Preserving gaming history
For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.
The Video Game History Foundation opened their online library last week. What kind of information can you find there? Also, all the latest gaming news. Let’s go!
Going through the gaming archives
The Video Game History Foundation opened the virtual doors last week to their online library, a collection of video game materials, magazines and more. Their motto: "For free. For everyone. Wherever you are."
The library was first announced in late 2023, and currently offers a number of game resources, including:
- Never-before-seen game development materials.
- Artwork, press kits, and promotional materials from iconic video games.
- Over 1500 full-text searchable out-of-print video game magazines—including game industry trade magazines rarely available to the public.
- The first 100 CDs from the art and press release archives of GamePro magazine, reformatted for modern computer browsers.
- Guidebooks, promotional materials and more.
The collection is designed for "anyone who wants to study video game history," but is a fun resource for those who used to read gaming magazines or enjoy classic games. You can find their catalog here, and let us know anything fun you find in the comments.
Side Quests (more stories worth reading)
🎮 Check out our article on 10 New Games to Play in February.
👋🏻 Warner Bros. fighting game MultiVersus will shut down on May 30 after disappointing performance since its launch last year.
👔 Sony named Hiroki Totoki corporate CEO and Hideaki Nishino the sole CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, reversing PlayStation’s dual-CEO model that was implemented last year.
🏎️ Previous Xbox-exclusive Forza Horizon 5 is coming to PlayStation 5 this spring.
🧑🏾🤝🧑🏾 The Sims and The Sims 2 were re-released and include almost all previous expansions, but currently have issues on Steam.
🖥️ Sony is removing requirements for a PlayStation account for PC versions of Marvel's Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarok, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. Players who do login will receive in-game rewards.
🕸️ Spider-Man 2 launched on PC with a number of issues, causing one reviewer to comment “to say this is rough is an understatement.”
🖥️ Nvidia’s newest high-end graphics cards sold out across the U.S. and Europe in five minutes.
📱 WWE 2K is coming to mobile this fall as a Netflix exclusive.
👋🏾 The 30th anniversary PlayStation 5 themes are leaving for now, but Sony promises they will return.
🌌 Star Wars-themed armor is coming to Destiny 2 this week.
⚾ MLB The Show 25 revealed the three players who will be on its cover, and announced the game won’t be on Game Pass or last-generation consoles.
🥷 Assassin’s Creed Shadows is being censored in Japan.
😥 Ubisoft cut 185 jobs in a bid to "prioritise projects and reduce costs," while Phoenix Labs laid off a majority of their studio.
⛔ Two games from the studio Roll7 were delisted on Steam: OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome. It is unclear why or if they will return.
💸 Meta continues to spend money on Quest and virtual reality content, losing $17.7 billion during the last financial year.
👐🏼 One potential change coming for the Switch 2: game boxes could be 40% larger than the ones for the Switch.
📺 Stars of the Apple TV+ show Mythic Quest discuss the challenges of creating a comedy about making video games amidst widespread layoffs in the industry.
👏🏻 The entire staff of the website God is a Geek quit after the site’s founder gave a Nazi salute at a recent event.
✈️ Sega renewed its trademark for Skies of Arcadia, fueling speculation a new game in the series might be in the works.
📈 Round numbers: Silent Hill 2 remake sold over 2 million copies while Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has been played by over four million players.
📺 Elliot Page’s production company is making a Beyond: Two Souls television show.
🛒 Super Mario grocery store won a trademark battle with Nintendo.
New Releases this week:
2/4: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (PlayStation, Xbox and PC)
2/5: Rift of the NecroDancer (PC)
2/5: While Waiting (Switch and PC)
2/6: Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator (PlayStation, Xbox and PC)
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