The N64 can proudly boast a very healthy handful of the best games of all time. It’s a console that changed games forever. But, just like a lot of early 3D adopters, it had a bunch of games that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Battlefield obviously has its diehard devotees, but for almost the entirety of its lifespan, it felt like it was playing second fiddle to Call of Duty. Now though, it feels like the winds are shifting ...

Despite its massive impact on the sci-fi genre in general, Starship Troopers hasn’t found much of a footing in the strategy genre, even though it’s perfectly made for it. The potential for an ...

Free games have come a long way in the past decade or so. The quality has improved, the content is constantly updated, and more people are playing them than ever before (a game like Fortnite has ...