Following our recent coverage of CTR Native, here is another treat for PlayStation 1 fans: the OpenPete project is developing a native PC port of Spyro the Dragon, the iconic 3D platformer featuring the adventures of a little purple dragon named Spyro.... continue reading

Those interested in developing for the classic Sony PlayStation game console might want to check out Retrolang — a new SDK and its associated programming language, built entirely from scratch with no dependencies on third-party software. The toolkit includes a compiler that targets MIPS R3000 machine code, an assembler, a disassembler, a build automation system, a small standard library, and a collection of demonstrations—including a 2D platformer engine and a 3D graphics demo.... continue reading

A free browser-based demo for the casual game Tap Tim has been released. It's a tapper game: players tap to help a robot named Tim hatch from an egg and guide him through 10 stages of evolution. The pace is limited by an energy bar that replenishes over time.... continue reading

An unexpected side effect of the rise of agentic coding has been a surge in activity within the PlayStation 1 homebrew community—a level of engagement unseen since the days of Net Yaroze for the iconic 32-bit console of the 90s. New SDKs, development tools, and games are appearing almost annually. One of the latest (and most polished) projects is PSoXide, a collection of six programs contained on a single disc image.... continue reading

The famous PlayStation classic and one of the most fun arcade racing games of the 90s, Crash Team Racing, got an unofficial PC port CTR Native, built on top of the CTR-ModSDK decompilation project.... continue reading

Exactly 30 years ago, on June 22, 1996, one of the greatest games of all time was released. It was Quake, a legend of the 90s and an all-time classic of the first person shooter genre. Quake is the originator of one of the most successful game series, with over 4 million copies sold between Quake, Quake II, and Quake III: Arena.... continue reading

This moment was bound to come sooner or later. The situation with freedom of speech in Russia is deteriorating, and continuing to operate as a Russian-language magazine aimed at a Russian audience carries significant risks for FPS.... continue reading

Activision announced a new Spyro game–Spyro: A Realm Beyond. The release date hasn't been announced yet, but the Steam page and cinematic trailer of the upcoming game are already available. Plot details are still pending, but it is known that a slightly older Spyro will be able to fly fully and explore the open world.... continue reading