Super Retro Retry

Supergirl mixes a great performance from Milly Alcock with too many half-hearted influences to fly by itself. While Kara's dynamic with her on-screen cousin Superman paints a bright future for the DCU, her solo outing never finds a super-entertaining rhythm.

Just like Mario and Donkey Kong before it, the Yooka-Laylee franchise is expanding to a new genre: kart racing. Playtonic Games announced Super Yooka-Laylee Kart during the Summer Game Fest as part of Day of the Devs 2026.  A debut trailer showed off the racer, which looks very similar in style to classic kart racers like the original Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit. That means pixel-art character sprites racing on 3D tracks for a cool retro style. Within that visual structure, though, Playtonic promises a modern racing experience, including up to eight-play

How long until Nintendo's lawyers call, do you reckon?

A solid and fairly plain upgrade on the original, but not wholly better either.

The HyperMegaTech Super Pocket Rare Edition is a solid handheld with a broad cross-section of games from one of the best classic gaming developers. It brings classics from Battletoads to Banjo-Kazooie into a pocket-sized handheld retro gaming device.