Charles Caleb Colton once said, "Imitation is the sincerest [form] of flattery." Clearly, Mr. Colton never owned iPhone. Since the launch of the App Store, it has become a cesspool of hastily thrown together titles that mimic, rip-off, or s...

Having played every Zelda game multiple times at this point, Zelda: Link to the Past is still probably my favorite. It's just so clean, to the point where you can play it through in one session without ever getting frustrated: to ...

The Writers Guild of America has been handing out awards to video games at its annual awards show since 2008, but starting with the 2020 ceremony, that category will be no more. Speaking to Gamasutra, the WGA said: "[the awards will] be rei...

This was an amazing thing to wake up to: Nicktoons as Smash characters, but from real Nickelodeon artists! Crafted by Tim Prendergast (Rugrats, Invader Zim) and Kurt Snyder (Spongebob), the key art recreates the Smash Ultimat...

Sony is celebrating a select group of PlayStation 4 games that helped "define a generation" of gaming by introducing stylized new "Only on PlayStation" cover art, and the results are just lovely. I could even see a few of these bespoke sle...

While Lyle continues to showcase his art gallery across time and space, here's what's been happening in video games this past week: Team Fortress 2 might be switching engines! DayZ has been banned in Australia thanks to that pesky jazz ca...

Oninaki is kind of flying under the radar. To an extent, all of Tokyo RPG Factory's work has (I Am Setsuna, Lost Sphear), at least in comparison to a very similar JRPG project from the very same publisher: Octopath Traveler. That's fine tho...

We're at the point where we have a decent idea of what Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding entails. Coming this November on PS4 (but on other possible platforms later), it deals with an isolated and terrifying world, with an action-oriented...

Atlus has announced that it will be teaming up with Gallery Nucleus to put on a Persona 5 Royal and Catherine: Full Body art gallery in LA next month. Similar to what Sega held last year for Yakuza 6, this exhibition will be a showcase of v...

As soon as I stumbled across this Legend of Zelda artwork from artist John Su, a host of emotions rushed over me. First my eyes were immediately drawn to the Breath of the Wild versions of Link and Zelda, as those are the centerpiece, ...

You can tell a lot about someone from their choice in wallpaper – or can you? I'm not sure I want to know the answer to that question. But I do know that I always have and probably always will get a kick out of seeing the images that ...

There was a period in time where nearly all of my friends had Digital Blasphemy wallpapers: that's how impactful that site was (I still have most of mine!). Good art is endlessly proliferated across the internet, and in late 2008 I was...

Media Molecule absolutely made the right call launching an early access version of Dreams, its ambitious follow-up to the LittleBigPlanet franchise. Until you get your hands on this charming creation game, you can't fully grasp the genuine,...

Cuphead's visuals are hella rad, so it makes sense why so many people would want to honor it through the craft of fan art. This piece from enemyxlasagna earns the distinction of being crafted out of duct tape, which is a feat in a...

In less than 24 hours, we will finally know Respawn's grand ambition for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. It'll be revealed on Saturday, April 13 at 11:30am Pacific at Star Wars Celebration. We've spent the better part of a year speculating ab...

Hideo Minaba is one of the most talented artists in Square Enix history. While Yoshitaka Amano's beautiful works (particularly his concept art for Final Fantasy VI) are circulated most frequently, you've no doubt seen Minaba's art as well. ...

Before Media Molecule fully launches Dreams, the studio will offer Creator Early Access, a way to pay for early entry into the art-creating game. We now know when that's set to kick off: April 16, 2019. Early Access will cost $30, and thos...

Zelda and Studio Ghibli seem to naturally go together. It's why you get so many crossovers on the subject, including this fantastic Totoro and Link mashup from artist Wahoo. The iconic "waiting in the rain" scene is probably the p...

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox will be releasing at some point in Fall 2019 for the PS4. Nihon Falcom broke the news on Twitter with a post that revealed some new concept art for the game. I'm not exactly sure if the shadowy figure is series protagoni...

Just last year we learned that RJ Palmer, also known as "arvalis," got to contribute to the Detective Pikachu movie. They had been known as the "realistic Pokémon person" for some time, which in turn led to a gig outside of their nor...

Shenmue III, the game, the mystery, the project with a release date of August 27, 2019. Will it last? No one knows, but with over seven million Kickstarter dollars on the line it should probably come out at some point. To be frank I'm okay ...

[Update: Dreams Creator Early Access is now available on the PlayStation Store.] After an encouraging beta last month that helped bring "ingenious and wonderful" creations to life, Media Molecule is prepping a new phase for Dreams, a PS4 g...

Flower, a very chill video game for very chill people, is out today on PC courtesy of Annapurna Interactive. If you're in that sorta mood, it's on Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store for $6.99. As Steam user reviewer BloodyLombax explains...

THQ Nordic's recent release Darksiders III may not have quite set cash registers ringing as planned, but at least made a name for itself with its heavy metal, super-edgy atmosphere and art style. It's a style that the Darksiders series is p...

When this beautiful piece of Ghibli-inspired art came across my desk from artist salvamakoto, I immediately smiled. Although Castle in the Sky jumped into my head (the artist tagged their piece as "Ghibli fan art"), my mind then immedi...