Being the developer of a beloved, storied franchise like Dragon Quest is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the series has built up a large fan base that is fully invested and will purchase every ...

There are some games that just make you cry. The ending of Plague Tale: Requiem, for example, or the climax of Act 1 in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - if a videogame can make you cry, it's doing ...

In just 21 days, Mashina, a new indie mixing platforming, strategy, and a supremely cozy stop-motion style, has been fully funded on Kickstarter, raising $23,172 / £18,523 - or £8k / £6.5k more than ...

Adventure Games "I never stop thinking about adventure games," Monkey Island legend Ron Gilbert says, but as his roguelike nears release he doesn't want to make another point-and-click simply "for ...

Astlibra Revision, a side-scrolling JRPG that I once lovingly described as looking like a breaded and deep fried NES game, was one of the biggest surprises of 2022. At the time, it seemed like it came ...

A fan has just finished a colossal project inside Super Mario Maker 2 – spending seven years (across both Mario Maker games) creating an entire Mario game, which they've dubbed Super Mario Bros. 5. On ...

Fiquet compared the development of Shinobi: Art of Vengeance with Lizardcube’s past projects to modernize existing game properties, giving a particular focus to the visual aesthetics to push classic ...

Oliver Brandt is a Contributing Pop Culture Writer based in Tasmania, Australia. Their focus is reporting on video games, film, and TV. They have extensive knowledge of video game history and ...