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Previously console-exclusive, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Cursed Sands is finally on PC

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Cursed Sands is a prologue to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, previously exclusive to consoles and now available on PC.

Dusk is a reverse-engineered reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess comes to PC thanks to a new open source reverse-engineered reimplementation called Dusk.
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Atari acquires the rights to the classic Legendary Wizardry RPGs 1-5

By Liam Squires-Hand, [updated]
Atari are continuing their gradual acquiring spree, as they just announced they've sucked up the the rights to multiple classic Legendary Wizardry RPGs.

GOG bring Polish history to the Preservation Program along with a big sale

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The GOG Preservation Program has expanded with some historical polish games, along with a Polish themed sale and one of the games has me really excited.

Retro strategy games Krush Kill 'N Destroy 1 & 2 to get major updates with online play

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Krush Kill 'N Destroy (KKnD) and the sequel Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire, two classic strategy games from the 90s are getting some major upgrades in June.

More retro goodies - Microsoft open sources 86-DOS and PC-DOS

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Following on from officially open sourcing MS-DOS 4.0 back in 2024, Microsoft have announced more early DOS code has been made available.

The popular ZSNES emulator returns as SUPER ZSNES with enhanced features

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Two original developers of the Nintendo emulator ZSNES have returned with a new project, SUPER ZSNES - a fitting name don't you think?

Classic 90s platformer Moon Child gets the source code released and a modern port

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Moon Child has a bit of a colourful history starting off as an Amiga game that never released, and eventually saw a limited PC release but it has returned.

The classic Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri from 1996 has a surprise update from Nightdive Studios

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri originally released back in 1996 has received a surprise update from Nightdive Studios to add a few upgrades.

Classic survival horror Alone in the Dark gets a cross-platform reimplementation with enhancements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The original Alone in the Dark survival horror series has a fresh cross-platform game engine reimplementation, with lots of enhancements.

Nintendo 64 emulator Gopher64 adds RetroAchievements support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If emulation is your thing - check out the Gopher64 emulator for the Nintendo 64, as a major new release of the open source project has arrived.

TRX the open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider is making progress on Tomb Raider 3

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With the classic Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 fully playable with the open source re-implementation TRX, the team makes impressive progress with the third.

Various Warhammer Classics arrive on Steam along with some returning upgraded games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Games Workshop announced that a bunch of Warhammer Classics have arrived on Steam. Some brand new to Steam, others returning with some upgrades.

D7VK version 1.7 brings even more retro Direct3D gaming to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
D7VK is a Vulkan-based translation layer for D7VK 3, 5, 6, 7 to run with Wine / Proton on Linux and version 1.7 further improves running retro games.

OpenGOAL project adds the Naughty Dog classic Jak 3

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The much loved Jak series continues getting modern enhancements from the OpenGOAL project, which recently added Jak 3 to the collection.

Breath of Fire IV plus classic Resident Evil 1-3 from GOG arrive on Steam - but with DRM

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With a little help from GOG, some more classic games have arrived on Steam for those of you who want more retro gaming goodies.

If you love horror boomer shooters keep BLIGHTEN on your radar

By Liam Squires-Hand,
BLIGHTEN is a recent discovery and an instant add to wishlist, as the dark style of this boomer shooter looks great.

Heretic II has a new reverse-engineered source port

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A lot of classic games have received source ports over the years, and now it's time for Heretic II with Heretic2R bringing some enhancements.

OldUnreal release new preview update for the classic Unreal Tournament 2004

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With continued blessing from Epic Games, the OldUnreal team recently released another preview patch for Unreal Tournament 2004.

ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" out now supporting more retro games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" has been released bringing support for 8 new games along with various assorted fixes elsewhere.
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