Tag: Aspyr
News There Is a God! Legacy of Kain PS5 Pre-Orders Are Exceeding Expectations
The Kain event
As we noted in a recent article, it’s a good time to be a Legacy of Kain fan. In addition to the upcoming Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered bundle, tomorrow will also chart the release of emulated versions of Blood Omen (PS1) and Blood Omen 2 (PS2) on the PS5 and PS4.
News Love Classic Lara Croft? Play the Crap Tomb Raider Trilogy on PS5, PS4
A second remastered bundle is coming next year
You’ve enjoyed the original Tomb Raider trilogy, elegantly remastered on PS5 and PS4, so now it’s time to tackle the crap one. The ever-industrious Aspyr Media has announced Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered, which compiles Core Design’s darker trio of action adventures, when Eidos was in full-on milk...
News Aspyr Brings Back Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles, Out for PS5, PS4 in January
Costs £15.99 / $19,99 with a PS Plus discount on offer
Continuing its quest to make every classic Star Wars video game playable on modern hardware, Aspyr has revealed it's working on bringing Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles to PS5 and PS4. It'll release on 23rd January 2025, priced at £15.99 / $19.99. PS Plus members get a 10 per cent...
News Track Down Your Own Physical Copy of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter on PS5
Blaster from the past
Aspyr has teamed up for an unlikely physical release on PS5, or at least one we didn't expect. Fans of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter will be glad to know the venerable title is now available to pre-order, with the 2002 action-adventure title having recently gotten the remaster treatment. Limited Run Games teamed up with Aspyr for...
Mini Review Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (PS5) - Retro Remaster Is Faithful to a Fault
I find your abundance of faith endearing
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is a remaster of the 2002 action platformer. You play as Jango Fett when he's still a bounty hunter, before the creation of the clone army. He's voiced by his live-action actor, Temuera Morrison, and the story is an interesting and surprisingly funny look into the life of one of the...
News Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Earns Physical Edition, Out in September
At retail, not just Limited Run Games
Aspyr has confirmed it's producing physical versions of its Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered collection, which first released for digital platforms earlier this year across PS5 and PS4. There'll be a standard edition and a Deluxe Edition offered at the usual retail outlets, then there's a Collector's Edition exclusive...
News Sexy Lara Croft Posters Will Return in Next Tomb Raider Remastered Patch
They were "inadvertently" taken down
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered developer Aspyr has confirmed the Lara Croft posters removed from the recent PS5, PS4 collection will be restored in its next patch. Without saying when the update will land, the team explains that the posters were "inadvertently removed" as a result of "several texture and graphical...
News Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Update Quietly Removes Sexy Lara Croft Pinups
Did you think we wouldn't notice?
The recently released and evocatively named Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered starring Lara Croft allowed an entirely new generation of gamers to experience the formative action platformers for the first time. But it seems that in the last update, released a couple of weeks ago, sexy pinup posters of Croft herself have...
Review Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection (PS5) - Calamitous Launch Ruins Anticipated Return
Not like the simulations
When highly regarded games see a remaster, the quality tends to fluctuate between two extremes. You have the disastrous launches akin to Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition, or you get the lovingly crafted, impressive remasters like we saw with Quake and Quake 2. Aspyr has been working its way through the back...
News Aspyr Issues Apology for Atrocious Star Wars: Battlefront Classic PS5, PS4 Launch
Servers under heavy strain at launch
Update: Here we are, then: the inevitable apology tour. Aspyr has issued an update on its disastrous Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection launch, which can be purchased full-price on PS5 and PS4 right now. "At launch, we experienced critical errors with our network infrastructure," a statement reads. "The...
News PS1 Remasters Tomb Raider 1-3 Now Run in Native 4K at a Blistering 120fps on PS5
Speed run
Ever wanted to play a trio of PS1 games in native 4K at an unrelenting 120 frames-per-second? Well, now you can. A new update for the likeable Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered collection fixes a bunch of graphical and bug issues across all three titles – and quietly bundles in 120fps support on Sony’s new-gen console. You’ll obviously need...
News The Best Star Wars Battlefront Games Are Coming to PS5, PS4
Not in a galaxy far, far away either
Wow, out of nowhere! The Star Wars Battlefront games are not necessarily renowned for their contemporary incarnations, but their original PS2 outings instead. And now they’re making a comeback, with full online multiplayer for up to 64-players. Due out on 14th March for PS5 and PS4, the Star Wars Battlefront...
News Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Has Almost 300 Trophies, But Zero PS5 Platinums
Platinums only on PS4, apparently
An enormous part of the appeal when it comes to retro remasters or compilations like Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered is earning spangly new Trophies in classic games. Developer Aspyr appears to understand this, as it’s plotting almost 300 Trophies across the upcoming trilogy, according to lists published by Insider...
News Tune into Saturday Morning Roguelike MythForce on PS5, PS4 from 12th September
Keep them busy, my pets
MythForce is certainly an eye-catching game, with its cartoon-inspired aesthetic tapping into a specific nostalgia centre in our brains. It's a good thing, then, that the cooperative melee roguelike is coming out even sooner than we'd expected: step into a classic Saturday morning cartoon from 12th September on PS5 and PS4...
News Saturday Morning Roguelike MythForce Brings Cartoon Chaos to PS5, PS4
Nostalgia intensifies
MythForce is a love letter to the types of 80s cartoons those of us of a certain vintage (or who had older siblings) will likely recall from idle younger days. Currently in Early Access on PC, it features first-person fantasy combat and cooperative multiplayer and is making the jump to PS5 and PS4 in Fall (or Q3, if you...
News Star Wars Republic Commando Is Back, and Here's The Launch Trailer
Engage tactical visor
After announcing back in February that Star Wars Republic Commando would be the latest title resurrected on the PlayStation 4 by Aspyr, the day to actually play it is upon us. You can check out the launch trailer above. The tactical FPS about a squad of clone commandos originally released all the way back in 2005, on Xbox and...
Mini Review Star Wars Republic Commando - One of Star Wars’ All-Time Classics Has Still Got It
Initiate radical restructuring, commando
When Star Wars Republic Commando launched in 2005, it was ahead of its time. It found a perfect balance between the tactical, detail-intensive gameplay of shooters like Rainbow Six and the cinematic bombast of Call of Duty. It nailed this so well, that now, 16 years later, the game holds up shockingly well...
Back from the dead
At its most basic level, Stubbs the Zombie is a relatively simple game. You play the titular monster, and you need to eat your way through the art deco utopia of Punchbowl. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, after the first couple of levels, you’ve been introduced to all the abilities and powers that Stubbs has at his disposal...
News Feast Your Eyes on the Launch Trailer for Stubbs the Zombie
Dig in
Aspyr's latest classic port is lurching ever closer into view, as Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse comes crawling onto the PlayStation 4. A frankly bizarre third-person action game with a bit of a cult following, Stubbs was originally released all the way back in 2005 on the original Xbox, but this newest incarnation will actually...
News Star Wars: Republic Commando Is the Next Classic Title Coming to PS4
Good soldiers follow orders
Publisher Aspyr has today unveiled its plans to bring another fondly remembered Star Wars title to the PlayStation 4. Star Wars: Republic Commando is the latest to join the lineup of classic Star Wars titles, joining the ranks alongside Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, and Episode I: Racer. On April 6th,...
News Star Wars Episode I: Racer Has a Release Date Once Again
This is finally podracing
With a release date once again, it looks like the PlayStation 4 port of the fondly remembered Star Wars Episode I: Racer is finally set to clear the finish line. Originally slated to hit consoles on May 12th, the game was quickly pushed back to 26th May, before being delayed indefinitely. According to the publisher Aspyr,...
Mini Review Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy - A Wonderful Treasure from Star Wars' Glory Days
Jedi business
Coming hot off the heels of the acclaimed Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy is a surprisingly robust experience given its short development cycle. Stepping into the boots of Jaden Korr rather than the series’ usual protagonist Kyle Katarn makes for an interesting change of pace. You play as a student, learning...
Holding out for a hero
Death in video games is so frequent that it has virtually lost all meaning. Any slip up is instantly forgiven, and the player is often respawned perfectly alive and well almost instantly. Next Up Hero twists this dynamic on its head, turning game death into a playable mechanic. Next Up Hero is an isometric dungeon crawler...
Debut voyage
Ever since its release in 2012, a multitude of indie developers have tried to emulate the experience provided by Journey. The likes of ABZÛ and AER: Memories of Old have come close to replicating what made the PlayStation 3 release so special, but then there are other imitators that miss the mark completely. InnerSpace, the debut title...
