Whether you're running from Xenomorphs in an '80s Atari 2600 single-player maze or you're Ellen Ripley's daughter Amanda in 2014's acclaimed Alien: Isolation, the Alien franchise has been rocking the ...

In the late '70s and early '80s, Atari was the king of the video game industry, both in terms of arcade and home platform titles. The latter was led by the Atari 2600, an early home console that ...

When the video game crash of 1983 shook the industry to its core, a lot of the warning signs could be traced to the preceding year. An oversaturation of the home gaming platforms flooded the market as ...

Atari was one of the foremost video game companies in the world during the early 1980s. That was until the video game crash of 1983, from which Atari never truly recovered. Although Atari remained a ...

Retro hardware is having a moment again, but most of it feels disposable: plastic plug-and-play boxes built for one weekend of nostalgia before they’re shoved into a drawer forever. throwaway ...

Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital culture and other topics for outlets including CNET, NPR, WIRED, Texas Monthly, MSNBC, Consumer Reports, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The ...

Nostalgia for so-called “retro games” has been kicking around since the late ’90s, so it might seem shocking that the best-selling home video game for much of the 1980s didn’t get an official ...

Following its release on February 8, 2024, “Helldivers 2” quickly became a favorite amongst PS5 and PC players. The game won multiple awards, including BAFTA’s Best Multiplayer Game, TIGA’s Game of ...