Born on the PlayStation 2, Ratchet & Clank have made an appearance on every Sony Platform since and earned a plac...

The Red Dead series began with a whimper – 2004’s Red Dead Revolver landed on the PS2 to little fanfare. But across t...

Few sounds in games are more iconic than the “Reeeesident Evil!” announcer from this series’ start screens. In fact, ...

“Fear is the mind killer.” Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s stunning shooter replicates the feeling of synaesthesia, whereby one s...

The Ridge Racer franchise embodies the epitome of elegant speed, seamlessly blending precision racing with an artful ...

A rare 3D rougelike, Risk of Rain (and its excellent sequel) task players with exploring a mysterious planet while fi...

This MMO started in 2001, and is still running today - in fact, it just released on Steam in 2020, a testament to its...

SNK’s long-running fighting service taps into a fundamental truth – samurai are very cool, and any game that pits the...

Think of Simogo’s stylish action rhythm game as a playable pop concept album – and a beautiful one at that.

Sea of Stars is an enchanting video game franchise that transports players to a vibrant, fantastical world brimming w...

The Mana series has continued to grow over time, but no game in the series has topped this 1993 SNES classic – not ev...

This ninja action game from the developer of Dark Souls won many Game of the Year awards for its stunning, parry-heav...

One of the most poignant games ever made, Shadow of the Colossus isn’t just about hunting monsters – it’s about the c...

In 1999, DreamCast players were introduced to Ryo Hazuki, a teenager and amateur martial artist on the hunt for his f...

Shovel Knight, one of the biggest Kickstarter success stories in games, is based on a simple premise – what if a new ...

A man in search of his missing daughter stumbles into a fog-covered town – a town that can tunnel into his psyche and...

“Gotta go fast!” The Blue Blur first raced onto the Sega Mega Drive in 1991, and since then he’s become a phenomenon....

Just as spinach is meant to make you strong, Spinch is meant to make you weird. This psychedelic side-scroller combin...

Splatterhouse is a horror video game franchise that immerses players in a nightmarish world filled with supern...

Developed by Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, Stardew Valley was released for Microsoft Windows in February of 2016 and qu...

“Hadoken!” Depending on your level of expertise, Street Fighter is either a near-perfect fighting series, one that ba...

The Streets of Rage series recently came back for a new sequel, Streets of Rage 4, and as we beat down enemies on its...

One of the most acclaimed studios in the world, Studio Ghibli is the home of some of the most revered and beloved ani...

The Suikoden franchise is a captivating and ambitious RPG series that immerses players in a richly detailed wo...

Woo-hoo! The Super Mario series began in 1986, and since then it’s become so huge that polls have shown that Mario is...

The Super Monkey Ball franchise was born in the arcade in June of 2001, but didn’t become truly super until it was po...

The Tales RPG series has seen many entries, but Symphonia is the best-selling one: and, according to many fans, it’s ...

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game franchise spans decades and platforms, offering diverse experiences for f...

When the first Tekken released in 1994, its 3D fighting system, with side-stepping and four-limb control, felt revolu...

Tetris has been called a perfect game, and it’s hard to argue – which means that subsequent Tetris releases, like Tet...

90s Sega produced some great weird games, and ToeJam & Earl is a great example of the company trying some excitin...

In literature, the name “Tom Clancy” is best known to anyone who bought their dad a Christmas present between 1985 an...

Lara Croft is one of the most iconic video game heroes of all time, and the Tomb Raider series has reinvented itself ...

The Total War series started out with historical battles, and now encompasses just about every kind of war – fictiona...