By nature, non-playable characters in adventure games tend to be a helpful bunch. A stranger in the midst of a new town is ...

Tower defense games have flourished since smartphones became popular. A perfect match of complex strategy and simple controls, the genre is omnipresent across ...

Despite having an extremely enthusiastic player base, gamers in Southeast Asia are little acknowledged in the wider gaming industry. Ubisoft opened a studio ...

While enduring the never-ending wait for a new entry in the Ace Attorney series, amateur sleuths can scratch that investigating itch in Burn ...

The side-scrolling beat-‘em-up is quietly making a comeback in modern gaming. It was a genre once left behind by the transition to three-dimensional ...

Educational games generally do not have a great reputation when it comes to actually entertaining the player. Often made on a shoestring budget, ...

I will always have a soft spot for box-pushing puzzles. One of my earliest memories is of peering over the shoulder of our ...

Horror games are a popular genre for new game developers. Jump scares and loud, startling music provoke a primal response in most people, ...

During the golden age of arcade games, nothing grabbed a patron’s attention faster than a space shooter. Initially used as a clever way ...

Modern game design has seen a boom in games sporting a mixture of genres, drawing inspiration from a wide variety of sources. Some ...

University students always have time for pranks. In Adelaide, the three main colleges take turns stealing a bathtub, its weathered porcelain shape often ...

There Is No Game begins with an apology. A lightly accented voice informs the player that there is, in fact, no game here, ...