As the hip hop group House of Pain once sang, "jump, jump, jump around!" Platforming has traditionally been all about jumping and navigating through perilous environments, where a person of royalty may or may not be waiting for you at the end. But like...

I don't know who you are, gamer. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have any quarters. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career in the fighting...

Now here is a genre that everyone pays attention to. The Action/Adventure genre blends the allure of beating down those foolish enough to come at you with the thrill of exploring an engaging world. It traditionally houses at least one major Game of the...

2014 was a big year for Adventure gaming, with genre icon Tim Schafer returning with the first chapter of his long-anticipated Broken Age, Telltale Games continuing their winning streak with the one-two punch of The Walking Dead Season 2 and The Wolf...

Puzzle games come in many different forms but what they share in common is an ability to captivate gamers by challenging their brains. In 2014 the best puzzle games had us step out of Mario’s shadow to play as Captain Toad, experience an unlikely mash-up...

Nothing beats the non-stop thrills of a racing game. That last minute overtake to beat your friend to the line, that cheeky green shell to pull off the most unlikely of wins, or just the joys of driving down a highway at 230mph. 2014 saw a flurry of high-quality...

The upcoming Star Fox for Wii U will feature a cockpit view, Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed. Players will be able to look at the GamePad screen in order to get a cockpit view of the skies, whilst the main TV screen will display a cinematic third person...

Nominees for The Game Awards 2014 have been announced. You can find the full list below: Best Shooter Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer/Activision Destiny - Bungie/Activision Far Cry 4 - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Titanfall...

Nintendo has launched the first issue of its digital magazine, Nintendo Extra. Nintendo Extra is a digital magazine that will be geared towards highlighting Nintendo's key IPs and effectively replaces the Official Nintendo Magazine, which was canned last...

Nintendo have been pushing their Amiibo line hard as of late, with the number of games supporting them constantly expanding, and there's even the possibility of Amiibos working with 3rd party games in the future. Today, Nintendo announced the third batch...