Sometimes, it's not about atmosphere in a horror game — it's about the perfect time to ambush you with a jump scare.

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

Ah, the licensed video game. Once a collection of underwhelming retellings of big-screen blockbusters, littered with haunting polygonal nightmares (Hagrid, that’s you) and aimless Atari attempts (yes, ...

Nowadays, everything is an Xbox — or so Microsoft would have you believe. The advent of the Netflix-like Game Pass subscription has become the tech company’s top priority, shifting their focus from ...

The era of console wars seems to be nearing its end, but one of its key players, Peter Moore, who led the charge during the launch of the Xbox 360, is sharing his memories of his time on the gaming ...

One thing that makes Alien: Isolation such a uniquely tense experience is that it feels so personal thanks to its protagonist, Amanda Ripley, being the daughter of Ellen Ripley, the beloved hero of ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A series not seen since 2013 that PS3 and Xbox 360 fans will almost certainly remember is ...

Now that Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed to next year, it’s funny to think about how fans have been playing GTA 5 for two console generations. This fifth installment of Rockstar’s iconic series is ...

John Bonelli is a news writer for Game Rant who's been writing about video games since 2017. He fell in love with gaming upon playing Fallout 3 for the first time in 2013; it's still his favorite ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Nightdive Studios, a company known for efforts in updating and preserving outdated video games, has revealed that it would like to start remastering ...