Platinum Games Brings the Heat with Sol Cresta
Shooting things in space is the oldest of video game traditions. Since 1962 or so with Spacewar, we’ve been flying...
Use arrows/WASD to steer and Space to shoot
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Music, Books, and a Physical Store
Stepping into the Limited Run Games offices in North Carolina is a little overwhelming. From the outside, it’s not much...
LRG Digital Digest - MARCH 2022
New Year. New You. New Us!Let’s kick things off with the inaugural entry of our new blog series. We heard...
The Curious Case of The Eye of Typhoon
Video game discourse is checkered with the use of the “lost classic” trope (and I’m as guilty as anybody on...
How Teamwork and Small Lessons Helped Create Astalon
Something a lot of folks who enjoy playing games share is the mutual dream of creating one. We know that for most...
Bringing New Life to Games with Carbon
There’s always something new happening around the hallowed halls of Limited Run Games. Lately, a lot of the internal buzz...
PlatinumGames and Limited Run Games to collaborate on a physical release of SOL CRESTA
SOL CRESTA is the latest entry in the classic CRESTA series, which originally debuted in arcades in 1980 with MOON CRESTA. Hideki Kamiya serves...
Once Upon a Time in River City
Good brawlers are my jam. I’m old enough to remember when walking to the right and punching things was a...
Do Not Miss Castlevania Requiem. Just Don’t.
But every now and then, words like “best” and “perfect” are the most appropriate and accurate way to describe something. That is to...
Runtime Podcast: Valis the Fantasm Soldier Collection
Some video games are circular, introspective, winding paths of visionary storytelling, tapestries spun of nuance and subtlety. Others, especially many...
Runtime: G4's Jirard the Completionist Raves About Windjammers 2
“Windjammers 1 and 2 share the same DNA, but this new episode brings new ideas,” said Arnaud. “It's an evolution, with new graphics...
Lair of the Clockwork God Is Here
It’s hard to make video games funny, but Dan has put a lot of work and talent into creating something...
There Is No Game… or Is There?
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension is another product of this tradition, a good-spirited, humorous look at what makes games tick...
January 3rd Blowout Sale 2022
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for: that time of the year where we sell through our reserves and...
A Big Ol’ World of Critters in Monster Sanctuary
When I talked with the team behind Monster Sanctuary, I was struck by their comparison of their game world to...
Runtime Podcast: Pet the Dogs
Games, like our lives, are just better with dogs. Dogs are objectively superior to humankind in every way, particularly their...
Behind the Scenes with Citizens Unite!: Earth x Space
We asked developer Ryan Vandendyck at Eden Industries about the process of creating Citizens Unite! Oh, and while you read,...
Making an NES Game in 2021
One of the many joys of this job is that I get to interview people who make games. Sometimes those...