Retro Archive
20 June 2019
Digital FoundryLink's Awakening on Switch: can a Game Boy title hold up 26 years later?
Our first look at a fascinating remake.
15 June 2019
13 June 2019
Netflix is making a Pokemon Go-style Stranger Things game
Will wait for the Demogorgon.
12 June 2019
Konami unveils a mini TurboGrafx-16 console
Ys a bit ugly.
10 June 2019
Devolver's bootlegging its own games and making a $5k arcade light gun machine
The zaniest E3 conference returns in full force.
6 June 2019
VideoA brief history of Call of Duty's Captain Price
Captain Macmillan would be proud.
4 June 2019
Sega boosts Mega Drive Mini games total to 42
Includes Darius and ultra-rare Tetris.
2 June 2019
Download Minecraft: Story Mode now before it's delisted later this month
"We'd recommend checking you have all the episodes downloaded!"
1 June 2019
FeatureYou're never really outside in a video game, are you?
Skybox-mindedness.
27 May 2019
Feature40 years on, celebrating the Mattel Intellivision
The visionary console that tried to take on the mighty Atari.
25 May 2019
FeatureGames that ask: what are cities?
From Pocket City to Sandcastles.
24 May 2019
Conker's Bad Fur Day designer shares new details on planned sequel that never was
Death! The afterlife! Evil Conker! More poo!
22 May 2019
FeatureTABS and the allure of a chemistry set
And a bit about Peggle.
19 May 2019
Minecraft might be the biggest-selling video game of all time now
Emphasis on the word "might".
18 May 2019
John Wick looks cool as a NES game
Good dog.
16 May 2019
Sega's unveiled another 10 games for September's Mega Drive Mini
Street Fighter 2! Golden Axe! Wily Wars!
11 May 2019
Digital FoundryNinja Gaiden 2: a fighting classic gets a new lease of life on Xbox One X
Plus: DF Retro revisits one of gaming's most fascinating multi-platform releases.
10 May 2019
PodcastIs FF12 the greatest Final Fantasy game?
Dalmasca Bestersand.
2 May 2019
Digital FoundryBeyond 'arcade perfect' - Virtua Racing is a triumph on Switch
DF Retro stacks up the new port against 25 years of home conversions.
1 May 2019
23 April 2019
20 April 2019
FeatureThe mysterious world of Las Meninas
A quick look at a masterpiece.
18 April 2019
Sega unveils ten more games included in September's Mega Drive Mini
Streets of Rage 2! Earthworm Jim! Castle of Illusion!
11 April 2019
PodcastWhy people love the Ace Attorney games
Holding court on the latest Eurogamer Podcast.
6 April 2019
FeatureSometimes it's the context beyond the screen that makes a game great
Or why games are secretly like restaurants.
5 April 2019
FeatureHow does the original Borderlands hold up today?
Let's take a loot.
1 April 2019
Digital FoundryDF Retro: What links Bubsy the Bobcat with Days Gone?
The origins and legacy of a notorious 16-bit mascot.
31 March 2019
Digital FoundrySega's legendary Blast Processing was real - but what did it actually do?
And did any Mega Drive/Genesis games really use it?
Digital FoundryAnalogue Mega Sg review: the best Mega Drive clone for flat panel TVs
The ultimate retro Sega console.
Sega joins Nintendo and Sony with its own mini console, the Sega Mega Drive Mini
Or Genesis, if you're not in Europe.
26 March 2019
Bethesda's giving away Morrowind free to celebrate 25 years of The Elder Scrolls
UPDATE: Giveaway period extended following technical difficulties.
24 March 2019
FeatureUncanny games with hidden rooms
Five and a half minute hallway.
23 March 2019
19 March 2019
17 March 2019
FeatureInside Tomb of Horrors, the hardest D&D module ever made
It challenges players, and it challenges different design philosophies.
16 March 2019
FeatureOn birdwatching in video games
Twitch gaming.
14 March 2019
PodcastHow well does the 1996 original Diablo hold up?
And what we want from Diablo 4 - all on the latest Eurogamer Podcast.
13 March 2019
FeatureHow language shapes the way we play
On the importance of localisation.
10 March 2019
Digital FoundryWhat links Tron, classic Disney animation and Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure?
DF Retro presents a masterclass from Hollywood veteran, Bill Kroyer.
9 March 2019
FeatureThe weird ways developers approach hand-holding in video games
From Ico to Fable 3.
8 March 2019
FeatureThe 15-year hunt for Resident Evil 1.5
How a community went to hell and back searching for the most coveted horror game ever cancelled.
27 February 2019
Super Smash Bros. Melee absent from Evo 2019 line-up
Kicked to the Kirby.
26 February 2019
Zoom around classic Nintendo maps and levels with this website
Here's the Link.
24 February 2019
FeatureLife after harassment: ex-Silent Hill dev Tomm Hulett speaks out
"I have that paranoia now."
23 February 2019
22 February 2019
FeatureHow one gamer relearnt how to play after a shooting left him blind
"I wanted so badly to be able to play my favourite games again."
15 February 2019
Sealed Super Mario Bros. copy sells for $100k
Sixty thousand golden coins.
13 February 2019
12 February 2019
FeatureThe impossible architecture of video games
Bang head against wall of text.
11 February 2019
FeatureThe haunted origins of Pokémon
Gastly tales of the onixpected.
6 February 2019
5 February 2019
FeatureInside the relaxed, RNG-packed world of Animal Crossing speedrunning
By Nook or by crook.
4 February 2019
2 February 2019
FeatureA whole new world and exactly the same one: prescient world-building in Only Forward
Silent all these years.
31 January 2019
As Silent Hill turns 20, we remember why it was great
My memory is foggy.
30 January 2019
FeatureChanges of perspective are vital to representation in games
There are so many stories to tell.
27 January 2019
FeatureOn the awful thrill of a good maze
Come in and get lost.
23 January 2019
FeatureThe promise of a game world you can touch
"Going to the Feelies this evening, Henry?"
20 January 2019
19 January 2019
FeatureVideo games: officially better than films
If you're seven, says Ellie Gibson.
17 January 2019
Where in the world is the Queen's golden Wii?
We're not taking the piss.
15 January 2019
9 January 2019
FeatureHow games can help to explore the many colours of grief
From Gris to Crossing Souls.
7 January 2019
15 years on, infamous Nintendo Easter egg discovered in Pikmin 2
Pellet again, Sam.
6 January 2019
FeatureHome is a book, a puzzle, and a clue as to why some games are so fascinating
"Who in the world lives here?"
5 January 2019
FeatureWhat games can learn from surrealism
Play and disrupt.
23 December 2018
FeatureMoments of 2018: The closure of Telltale Games
The human cost of game development.
22 December 2018
As Baldur's Gate turns 20, we remember why it was great
For he's a Gorion fellow!
Mario hacker recreates original Super Mario Bros. in Super Mario 64
And you can play as Waluigi.
FeatureSpare a thought for the person who gets the wrong games machine at Christmas
God rest ye, Fairchild Channel F.
20 December 2018
Jelly DealsSony PlayStation Classic drops to under £70
Solid saving.
19 December 2018
This Amiga 3000 has quite the history
But it needs some TLC.
16 December 2018
Digital FoundryDF Retro: the forgotten Nintendo tech that makes GameCube HDMI possible
Nintendo's vintage 2001 console has never looked better.
14 December 2018
13 December 2018
PodcastThe wonder of a new Monster Boy game
We get caught in the Dragon's Trap in the latest Eurogamer Podcast.
12 December 2018
FeatureThe brilliance of video game maps
Press X to mark the spot.
11 December 2018
10 December 2018
Digital FoundryDF Retro: we play every single Doom console conversion
Doom is 25 today - and this is every console port the PC game inspired.
9 December 2018
Digital FoundryDF Retro: why Resident Evil 2 on N64 is one of the most ambitious console ports of all time
How two CDs were crammed on to one 64MB cart.
5 December 2018
Nintendo Online's latest batch of NES games comes to Switch next week
Wario's Woods! Ninja Gaiden! Lolo!
FeatureIn praise of cel-shading
Toonstruck.
2 December 2018
Digital FoundryPlayStation Classic review: the games are great but the emulation is really poor
A profound disappointment.
1 December 2018
28 November 2018
EGX comes home to London next year
Capital.
Digital FoundryPlayStation Classic teardown: what's inside Sony's new micro-console?
How the PS1 was rebuilt 24 years on.
27 November 2018
Digital FoundryPlayStation Classic mixes PAL and NTSC games - and the results disappoint
There are performance problems, too.
26 November 2018
Battlefield 5 physical sales down more than half on Battlefield 1
But it's not a clear picture.
PlayStation Classic full games list, size difference, specs and everything else we know
Every game coming to PlayStation Classic this December.
24 November 2018
FeatureAt the Games Accessibility Conference, 2018
Notes from Paris.
23 November 2018
FeatureThe Water Temple isn't as difficult as we remember
Reentering Zelda: Ocarina of Time's infamous dungeon, 20 years on.