A new movie called Console Wars is set to premiere in March and will tell the story of Nintendo and SEGA's battle for console domination.

How a group of Sega executives helped make video games more inclusive

Hundreds of mods shuffle items and more for a brand-new experience every time.

The last two games I played on my Switch were the original Dragon Quest and Breath of Fire, two early examples of the Japanese role-playing game. Today, they might seem overly simplistic: grind for levels, brute-force through a boss, repeat. These two games are, if anything, even more simplistic than their peers. And right now, that’s just what I want.

Your favorite classic video games are getting a killer makeover. But it’s not big-name game developers making the improvements: it’s independent modders. Most game updates require teams of designers and coders working for months or even years, according to a fascinating new feature in The Verge, but now many are using machine learning to expedite the process — allowing a single highly-motivated modder to refurbish a game in just a few weeks.

Oh, you like the Game Boy? You probably also like drinking out of the toilet. Enjoy your 12 IQ, dumbass.

From the Apple II to the ZX Spectrum, the aural experience of loading a game from a cassette, disc or cartridge was all part of the fun

Two engineers from Midway pulled their truck up to an arcade, threw open the shutter door, and rolled out a plain black cabinet. They wheeled it into the cool, dimly lit den of flashing screens and plugged it in near two of Capcom’s Street Fighter 2 machines. Then they waited. “It was like stepping into a ring against Mike Tyson at his prime. But, we flipped the switch and sat back and watched,” said John Tobias, co-creator of Mortal Kombat.

OutRunning on empty.

Earlier this year, reader Ilhan Ünal got started building his own Game Boy, which he only recently completed. It’s...a little bigger than Nintendo’s original version.

Dynamite Entertainment And Atari Join Forces For New Comic Projects - A new deal will see Dynamite creating new comics and graphic novels based on Atari properties as well as reprint old stories.

Old school "Snake" from the same developers makes a return on phones with updated graphics

Giant Bomb plays some old games. Games played: Awesome Possum, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker and Battletoads Double Dragon.

Brave Wave Productions is bringing the original Street Fighter II arcade soundtrack to vinyl and CD featuring remasters of the CPS-1 and CPS-2 hardware versions of the music. Scroll down their page a bit to see the cover art and more information.

One of my favorite lets play groups on YouTube, Game Grumps, play the NES version of Metal Gear on their GrumpCade show with special guest ProJared.

Over the past four decades the home video gaming market has gone from zero, to hero - adding eleven zeros in fact as global revenue for the industry is now approaching $100 billion. It’s been a crazy 

Byuu, the creator of low-level SNES emulator bsnes, explains the importance of accuracy in emulation.

Ah, the Amiga. Dear readers of a certain age will remember it well. I was a little late to the party; when I think of Amiga I think of my Amiga 1200 and swa…

Officially licensed wall clock recalls original PAC-MAN arcade console with authentic logos, art. Lights up, plays music and sound effects each hour.

As part of the Hot Wheels Pop Culture line of cars, Mattel is releasing a line of Hot Wheels cars featuring art from iconic Mario games from Nintendo. Super Mario Brothers 1, 2, and 3, Dr. Mario, Super Mario World, and Super Mario Kart will be represented in this set of die cast cars. IGN is reporting that they will be released in October of this year.