Fighting games are a full-blown sensory experience: From feeling the rap of buttons under your fingers as you execute your bread-and-butter combo, to the explosive visual effects that accompany ...

Billboard Japan spoke with Norihiro Fukuda and Natsuko Kaneko about Bandai Namco Game Music, the music label operated by the ...

Long crucial to independent music, Bandcamp is also an important outlet for video game composers to make money off their work ...

Julián F.L. is a Video Game & Anime expert, historian & journalist with a lot of passion for these subjects and over 10 years of experience in writing about them. He knows every single Pokémon by ...

With October coming to a close, Game of the Year season is nearly upon us. Soon enough, players will be arguing over which of 2025’s games deserves to cement its place in the history books. While that ...

Video games easily suck us into the vortex of the virtual world, and it can be difficult not to get enthralled in a game for hours on end. There's so much about these games that captivates players, ...

Music in games is more than a backdrop; it’s a vital force that transforms the gaming experience. From the haunting melodies of a fantasy realm to the rhythmic chimes of slot games found on ...

Jay (He/They) is a fiction writer and high school teacher. He has a Bachelor's degree majoring in English and a Master's in Creative Writing. When he's not writing, he's either gaming (on the Destiny ...

Since the earliest days of gaming, music has helped create a sense of immersion and worldbuilding. From composer Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. theme, to the infectious earworm of Tetris’ “Korobeiniki ...

The lights dim in a theater bustling with excitement. As the curtain is raised, the chatter morphs into a wave of passionate applause as a full orchestra is unveiled. A conductor takes the stage, cues ...

I like to purchase and download MP3s directly on my phone, but this is a challenge with video game soundtracks. Why, when buying music in a browser has been around for decades, is this still a problem ...