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Rayman creator casually reveals "I think there's a kind of remake planned" for the 1995 platformer
ByScott McCraepublished
News"I think Ubisoft is adding a few more checkpoints and things like that to make it a bit less frustrating"
The 25 best PS2 games of all time
ByNick Thorpelast updated
Best ListLooking back at the best PS2 games in 2026 with our ranking of the games that defined Sony's second gen console
The 25 best PSP games of all time
ByNick Thorpelast updated
Best ListDust off your old handheld and relive the best PSP games ever
The 25 best PS3 games of all time
ByJosh Westlast updated
Best ListThe best PS3 games that you should go back and replay today, from Dark Souls to The Last of Us
"Instead of being 80% UFO and 20% on foot, we flipped it": How Destroy All Humans' sci-fi action oddity conquered all
BySean Colepublished
FeatureInterview | Pandemic Studio alums go deep into the making of the kooky adventure that rocked PS2 and Xbox
"It gave us more opportunities for variety": How Banjo-Kazooie helped the Nintendo 64 compete with PlayStation
ByRory Milnepublished
FeatureInterview | Banjo creators Chris Sutherland, Ed Bryan, Gavin Hood, Gary Richards and Steve Malpass explain how the series evolved
"Bully was chaotic from the day I started": Inside the making of Rockstar's 'GTA in boarding school'
BySean Colepublished
FeatureInterview | How PS2 classic Bully managed to bring the open-world craze to an unexpected setting
How Jak and Daxter challenged Naughty Dog to find "the most beautiful thing we could pull off" on PS2
ByRory Milnepublished
FeatureInterview | Exploring the PS2 classic with Naughty Dog alum Dan Arey
How Rayman 2 "offered 2D gameplay situations in a 3D environment" to get the best of both worlds
ByGuy Miquel-Albertpublished
FeatureInterview | Ubisoft explores the making of one of its definitive PS1 and N64 platformers
How Ape Escape's DualShock legacy lives on in today's PS5 games: "We'll never make it compatible with regular controls!"
ByLewis Packwoodpublished
InterviewInterview | Shuhei Yoshida and Kenji Kaido shed light on Ape Escape's numerous sequels, spin-offs, and recent Astro Bot cameo
"The physical world gave us possibilities we didn't have before": How Grim Fandango's 3D world revolutionized PC gaming
ByGraham Pembreypublished
FeatureInterview | Grim Fandango creator Tim Schafer on the unforgettable action-adventure, both the original and remaster
Dino Crisis is more than "Resident Evil with dinosaurs" – it shaped survival horror as we know it
ByMartyn Carrollpublished
FeatureFeature | An ultimate guide to why this Capcom fan favourite shouldn't be dismissed
The making of Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
ByGuy Miquel-Albertpublished
FeatureInterview | How Ubisoft Montpellier tackled the challenge of creating a PS2 game based on a blockbuster film in 2004
Dungeon Keeper was meant to feel like "D&D, but you're running the dungeon", according to its creators
ByGraham Pembreypublished
FeatureInterview | Exploring the Fable creator's classic strategy series, from original concept to modern incarnations
Best Saturn games of all time from Die Hard Arcade to Panzer Dragoon Saga
ByDarran Joneslast updated
Best ListThe 25 best Sega Saturn games, from Die Hard Arcade to Panzer Dragoon Saga
Explore the history of the Fallout games with some of the devs who helped bring the iconic RPG franchise to life
ByIan Dransfieldpublished
InterviewOn the Radar | Fallout has seen many changes, off-shoots, and failed projects in its time – who knew the end of the world could be so full of life?
"It felt like a great, natural fit, it was just a matter of tuning the gameplay": How Shogun: Total War marched into new territory and laid the foundations for a strategy game empire
ByAdam Barnespublished
InterviewEvery great military campaign has to start somewhere
Before Banjo-Kazooie's mascot was a bear and after he was a human, the N64 icon was actually a rabbit, according to a former Rare developer
ByKaan Serinpublished
News"We went from a boy to a rabbit for about a week"
GoldenEye 007 had a "strong influence" on Banjo-Kazooie's sequel because Rare devs spent "probably every lunchtime for a couple of years" playing the N64 FPS
ByKaan Serinpublished
News"It just felt like the next logical step"
A mandate came in from the Rockstar head office," Bully artist recalls, and "the art team pretty much purged itself from the studio" – which ended up giving the cult classic "its own identity"
ByScott McCraepublished
News"The game was pitched to me as an Americana piece. The goal was to have it look and feel more akin to a Norman Rockwell painting"