Shock!! This isn't a JOTD Arcade to Amiga port! As I've found out from Walter Mamo that Modern Vintage Gamer is working on an Arcade to Amiga port of the top down racing game called 'Zippy Race', also known as MotoRace USA in the states. A game in which the player controls a racer who must travel on a motorcycle from Los Angeles to New York City. To coincide with this news, MVG has

The latest sales data is in from Circana which tracks video game sales data throughout the United States. Nintendo had the second best-selling hardware during the month of January with Sony’s PlayStation 5 proving to be the best-seller. The best-selling video game was Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, though it should be noted that… Read More »US: Nintendo Switch 2 was second best-selling console in January 2026

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For the first time in history, one of the parts of the Battlefield series surpassed Call of Duty in annual sales in the US. This is according to data from the analytics company Circana.

More details: https://gameworldobserver.com/2026/01/23/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-was-unable-to-become-the-best-selling-game-in-the-us-by-the-end-of-2025-the-sales-leader-is-battlefield-6

Hello and Happy New Year - is it okay to say that now? I'm not sure where the cut-off point is. Some people still have their Christmas trees up. We had ours out before New Year. Welcome back to What We've Been Playing! Or as I like to call this particular edition of it: What We Played Over Christmas, because it's been a couple of weeks since we've talked.

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It's a big year for gaming anniversaries. There are five massive series that turn 40 years old in 2026 - The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Dragon Quest, Kid Icarus, and Castlevania - whilst Sonic the Hedgehog turns 35, and Persona and Pokémon both turn 30. There's probably a lot of celebratory stuff coming over the next 12 months, but let's start with a franchise we know is getting some attention this year before anything else: Persona.

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October wrapped up for the U.S. gaming market under the banner of Battlefield 6, according to data from the analytics company Circana.

More details: https://gameworldobserver.com/2025/11/20/battlefield-6-became-the-highest-grossing-game-in-the-us-for-2025-according-to-analytics

The median salary is lower—$129,000.

More details: https://gameworldobserver.com/2025/11/17/gdc-60-of-game-developers-in-the-us-reported-an-increase-in-salaries-with-an-average-pay-of-142000-a-year