The ultimate retro companion from the makers of gamesTM is out now, and it’s packed full of quality nostalgic content for videogames fans. Available now from the Imagine eShop and all good retailers, it’s the essential guide to the games you remember fondly. Including behind-the scenes on the likes of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Virtua Tennis and Road Rash, this bookazine gives you in-depth looks at the best boss battles of yesteryear, alongside interviews with industry greats and much more.

“Retro vol 4 is the ultimate companion for fans of retro gaming,” said Editor in Chief Rick Porter. “Giving you the very best behind-the-scenes stories and secrets revealed about your favourite games from yesteryear, this is a handbook no nostalgic gamer should be without.”

Retro Vol 4 is available for just £9.99.

For more in the series, as well as other great books, visit www.imaginebookshop.co.uk.

Fans of Katamari Damacy will be pleased to learn that a new game in the franchsie is currently avaiable on iOS. It’s also available for free at the moment, making it defintely worth a gander, even if the previous one was let down by fiddly controls.

Previous experiences with Katamari games has proved to us that rolling up rubbish can be a lot of fun, so we’re itching to get our hands on this latest version. Katamari Amore is available to download on iOS systems now and features Game Centre support. Look for a review in an incoming issue of the magazine.

Bluepoint Games’ stunning conversion of Ico And Shadow Of The Colossus is now available to buy on PS3.

Ico is a magnificent adventure that has you rescuing a young girl called Yorda from fiendish shadow monsters, while Shadow Of The Colossus has you hunting down 16 huge Colossi. Both games are absolutely senstational, with the latter pushing the PS2 to its technical limits.

Both games have been suitably overhauled now, with stable frame-rates and superb details, as well as a number of interesting extras. Unlike similar compilations, these are a genuine improvement over the PS2 originals and should be added to any gamer’s collection.

Here’s hoping that Bluepoint’s incoming Metal Gear Collection is just as good.

Fans of Retro Gamer’s hardware bookazines will be pleased to hear that they are now available to buy for Kindle. The Classic Videogames Hardware Genius Guide is available now for just £5.81 and features in-depth guides to some of the best computers and consoles of all time. The Amiga, Super Nintendo, PC Engine, Atari 2600 and ZX Spectrum are just a few of the machines featured, and all come with the fantastic in-depth information that only Retro Gamer offers.

Editor in Chief Aaron Asadi said: “This eBook is a fantastic resource for all retro videogame fans. Offering in-depth information on some of the iconic consoles from the last 50 years, there are also run-downs of the best games from each piece of hardware, allowing readers to relive the classic videogame moments from days gone by. The is the perfect trip down memory lane, and represents excellent value for money.”

The Classic Videogames Hardware Genius Guide eBook is available now from Amazon (http://amzn.to/iZODFT).

With all the high-defintion remakes on the way, it’s refreshing to learn that it’s not only PS2 games getting the HD treatment.

Søren Borgquist is currently putting the finishing touches to his Spectrum remake of Dingo. First released in arcades in 1982, it’s an obscure game by Chris and Tim Stamper of Ultimate: Play the Game fame.

Søren’s remake not only look like a faithful port of the fun game, but he’s also managed to rope in ex-Ocean graphics wiz Mark Jones to help as well. The game will be shown of at this year’s Replay event and will be reviewed in a later issue of Retro Gamer.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you’re probably aware that Electronic Arts is resurrecting Syndicate.

It’s being created by Starbreeze Studios and will be taking the form of a first-person shooter. This has predictably kicked off a huge shitstorm on the internet, with people flatly stating that they won’t be buying it and that it’s bound to be rubbish.

While we’re of the agreement that a first-person viewpoint seems strange, we’re not going to write Syndicate off any time soon. After all, Starbreeze has made some great shooters within the genre, and, with a little careful planning, it would be relatively easy to emulate many key aspects of the original game in the new viewpoint.

Hired Guns on the Amiga proved it was perfectly possible to create a Syndicate style game using a first-person viewpoint and we’ve only seen teaser screens at the moment. Rather than spout bile and venom, we’re going to sit tight and reserve our judgement until we’ve seen some actual gameplay. Our advice is that you do the same.

Sega’s lovely PR, Stefan McGarry told me about a new digital release from them called Renegade Ops. It’s literally just come out on Xbox Live Arcade and is a twinstick shooter. Now admittedly, there are plenty of these already on the service, but Renegade Ops does look like a hell of a lot of fun.

It appears to be based on the classic Konami game Jackal and has some really insane over-the-top explosions in it. While it plays like an old school shooter from the Eighties, it has lots of cool new gameplay mehcanics like a skill tree.

Available now for 1200 points, we’ll be reviewing Renegade Ops in the very next issue of the magazine.

The ultimate guide to the Android Market is a must-have for Android owners. Reviewing and rating over 600 apps from every category on the Market, this bookazine contains apps that can help every part of your life. From business to entertainment, games and more, there are hundreds of apps reviewed to help you improve the functionality of your Android device.

“The growth of the Android Market has been phenomenal,” said Android Magazine editor Andy Betts. “There are now well over 300,000 apps for Android phones and tablets, and the number is increasing every day. But finding the best apps that are out there can be difficult, and that is why this book is so vital. The Android App Directory is unsurpassed in its depth and expertise, and is an essential resource for every Android user that wants to get more out of their Android device.”

Android App Directory is available from www.imaginebookshop.co.uk and all good newsagents, priced £9.99.

Love Gears Of War? Already excited about the incoming release of Gears Of War 3, but need something to play in the meantime? Then when not seek out this impressive board game conversion?

Based on the first two games, it features great models, a number of different scenarios to play through and all the key features from the franchise, including cover, sealing locust holes, chainsaw attacks and much, much more.

Finally, after months and months of waiting we’ve finally got our hands on Treasure’s Radiant Silvergun.

As expected it’s a great port of the amazing arcade/Saturn game and we’re pleased to say that it’s still as good as its ever been. Despite Cave having a recent stranglehold on the shoot-”em-up genre now, it’s clear to see that Treasure is still a master of the craft.

Radiant Silvergun is now available for 1200 points (roufghly £10.60). While this might seem a little expensive, we’d like to remind you that it’s still one of the greatest shooters of all time and that a Saturn version will cost well over £100, making a tenner a real bargain.

You can expect a making of the original Radiant Silvergun in issue 96 of Retro Gamer.