The Archive

Six dots on the pad

Easy. Grade-1 Braille. Six-dot cells, o is raised.

Spiral off the pad

Easy–medium. Route cipher. Fill a 3×4 grid row-major, read clockwise from the outside in.

The grille turns

Medium. Turning grille. 4×4, four holes, clockwise.

Two squares, star and ship

Medium. Two-square. Left keyword STAR, right keyword SHIP. I/J share.

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters launches on four platforms

Bandai Namco Europe dated World Fighters 28 August 2026 on Switch, PS5, Xbox and Steam. 22 nations, 110-plus characters, 150-plus new specials. $59.99 on last week’s Nintendo Download.

Terranigma gets its first official North American release

Clear River announced Terranigma — Rebirth at Pixel Arcadia on 24 August 2026, for early 2027. The 1995 Quintet game never had an official U.S. release. Kamui Fujiwara is back. Pixel art stays.

NASA’s Starling swarm finds its orbit without GPS

NASA’s 17 August FALCON demo on the Starling CubeSat swarm matched star-tracker sightings to a ~20,000-object catalog, fixed its own orbit, and refined more than 200 others in three days. EraDrive’s Era-Core flew the software.

Metal Gear Solid 4 leaves the PS3 in Master Collection Vol. 2

Konami shipped Master Collection Vol. 2 on 27 August 2026, the first port of Metal Gear Solid 4 since 2008, plus Peace Walker HD and Ghost Babel. Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox and Steam. $49.99 on the Nintendo Download.

Review: Lou's Lagoon is a seaplane with a vacuum attached

Tiny Roar's cozy game shipped 27 August 2026 on PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch and Switch 2. Uncle Lou is missing. The Swirler does the talking.

Brigandine Abyss ships on Steam, Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox

NIS America shipped the SRPG on Steam 26 August 2026 and on Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox on the 27th. Australia’s Switch 2 digital day is 28 August. Six story campaigns, twenty-four Mission Mode factions, a hex war with a new Rally verb.

Review: Ico is still a held hand

Team Ico’s first castle shipped in Japan on 6 December 2001 and in North America on 24 September 2001. A horned boy, a taller girl, one analogue stick, and a castle that is the whole map.