Cult ’90s platformer Soccer Kid is getting a re-release in time for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The game was released in 1993 on ...

SNES classic R-Type 3 gets the remake treatment, with a new version of the 2D shooter that allows you to instantly switch ...

These iconic Nintendo characters defined each console generation, from Mario's NES dominance to Link's pivotal role in the ...

The graphics in SNES games like Star Fox and Final Fantasy VI are legendary.

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The video game highlights of May include exclusives from Xbox and Nintendo, as well as new Batman and James Bond adventures.

R-Type Dimensions III is a neat novelty remaster of a shoot-'em-up classic, but it should have been even neater. R-Type III ...

The Super Nintendo was home to many amazing genres, even some first-person shooter games somehow. But few genres were as well repped as the shoot ‘em up. Or shmup. Or shooter. Or whatever you want to ...

You have to wonder why it’s taken so long for us to get an Invincible fighting game. (Welcome to my essay on why Homelander ...

Any games console that was competing with the newly minted Xbox and the hotly anticipated PlayStation 2 definitely drew the short straw. This was the unfortunate situation that the Nintendo GameCube ...

With just a single letter, James Cameron upped the stakes. So the legend goes: he pitched his sequel to Ridley Scott’s game-changing sci-fi horror Alien by adding an ’s’ to the end before turning that ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...