Over the last ten years or so, we’ve seen endless articles (including quite a few here at Cultured Vultures) on “franchises ...

The PS1 heralded the dawning of a tonne of successful franchises that are still going strong today as some of the biggest in ...

In today’s news, Capcom put a lock made of ice on a 30 year old door, Legacy of Kain probably just died again, and Mario defies the critics. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:13 Capcom Add Enigma DRM to ...

Being a survival horror fan isn’t easy. We’ve scoured dark hallways, come face-to-face with countless monstrosities, and pressed on even as our hearts raced. Each of the best survival horror games ...

There should be a lot more of the best superhero games than there actually are. Video games and all things superheroes share an intersection of being pure escapism: there’s a reason why Marvel’s ...

There is an overwhelming interest in films about Vikings. Any search for a Viking movies ranking will show you that this genre has really picked up the pace in recent years. Viking movies feature ...

Even now, many gamers’ first foray into the wonderful world of pixelated adventure was not via the Xbox, the PlayStation or any number of Nintendo’s child-friendly consoles, but instead through the ...

The Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. The MOBA, for short, is potentially the hottest game genre to come out of the 21st century, so far. With the release and subsequent rise of League of Legends, ...

There aren’t many genres in gaming that offer quite as much replayability as the roguelike. There are even fewer genres that can boast so many bona fide classics across the board — whittling down to ...

World War 2 is one of the most popular historical settings in strategy games. The massive conflict allows for a huge variety of games tackling different theatres and perspectives, from the smallest ...

In 2005, Santa Monica Studios unleashed God of War for the PlayStation 2, a brutal hack-and-slash game series that has dominated PlayStation platforms in the years since. The early entries in the ...

The origins of handheld gaming goes back quite a bit further than the Nintendo Game Boy and Atari Lynx in 1988. After Mattel found incredible success with a series of single-game electronic handheld ...