Image: Blizzard If you’re a Blizzard fan, you may remember the Warcraft Battle Chest. Released in 1996, the big box collection included 3 CDs (containing Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, and the Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal expansion), and allowed players to purchase the lot for a slightly reduced price, … Read more
Image: Square Enix Trials of Mana will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year in Japan, and so, in order to mark this incredible milestone, it is being given an official adaptation for the stage. Trials of Mana is the third installment in the Mana series and the follow-up to SNES classic Secret of Mana. It … Read more
Image: Natsume The Japanese video game orchestra Music Engine has announced plans to hold a concert next February to mark the 30th anniversary of the SNES RPG Lufia II. Lufia II was developed by the Japanese development studio Neverland and originally published by Taito in Japan in February 1995, under the name Estpolis Denki II. … Read more
Image: Microsoft Rare’s legendary fighting game series Killer Instinct turns 30 this month. The original arcade machine was released on October 24th (or the 28th, depending on who you believe), 1994, in North America. Designed by Chris Tilston, Mark Betteridge, Kevin Bayliss and Ken Lobb, it made excellent use of pre-rendered CGI characters and backgrounds … Read more
Image: @Kumagumi_JP The Japanese video game merchandise company Kumagumi has announced that it is bringing out a new art print based on Taito’s arcade fighting game Kaiser Knuckle, in order to commemorate the game’s 30th anniversary. Kaiser Knuckle, in case you’ve never heard of it, was a title that was released in Japan and Europe … Read more