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Planet Alpha Headlines Xbox Live Games With Gold for July 2021

Somehow, June has mostly come and gone, which means July, and its Games With Gold, have been revealed by the folks at Xbox. It’s shaking up to be a solid month, with four games spread across July. Two of the games will be Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S titles, while another two will run via backwards compatibility. The Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S titles are Planet Alpha and Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break, while the backwards compatibility titles are Conker: Live and Reloaded and Midway Arcade

Housemarque Sees Returnal as a Stepping Stone For Bigger Future Games

Housemarque has a long resume of brilliant PlayStation exclusives, but it’s only today that the developer has officially become one of Sony’s first-party studios. Following the official announcement, GQ has published an interview with co-founder and managing director, Ilari Kuittinen, and head of PlayStation Studios Herman Hulst that lifts the curtain on some of the strategies behind the new arrangement, as well as some interesting takeaways pertaining to future games from Housemarque. From Housemarque’s perspective, we learn that a major reason for its interest in an acquisition by PlayStation was

Action Packed Mutant Football League Set to Kick-off on iiRcade

It’s an amazing classic arcade style football game that is well known, looks and plays fantastic, and most importantly, this is a game that was born to become an arcade game. We are proud to bring this amazing game to the arcade. CHICAGO (PRWEB) June 13, 2021 iiRcade Inc., the ultimate connected arcade machine that allows gamers of all ages to play their favorite retro and modern games in arcade style at home, is pleased to announce that Mutant Football League, officially licensed and developed by Digital Dreams Entertainment LLC,

The Simpsons Arcade Games is Getting an Arcade 1up Release

If you’ve been jonesing to play The Simpsons  arcade game beat-’em-up, you’re in luck. The game is coming back to homes as a arcade cabinet courtesy of Arcade 1up. While the original title was released in 1991, it’s still a great beat-’em-up from a bygone era when Konami made some of the greatest games out there, or at least video games in general. The Simpsons arcade game was re-released on both the Xbox 360 and the PS3, but the game was delisted due to licensing issues. According to Siliconera, the

How to Complete Overwatch Anniversary 2021 Weekly Challenges Fast

OverwatchFunky Time | Photo courtesy by BlizzardOverwatch Anniversary is live and features three weekly timed events to win rewards and other goodies.Week 1 includes the Cybermedic Ana skin, Week 2 is the Bird of Paradise Echo skin, Week 3 features a Wrecking Ball 8 Ball skin and other cosmetics. Each week players need to complete a certain amount of challenges to unlock the epic and legendary cosmetics. Here is a faster way with a stress-free environment that won't cost your rank.Sugar Rush | Photo courtesy by BlizzardPlaying the weekly arcades

Overwatch Event Dates 2021: When Are They?

OverwatchSummer Games | Photo courtesy by BlizzardWith the kick-off of the Overwatch Anniversary event, fans wonder when are the other event release dates.After the Overwatch Anniversary event, the next events are Summer Games, Halloween Terror, and Winter Wonderland which all include great arcade games. So when are the start dates?Summer Games | Photo courtesy by BlizzardThe Summer Games Olympic-themed event last year was released on Aug. 4, but the year before in 2019, on July 16 We can safely predict the summer games can be released late July or early

Netflix Reportedly Wants to Expand Into Video Games

Netflix, according to rumor, is trying to get into gaming … again. The company is reportedly trying to convince gaming industry veterans to come and work with them, though they don’t yet know what they want a Netflix gaming division to look like. Considering Netflix has made some efforts in the past to try gaming out, it wouldn’t be a big surprise if they started offering games — but it remains to be seen what kinds of games those would be. The report from The Information cites anonymous sources that

SPACE INVADERS INFINITY GENE Coming Soon to iiRcade Store

We’re very excited to add SPACE INVADERS INFINITY GENE to our iiRcade library. It plays really well on our system and the game music sounds amazing on our 100W speakers. CHICAGO (PRWEB) May 11, 2021 iiRcade Inc., the ultimate connected arcade machine that allows gamers of all ages to play their favorite retro and modern games in arcade style at home, is pleased to announce that SPACE INVADERS INFINITY GENE, officially licensed by Taito, is coming to the iiRcade Platform. SPACE INVADERS INFINITY GENE starts off looking much like the

PortalOne raises $15M from Atari and more for a new hybrid gaming/TV show app

Gaming and streamed video have been two of the biggest pastime winners during the last year+ of pandemic living. Today a startup that has created an app that brings those two entertainment formats together is announcing a notable seed round of funding as it prepares to come out of closed beta. PortalOne, a hybrid gaming startup, is announcing a $15 million seed round of funding as it prepares to come out of closed beta with an app that lets people play on-demand games and also watch live shows in which

Capcom Brings Two Former Switch Exclusives to PC, Xbox One, and PS4

[embedded content] As if Capcom doesn’t have enough going on in the next few weeks with Resident Evil Village, it’s also releasing two games that were previously exclusive to the Switch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam at the end of May and beginning of June. These games are Capcom Arcade Stadium and Ghosts ‘N Goblins Resurrection. Capcom Arcade Stadium, for those who haven’t yet played it, is a collection of retro arcade games from Capcom’s past. There are currently 32 games in the collection, including at least three