SiN Reloaded is a project built on the premise of the original 1998 PC shooter SiN, putting players in the role of security consultant Colonel John R. Blade. The game has players hacking terminals, piloting heavy machinery and fighting bio-engineered mutants and mob henchmen unleashed by SinTEK Industries in a near-future dystopian city. via oldschoolgamermagazine.com
Paweł Nowak has updated his Amelinium web browser and Emalinium email programme to version 1.2.6, now supporting AmigaOS 3, 4, AROS and, for the first time, WarpOS. The update adds the ability to watch YouTube videos via a built-in player with selectable quality, and a JavaScript-free Invidious search page, while the 040/060 builds now require an FPU. via amiga-news.de
QuByte Interactive has announced Thunder Hoop Collection, bundling together Gaelco's obscure 1990s arcade run 'n' gun titles Thunder Hoop (1992) and TH Strikes Back (1994). The collection is set to launch on PC and consoles on October 8. via timeextension.com
Almost There Games is producing an unofficial PC modernization of Binary Asylum's 1994 Amiga 3D shoot 'em up Wolf Duology, adding ultrawide support and high-resolution visuals. It follows the same team's earlier PC overhauls of Ruff 'N' Tumble and Superfrog. via indieretronews.com
Cookie#Soft has released C64 Classic Collection, a free name-your-own-price Windows package that recreates Commodore 64 classics such as Artillery Duel, Lemmings, Sim City and Boulder Dash as reworked Microsoft Excel games with a standalone launcher. via itch.io
A new independent publishing label called Reboxy is producing licensed physical big box editions of classic PC games, working directly with current rights holders to give digital-only titles a tangible release again. via store.reboxy.net
Three previously console-exclusive titles, Burnout Revenge, Ace Combat 5 and Midnight Club: Los Angeles, have received unofficial PC ports, letting fans play them outside their original hardware. via dsogaming.com
Developer sunteam has released a free Windows remake of Batty, the Arkanoid-style breakout game originally released for ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. via itch.io
Games That Weren't has published a history of MELT, an unreleased 3D adventure game based on Iron Maiden that was developed by London's Virtual Studios in the mid-1990s. Tied to the band's Best of the Beast campaign, it featured Eddie as the villain and had the player chasing his scattered energy Pods before a final confrontation, but the studio collapsed in 1997 before it could be finished. via gamesthatwerent.com
A VR mod called VirtuaVRPort has been revealed for the Windows version of OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast, the 2006 racing game from Sega and Sumo Digital. A reveal trailer for the mod has been published on YouTube. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
