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Microsoft Had Its Sights On Buying Nintendo & Warner Bros. Games

Leaked documents reveal that Microsoft considered putting in an offer to buy Nintendo and Warner Bros. Games.

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10 Lowest-Selling Games With The Best Review Scores

Classic video games like Ico and Psychonauts suffered from a lack of sales, but their high review scores reflect the true, appropriately high quality.

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10 Great Games Released On The Wrong Platform

Some video games would have fared much better had they been released on different hardware, like Perfect Dark for the N64.

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10 Best N64 Games Released During Its Twilight Years

Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Paper Mario, and Dr. Mario 64 are among some of the best late-stage N64 releases and remain fan favorites to this day.

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10 Most Overlooked JRPGs Of All Time, Ranked

From PlayStation's Rogue Galaxy to Sega's Panzer Dragoon Saga, gamers often overlook some truly fantastic Japanese role-playing games.

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Xbox Game Pass Core Represents an Important Change for Microsoft

Xbox Game Pass Core won't change much for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, but its introduction is necessary for the future of Microsoft's consoles.

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10 Best NES Games Released During Its Twilight Years

Although Nintendo was focused on the SNES to combat Sega, they still released excellent games like Mega Man 6 and Battletoads before retiring the NES.

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10 Hardest First Bosses In Gaming, Ranked

Ninja Gaiden, Bloodborne, and (of course) Dark Souls are among video game titles that have some of the toughest first bosses to challenge players.

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10 Most Important Mergers & Acquisitions In Video Game History

The gaming industry has a long history of companies being bought, sometimes for huge amounts. Some, like Microsoft, have become true giants.

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Microsoft/Activision Deal Gets Greenlight In U.S. Court Ruling

Microsoft gets the green light to move forward with its acquisition of Activision Blizzard after the court rules against the FTC.

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Xbox's Promise on Full CG Trailers Is a Great Sign For Its 2023 Games Showcase

Only time will tell how well this idea works out for Microsoft, but regardless, this one-step sets the future of game marketing down a brighter path.

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10 Best Pet Simulators

Pet simulators, like Pokémon, The Simons, and Seaman, offer players a wide array of great one-on-one creature experiences.

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10 Worst Final Boss Fights, Ranked

From Arkham Asylum's Titan Joker to Assassin's Creed II's Rodrigo Borgia, some final video game boss fights are just downright awful.

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10 Best Game Over Sequences, Ranked

Losing lives and failing a video game can be pretty frustrating, but sometimes players can look forward to entertaining Game Over sequences.

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8 Things We'll Miss Most About E3

March 30, 2023, brought the announcement of E3's cancellation, and E3 had many unique qualities that gamers will miss.

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10 Most Disastrous HD Remasters

HD remasters have become a standard practice, with Resident Evil 4 being the most recently acclaimed one, but sometimes they're just bad.

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10 Most Ridiculous Video Game Lawsuits

These are some of the most frivolous, unsustainable, and mind-boggling lawsuits the gaming industry has ever seen.

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10 Video Game Characters Who Deserve Happy Endings

These video game characters won over the HP hearts of gamers around the world.

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10 Harshest Penalties For Cheating In Video Games

Some gaming developers incorporate their own personalized brand of "Cheater's Justice."

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10 Broken Games Worth Checking Out

The appeal of "broken" games is that even though they may be imperfect, they can still offer fans an exciting gaming experience.

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