I remember the first time I booted up my Nintendo GameCube. The visuals blew me away, particularly with Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader. It felt like it was ripped straight from the movie!

As wild as it may seem, the PlayStation 2, the original Xbox, and the GameCube are all over 20 years old now. Video games underwent some great advances in their technological innovations and standards ...

F.E.A.R., or First Encounter Assault Recon, was revolutionary. It played like a tight first-person shooter, with intense action segments comprising the majority of the game. However, these segments ...

Gaming hit different in the 2000s, and not just because I didn’t have adult responsibilities yet. Those days had different technology available to developers and different trends shaping what games ...

Remaking a game is a tricky art; not only do you need to balance opposing elements, such as staying true to the original and modernizing what can be improved, there are also a dozen different ways to ...

Vlad Mazanko is Ukraine-based gaming enthusiast, writing about the industry since 2013 and covering everything from games and studios to movies and TV shows. He joined the Valnet family back in 2021, ...

The 2000s were a defining era for open-world games, filled with bold experiments and genre-shaping ideas. While not every title from that decade has aged gracefully, a few still hold up remarkably ...

Jake brings two decades of experience with him, having covered major industry events, breaking news, one-on-one interviews, and more. When he's not playing World of Warcraft, he's usually on the hunt ...