Those who know their JRPG history will know that Dragon Quest I helped lay down the foundations for the genre’s future, mainly by streamlining ideas from popular western RPGs at the time. But what if ...

Time to feel old, boys — it’s been 35 years since Predator 2 hit cinemas. To some, this marks three and a half decades since what some consider the “worst” Predator movie was released, but to anyone ...

If all the backwards-compatibility rules and silly Cell processors across PlayStation consoles have your head spinning, you’re not alone. Different hardware generations, different disc formats, and ...

World War 2 is one of the most popular historical settings in strategy games. The massive conflict allows for a huge variety of games tackling different theatres and perspectives, from the smallest ...

The Switch might have had a long run at the top as the handheld console of choice, but Valve have made a great case for themselves with the Steam Deck. Being able to play the hundreds, if not ...

What’s a game without complex gameplay? Is it really a video game if we aren’t forced to learn a ton of button combinations and test our hand-eye coordination? According to the best point and click ...

PC players really are just spoilt for choice with dozens of games releasing each day, often to the point where some gems go completely under the radar. Trawling through Steam charts should come with a ...

As well as providing possibly the only place in the world that you should watch Bulletproof Monk, the PlayStation Portable was quite brilliant for RPGs. Heavy hitters like Final Fantasy, Disgaea and ...

The Medieval period in human history is, curiously, one of the least covered eras in the strategy genre, with the vast majority of Medieval strategy games that do explore the Middle Ages centering ...

Why are survival games so huge? And why do people love them so much? What is it about suffering, scraps and the occasional bit of swinging willy that makes people devote hundreds of hours into these ...

Trying to find the exact definition for the hack and slash genre is much like trying to pinpoint some of the best games within it. It’s an arduous task that requires a lot of contemplation, plenty of ...

Fighting games are probably the hardest genre to get into. Where to even begin? So, you know Street Fighter, how many games does it have in total? If you said six, you’d be wrong, as it’s actually ...