August 5th free games roundup

Two free games are available to claim today across Steam and Itch.io.

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Konami's Combat School joins Arcade Archives

The 1987 military training arcade game is available on Switch and PS4, bringing its obstacle courses and target ranges to modern consoles.

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Amiga settles with Hyperion and takes back AmigaOS 3

Amiga Corporation has signed two agreements to resolve decades of legal disputes over classic operating systems and Commodore trademarks.

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Bandai Namco is taking a Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 demo on a US road tour

Players in nine cities will get hands-on time with the upcoming fighting game ahead of its 2027 release.

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RPCS3 explains how PS3 emulation got much faster on arm64

Developer Whatcookie breaks down six months of CELL architecture optimizations for Apple Silicon and Snapdragon hardware.

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Anime0t4ku's MiSTer Hi-Fi music player hits version 1.0

The visual audio player for MiSTer FPGA is officially out of beta, bringing lossless music playback to the DE10-Nano.

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Pokémon faces class-action lawsuit over hidden bathroom cameras

A former employee is suing The Pokémon Company International after an engineering director allegedly recorded staff and visitors in corporate bathrooms.

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7 games hitting PlayStation this August, led by Marvel Tōkon

PlayStation's monthly roundup is packed with heavy hitters, from Game Freak's newest RPG to Arc System Works' Marvel fighting game.

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Abathor's PS5 collector's edition gets a heavy metal trailer

VGNYsoft is bringing the 16-bit arcade platformer to disc with a physical Ultimate Extra Edition, complete with an appropriately cheesy music video.

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August 4th free games roundup

Three free games you can play right now.

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Metroid turns 40: The art of being completely alone

Nintendo's sci-fi masterpiece didn't just pioneer a genre when it launched in 1986. It perfected the feeling of absolute isolation.

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Tetris 99 adds a Splatoon Raiders theme for its 56th Maximus Cup

Nintendo's battle royale puzzle game is getting a new theme based on the recent Switch 2 action RPG spin-off.

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ScummVM's public testing for the Rebel Assault games is live

The ScummVM team has officially opened public testing for Star Wars: Rebel Assault and its sequel, bringing the classic rail shooters to modern platforms.

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Arc System Works shows off Bob's Room for the next Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons update

The free Boosted update arrives on August 20, adding a dedicated power-up hub and a port of the 1997 arcade classic Bubble Symphony.

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Zombie Graveyard Simulator hits Xbox and PS5 with a year of PC updates

The daytime management and nighttime zombie defense hybrid is finally on consoles, bringing the Stone Quarry and Expeditions updates along for the ride.

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Bandai Namco is remastering Super Robot Wars Z II Ruination

The 2011 PlayStation Portable tactical RPG is getting a modern HD overhaul and its first official global localization.

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A free port of Galaxian just hit the Sega Genesis

Developer namalgo has released a free, static translation of the 1979 arcade classic Galaxian for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis.

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The final Super Robot Wars Y expansion drops this week

Bandai Namco is wrapping up Super Robot Wars Y with a 35th-anniversary expansion pack adding new units and a massive level cap increase.

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Attack on Titan 3 is coming this December with a post-launch MAPPA intro

Omega Force's latest titan-slaying action game hits consoles and PC on December 10, bringing back custom characters and adding a new opening animation.

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August 3rd free games roundup

Here are three free games you can play right now on Steam and in your web browser.

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A fan-made Warcraft port is now playable on the Sega 32X

Developer haroldo-ok has released a free, work-in-progress ROM that brings Blizzard's 1994 real-time strategy classic to Sega's ill-fated hardware add-on.

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Krikzz launches the EverDrive-64 PRO with native 64DD support

The new $169 flash cartridge upgrades to a Cyclone 10 FPGA and 128MB of RAM to handle 64DD games and massive ROM hacks.

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GOG is officially building a Linux client for Galaxy

GOG joint-CEO Krzysztof Papliński confirmed the company has hired a dedicated Linux specialist to bring the GOG Galaxy launcher to Linux and SteamOS.

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Spriggan Mark 2's new English patch fixes a British space invasion

Version 1.1 of the Spriggan Mark 2 English translation corrects a script error that accidentally inserted Britain into a Martian mecha war.

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A.P.P.L.E. releases a 420-page update to The WOZPAK with new Steve Wozniak notes

The 4th edition of the classic Apple II technical manual adds 24 pages of previously undiscovered 1977 handwritten notes and assembly guides.

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MAME 0.289 is out with Sega Model 1 fixes and 128-button controller support

The latest MAME update patches up Sega's 3D arcade classics and adds support for absurdly large game controllers.

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August 2nd free games roundup

Five free games are available today across web browsers and mobile platforms.

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Sony patents magnetic controller buttons you can swap without tools

A new patent application from Sony Interactive Entertainment details a controller button system that replaces mechanical springs with magnetic attraction.

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The MS-DOS shooter XQuest has a new port for the Sega 32X

Developer haroldo-ok has released a work-in-progress Sega 32X port of the 1994 PC shareware game XQuest.

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August 1st week in review

A look back at this week's stories, from Xbox's Gamescom plans to new Sega CD cores for the Analogue Pocket.

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