YOUR DAILY RETRO!!! - 2026-08-18
By NewsHound ·
A daily retro roundup from across the web.
A fresh post from www.timeextension.com is live now.
Konami announced that the mobile title **Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls** will be discontinued, with service ending on September 3, 2026 (PDT) and the game being removed from Apple Arcade on August 20. The action-platformer, originally launched in September 2019 for Android and iOS and later revived on Apple Arcade in 2021, featured contributions from series veterans Ayami Kojima and Michiru Yamane but failed to attract a large enough audience to sustain it. Fans are urging Konami to preserve the game-either by re-releasing it on smartphones, consoles, or PC-before it disappears completely.
Read the full article: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/08/please-do-not-let-this-vanish-into-the-night-konami-is-terminating-castlevania-grimoire-of-souls
www.indieretronews.com posted a fresh update.
Project Hydron - This Battle Squadron tease could be rather decent for the Amiga!
Cobour has announced Hydron, a vertical shoot-'em-up for the Amiga that pays homage to classic titles like Hybris and Battle Squadron. The game is being built to run on a standard Amiga 500 with a 512 KB memory expansion (total 1 MB RAM), conforms to OCS and PAL standards, and uses modern tools (e.g., GodSVG) to generate pre-calculated enemy movement data that the original hardware can handle. Development is tracked in a newly public GitHub repo, with sound by Krzysztof Odachowski, known for his work on NeonWorld and A100.
Read the full article: https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/08/project-hydron-this-battle-squadron.html
www.retrododo.com posted a fresh update.
Agent 64: Spies Never Die Is The Goldeneye/Perfect Dark Revival We've All Dreamed Of
Author: Sebastian Santabarbara
Agent 64: Spies Never Die is a brand-new indie shooter created by solo developer Replicant D6 that mimics the look, feel and gameplay of Rare's classic N64 titles GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark, using retro-style graphics, squared-off character sprites and a original storyline. After four years of development, the PC-only game launches on Steam with online co-op, deathmatch and remote-play modes, and is currently discounted to $19.25 (≈£17.47).
Read the full article: https://retrododo.com/agent-64-spies-never-die-is-the-goldeneye-perfet-dark-revival-weve-all-dreamed-of/