EA Senior Producer Jim Vessella has published an account of how seven classic EA games were restored for modern release. He describes working with the community to track down and bring back these older titles, as part of EA's broader effort to re-release 25 classic PC games. Vessella frames the project as a response to the difficulty of preserving games whose original media and hardware are increasingly inaccessible. via ea.com
EA has re-released 25 classic PC games on Steam and GOG, with some titles receiving new Anniversary Editions featuring quality-of-life improvements. As part of the effort, EA restored and re-edited FMV cutscenes for Wing Commander, sourcing material from Betacam tapes. The release covers a broad swathe of EA's classic PC catalogue brought back for modern storefronts. via gamesasylum.com
Developer Rake in Grass has announced Underkeep, a new first-person dungeon crawler for PC, alongside fresh footage of the game. The style recalls classic grid-based dungeon crawlers such as Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder and Ishar, a genre with a dedicated following among retro PC gamers. Underkeep is positioned as a modern entry in that lineage, aimed at players who enjoy exploring and fighting their way through dungeons from a first-person perspective. via indieretronews.com
Developer Laluigi has released Stack a Tower PSX, a homebrew arcade game for the original PlayStation. The goal is to build the tallest tower possible by pressing a button at the right moment to drop each piece onto the stack below. Any overhanging portion of a misaligned piece falls away, making precise timing essential to keep the tower growing. The game is inspired by the mobile title Stack Tower and includes online leaderboards, with the current build listed as version 1.1. via psxhomebrewgames.com
Zero, a new anti-gravity racing game inspired by Nintendo's F-Zero, has been released for the Game Boy Color. It comes from developer Shane McCafferty, who previously created the first-person shooter Wolf and a Game Boy Color port of OutRun for the handheld. The game was first teased on social media in August before this full release. via timeextension.com
A browser-based version of Need for Speed: Underground 2 has surfaced, allowing players to race each other online without original hardware or an emulator. According to the report, thousands of players have been taking part simultaneously. Need for Speed: Underground 2 originally released in 2004 for PC, PS2, Xbox and GameCube, and remains popular among fans of early 2000s street racing games. via retrododo.com
Hamster Corporation has confirmed that Taito's 1987 arcade shooter Exzisus will join its Arcade Archives series on November 5, releasing on PlayStation, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch platforms. The horizontally scrolling shmup lets players pilot a transforming mech that switches between a human form and a ship configuration while battling an invading army. The news was first reported by Japanese outlet Famitsu as part of Hamster's November Arcade Archives lineup. via timeextension.com
Retro Games Ltd has announced that THE800XL, its recreation of the 1983 Atari 800XL computer, has "gone gold". The company says firmware development is now officially complete, with the hardware entering its final stages ahead of manufacturing. THE800XL is being produced with Plaion and follows the firm's earlier mini recreations, THEC64 Mini, THE400 Mini and THEA500 Mini. The device is described as a faithful recreation of the original machine and will include 25 built-in games such as Asteroids, Crystal Castles and Centipede, with shipping planned for April 2027. via timeextension.com
A new game for Nintendo's original Game Boy has been announced, aimed at fans of the F-Zero racing series, with a release planned for 2026. The Game Boy launched in 1989 and remains a popular target for homebrew developers decades after Nintendo stopped producing software for it. Details on the title itself are limited to its F-Zero inspired style. via gamingbible.com
Developer Axel 'Flynn' Friedrich has published a preview video for his upcoming Amiga game Operation Backstab. The title draws inspiration from the classic Spy vs. Spy series, and the video is intended to demonstrate how the game plays. Operation Backstab appears to still be in development rather than released. via amiga-news.de
A new puzzle game called Witch Jam has been released for the Amiga. Players collect eyeballs falling into a jam jar, and when two identical eyeballs collide they merge into a larger one, similar in concept to merge-style puzzle games. The aim is to score as many points as possible before the jar fills up, which ends the game. via amiga-news.de
AmiWordle 2.0 has been released for the Amiga, a homebrew recreation of the popular word puzzle game Wordle written in Blitz Basic. It supports German, English and French word lists, and lets players pre-assign known letters to help narrow down the solution by clicking a tile or using the cursor keys. The update is not compatible with high-score lists saved by previous versions of the game. via amiga-news.de
