Perhaps my worst trait is that I’m a Metroidvania purist. It’s annoying, I know, but I’ve always been fascinated with the awkwardly-named subgenre’s little rules and structures. When I play something ...

A Firestorm xCell micro 3D printing factory loading onto a C-130 to print Tempest UAV systems at a U.S. Air Force base. Inside a standard shipping container, a "factory-in-a-box" hums to life. It is ...

A spiritual successor to coin-operated gachapon machines, the best gacha games take the joy of capsule toys and translate them into a live-service videogame format where players wish on banners to ...

Nintendo's Super Metroid and Konami's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night helped to define the term 'Metroidvania', and now the genre has come into its own since these inaugural titles. We've seen some ...

A new report detailed how much it costs for developers to have their games shown off at The Game Awards. Kotaku reported that a 60-second trailer can cost up to $450,000, with the price scaling to $1 ...

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of Game Rant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

What About Third-Party Games? It's not just Nintendo games that have unlockable updates for the Switch 2; all developers have the option of offering an upgrade path to players. However, how much this ...

2025 has been an interesting year for video games, as the current-gen PlayStation and Xbox systems are well into their lifespans while the Nintendo Switch's successor, the Switch 2, is just beginning ...

PCWorld highlights that Hogwarts Legacy is now available free for PlayStation Plus subscribers, offering an excellent opportunity to experience the highly-rated wizarding game. The game maintains a ...

Covering the video games industry since 2017, with experience in news, articles, lists, and reviews (and I blame The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for that). If you are a fan of RPGs and want a third ...

If Monopoly is your festive fallback for family fun then go directly to Jail and do not pass Go. A new wave of party pleasers, trick takers and strategy games can transport you to Stalingrad, the ...