Former Tango Gameworks designer Ikumi Nakamura is in the process of founding her own independent studio, with which she intends to utilize her wealth of ideas and industry experience in the development of original video games and other desi...

[Update: The documentary is out today on Crackle. It consists of five episodes, most of which run roughly one hour.] In just the past year or so we've gotten two Nintendo-heavy documentaries. There's Console Wars, a feature film that deals ...

When the discussion of beautiful video games is raised, very rarely does the conversation go long without someone mentioning Square Enix's iconic RPG franchise Final Fantasy. And with good cause, as the decades-long adventure franchise has ...

In an enlightening documentary video from Archipel, Yakuza series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi spoke about how the turn-based Yakuza: Like A Dragon was originally an action game. Now you might be thinking, "Yeah, sure. It started that way and ...

Contrary to popular belief, Valve was working on the three-numbered games in those franchises that everyone loves. It wasn't laziness, disinterest, or prioritizing Steam that kept Valve from finishing those games. Instead, it was a problem ...

There are few game developers that carry themselves as mysteriously as Valve does. What happens behind those doors among all those sliding desks? What has Valve worked on, deemed not good enough, and subsequently scrapped?  Some answer...

It's been long known that Valve contracted Arkane Studios in the mid-'00s to make a new Half-Life game. However, little was actually known about that project except that it was set in Ravenholm and that Valve canceled production befor...

Ravenholm. We don't go there. But, foolishly, we were going to go back there. In hindsight, this feels like an extreme case of getting ahead of yourself. Back in 2006, Arkane Studios (before it became a Zenimax subsidiary) was contract...

Whether or not you've been personally hurt by Darkest Dungeon, a brutal RPG about stressed-out heroes trying not to lose their cool despite bleak, overwhelming odds, the game is fascinating to dive into and learn from. It's the subject of ...

It's here. Today finally sees the launch of Team Ninja's epic adventure sequel Nioh 2, now available to purchase exclusively on PlayStation 4. As noted by our own Jordan Devore in his review, it's certainly something special, blending a vib...

Although the brand hasn't been in the greatest shape in the past decade or so (most people point to 2007's Proving Ground as the beginning of the end, though some would say even earlier than that), the name Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is etched ...

Yesterday saw the release of a short documentary by production company Noclip, looking at the rollercoaster ride developer IO Interactive has been on during the production of the now-legendary Hitman series. It seems that, despite the ups a...

Sony Santa Monica's adventure God of War shook the video gaming world when it launched on PS4 in 2018, dropping jaws and scooping up awards with alarming regularity. We're now just removed from the game's first anniversary, and SSM has anno...

Ubisoft has announced the premiere of an upcoming film about their roof-raising, wall-breaking, window-smashing shooter Rainbow Six Siege. The documentary about Siege's esports scene is set to launch at a series of special screenings in Jan...

Namco Bandai has released the second part of their mini-documentary series looking at classic fighting title Soulcalibur, the latest edition of which goes on general release tomorrow on multiple platforms.In part two of the Souls and Swords...

Soulcalibur VI is so close you can almost taste the steel. It tastes like hurting. In order to get the final log on the hype train's fire, Namco Bandai has launched the first in a short series of videos looking at the legacy of Soulcalibur ...

A few months back, my friend and I went to see a collection of war footage accompanied live by a BBC musician, and I don’t exaggerate: the effect was magical. With dynamic sound effects and voiceovers, the images were brought to life ...

RPG fans are hungry for the next game from Larian Studios. While there haven't been any formal announcements yet, you can probably imagine the kinds of projects the developers behind the Divinity series would want to work on. During Gameume...

Larian Studios has taken quite the journey getting from 2002's Divine Divinity to last year's Divinity: Original Sin II, the latter of which might just go down as an all-time-great RPG. The next documentary from the team at Gameumentary is ...

Gameumentary has released its latest documentary today covering the story of Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The hour-long documentary explores the very beginnings of Warhorse Studios, the struggles the developers faced to find financing for the...

Ever since Danny O'Dwyer started his NoClip video game documentary series on YouTube, it's been filled with interesting deep dives into big-name games like DOOM and Horizon Zero Dawn, but it left me wanting a bit more as I know there is mor...

It's been a while, but Gameumentary is back with a trailer for a new documentary. This time we're exploring the story of Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The documentary will start with the very beginnings of Warhorse Studios, cover the struggles...

Documentary-maker Archipel has released a short spotlight video focusing on Atlus' stalwart character designer and lead artist Shigenori Soejima, responsible for the awesome characters of the Persona games, and currently hard at work on the...

PUBG's third -- and smallest -- map, Sanhok, finally went live last week after months of active development and playtesting. Matches on Sanhok are faster, with less ground to cover and a surplus of weapons to loot, the island map's "mi...

How can I be a better person? That's the thought that was in my head when I was walking around the streets of New York after seeing Won't You Be My Neighbor?, a documentary detailing the life of Fred Rogers and his show, Mister Rogers' Neig...