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 ...

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 PS1’s got a big old library that’s many thousands strong. The actual number seems to change depending on where you look, but there’s definitely more than like 12 games in its catalogue. With so ...

Action games come in many flavors. From the soulslikes that dominate the landscape of gaming today, to the more cinematic Uncharted-esque experiences, the genre covers a huge amount of ground and is ...

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 ...

Hollow Knight’s rich and detailed world, interesting characters, sublime platforming, and magnificent boss fights can be hard to say goodbye to, especially once you’ve completed everything there is to ...

The Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. The MOBA, for short, is potentially the hottest game genre to come out of the 21st century, so far. With the release and subsequent rise of League of Legends, ...

With a 40th anniversary of their first appearance that’s going to be here sooner than you think (because time just stopped making sense after the world stopped), it’s safe to say The Simpsons is a ...

It’s hard to believe that over 40 years have passed since the release of the NES in its original Famicom form. The console had a fascinating launch and early success in Japan, before going through a ...