All great games have clear inspirations, with some influences more visible than others in the final product. In some cases, development teams from one game take their experiences to a new one, or ...

As pop culture trends and societal interests evolve over time, it's a given that video games made decades ago won't hold the same appeal now. This can come down to drastically different senses of ...

The title screen for the New Junk City level in Earthworm Jim (1994) - Playmates Interactive Entertainment The passing of time often reminds us that success and popularity can be fleeting. That's also ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Video game violence can be a fickle thing, with some of the most controversial video games of all time relatively tame by today's standards. But for all the delicate sensibilities of the 1990s, there ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a niche genre today, but in the 90s, space combat games were hot thanks to the blockbuster success of the 1990’s Wing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Netflix) An iconic video game that originated in the 1990s is getting a Netflix television show. The first Crash ...

"Street Fighter" reshaped and dominated the fighting game genre, leading to a lot of copycats and new franchises. These five games hewed the closest to the OG.

If I was lucky, I might even walk out with a video game rental or some snacks. Sadly, the last Blockbuster (aside from one defiant Bend, Oregon, outlier) went out to pasture in 2014, and independent ...

Jake brings two decades of experience with him, having covered major industry events, breaking news, one-on-one interviews, and more. When he's not playing World of Warcraft, he's usually on the hunt ...

The owner of the James Bond 007 IP has opposed an attempt to register a trademark for video game parody character James Pond.