Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Considering the rise of home consoles that we saw within ...

Pac-Man eats dots as ghosts emerge from their cell above him in Pac-Man - Bandai Namco Entertainment As far as timeless arcade games go, it doesn't get much more iconic than Bandai Namco's 1980 ...

While video games existed before the '80s, this decade took the medium to new heights. Nintendo took the world by storm with the NES and Super Mario Bros., and now-iconic franchises like Final Fantasy ...

From great games that suffered from bloated budgets to ones so bad that unsold copies were sent to a landfill, these retro titles were massive commercial flops.

UFO 50 is one of the most impressive and audacious video game releases in recent memory, precisely because of what it doesn't do. There are no hyperrealistic graphics or massive open worlds. Instead, ...

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The Adventure Game Aptitude Test is the first of its kind, and the initial results are incredible. Only two people beat a three hour game without help ...