It's now 40 years since gamers began sliding falling blocks around screens to the iconic melody of a Russian folk song. Alexei Pashitnov's puzzle game quickly gained popularity and was played around ...

Social media users tore into a Sky News anchor this week after she made a dismissive comment to a 13-year-old gamer in her report on him being the first ever person to beat Nintendo’s version of ...

Upon release, Tetris Forever immediately felt like a love letter to the perfect game. Part interactive documentary, part tribute, part playable history lesson, it’s a unique time capsule for one of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Tetris Effect: Connected has temporarily unlocked its two secret levels for all players in celebration of the Tetris film's release. These two levels, ...

Tetris exploded in popularity after a race in the 1980s to secure global rights for the Soviet-made video game, a tale retold in a new movie. It is still captivating minds decades later.

No, the origins of Tetris didn't involve a high-speed car chase, but the true story behind the game still reads like a spy novel. There's corporate intrigue, nefarious government agencies and an ...

The summer State of Play presentation from PlayStation kicked off with the announcement of Lumines Arise. It's a gorgeous puzzle game being made by the same team as Tetris Effect, Enhance, so for the ...

There’s an addictive quality to Tetris — so addictive that in the Soviet Union, where it was created in 1984, the government blocked it from state computers because it was ruining productivity. A ...

It's been a busy few months for video games. If you’re the kind of person who likes to keep up with new releases, you’re ...

Full disclosure: Sue me but not only have I never played the iconic ’80s video game Tetris, I had never heard of it before encountering this new film Tetris, which world premiered tonight at SXSW and ...

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