some" of you might be interested in, as we were contacted by PlayWay, that the sequel of Lust for Darkness, which is called LUST FROM BEYOND, will be released at some point Q1 2020. If you enjoyed the original game; a horror game […]

Aleph One: Pathways Into Darkness – A full port of the 1993 mac game to the Aleph One engine

In 1993 Bungie Software released Pathways into Darkness the most advanced and ground breaking First Person Shooter for the Macintosh that broke new ground combining adventuring with a first person shooter. This game which sadly vanished into the void after the Macintosh hardware evolved has never been featured on this […]

Thalamus Lunark announcement – C64 and Spectrum Next?

Legendary C64 publishing house Thalamus have announced that they will be porting Lunark to the C64 and Spectrum Next, if the Nintendo Switch and PC/Mac versions are successfully backed on Kickstarter. Lunark is a great looking cinematic platform game currently in development by Johan Vinet of Canari Games.  It’s heavily […]

Blackthorne – DarkwyndPT takes a look at a very good classic action game!

Well, like I promised last time, today’s review is from a GOOD action PC game and it’s also one of the first games produced by a famous game developer. I’m talking about Blackthorne. Blackthorne (AKA Blackhawk in Europe) is an action/platform game developed by Blizzard and published by Interplay. It […]

OpenTTD 1.9.0 Beta 2 – Open Source Transport Tycoon Deluxe gets a new beta

OpenTTD is one of the most popular open source releases on our site, and that comes as no surprise to us as it’s a constantly updated open source version of Microprose’s hit game Transport Tycoon Deluxe. A game that’s so addictive you’ll be spending hours developing your very own transport […]

Ryane McLaine – A new ZX Spectrum inspired game from Jetpack Jaxx dev is teased

It was only just last month we announced the release of a seriously cool looking ZX Spectrum inspired game called ‘Jetpack Jaxx’, which was not only released for the PC but also Android owners. This game having a ZX flavour, was developed by Psyshteek and as the developer rightly said […]

Eagerly awaited Quest for Glory inspired game ‘ Mage’s Initiation ‘ has been released!

Way back in 2013 we announced the Kickstarter success of Himalaya Studios most eagerly awaited Adventure game ‘ Mage’s Initiation ‘; a game from a team who wanted to recreate the similar style and feel to previous adventure titles the company has worked on and was touted as being somewhat of a […]

SimCity – DarkwyndPT takes a look at multiple versions of Sim City in this BIG review!

And again we’re going to take a look at not just a true classic game, but also a highly influential title that helped define an entire genre, spawned several clones and influenced several other titles. I’m talking about the one and only SimCity. SimCity is a simulation/managerial game developed by […]

Chinatown Detective Agency – Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Homage teased!

Some rather interesting news this evening, as we have just learnt General Interactive are working on a Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Homage, which is going to be called Chinatown Detective Agency. This game inspired by that classic educational 1985 Broderbund title, is instead set in Singapore in the year 2032 […]

Zeroptian Invasion – 80’s inspired Shoot em up hits Steam!

While many of you are still excited for Josyanf1 and Narehop’s Alex Kidd in Miracle World remake which is still in development, you might be interested to know Josyanf1 has released an 80’s inspired Shoot em up called ‘ Zeroptian Invasion ‘, which is available to buy on Steam and playable on a […]

Aeon of Sands – The Trail – A dark and twisted dungeon crawler is finally here!

Glorious news today Dungeon Crawler fans, as just moments ago we were contacted by Two Bits Kid that their eagerly awaited crawler of ‘ Aeon of Sands ‘ has finally been released on Steam! Yes indeed this game of which we have mentioned countless times on IRN, has finally made […]

Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan – Upcoming release by Collectorvision Games looks fantastic!

In the early 80’s many of us had the pleasure of playing the adventure platformer ‘Montezuma’s Revenge’ on the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Sega Master System and even the ZX Spectrum (as Panama Joe). It combined treasure hunting, lots of rooms, puzzle solving […]

Hot off the Press : EA has announced Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn & Red Alert Remasters!

We’ve certainly had our fair share of Command and Conquer news on this site, especially featuring top quality standalones such as Twisted Insurrection and The Dawn of the Tiberium Age. But this latest news goes even further! As just moments ago we found out that EA with partnership with Petroglyh, will […]