Josh Speer has been writing about videogames for more than a decade now, but he's loved them since he was a small boy. He grew up with Mario and Mega Man, moved onto RPGs with Chrono Trigger and Final ...

From tight controls to rewarding progression, great platformers balance challenge, creativity, and immersion. By blending physics, level design, and feedback systems, they keep players hooked. Whether ...

This AI-driven RPG platform, called Voyage, enables players to design their own gaming worlds with the help of AI. Players ...

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 ...

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos has a fun development cycle. Originally, developer Argonaut Software pitched the 3D platformer to Nintendo as a Yoshi game. The two companies had a solid relationship after ...

The Thursday letters page is worried about what Epic Games’ layoffs mean for the rest of the industry, as one reader takes issue with the way Metacritic works. Games Inbox is a collection of our ...

Since I'm not really a sports person, I don't usually bandy about the term GOAT. But that said, one console that definitely qualified as one was the SNES. And I'm not just saying that because I ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

When a player suggested this could be evidence that skill-based damage was already available in Call of Duty games like Black Ops 7 — a different proposition of the often-used but contentious ...

As one of Nintendo's most iconic characters, Mario is everywhere on the Switch. The plumber has had multiple releases every year since the system first came out with no signs of stopping, even as we ...

The world of sorcery is ready to rise again as people everywhere wait for the next part of this story. After a thrilling journey that kept everyone excited, it is time to see what happens next to our ...