Take a refresher course on the Sega vs. Nintendo console wars with this fun Easter egg hidden in Sonic Mania’s Studiopolis Act 2. Before we get into the main Easter egg, let’s talk about all those ...

Long before the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, there was another – more important – console war. One that many players valiantly fought it, despite its tragic end. That’s right – Sega vs. Nintendo ...

A gaming journalism veteran of ten-plus years and four-time IGF judge, largely attracted to indie games, new IPs, and in general, what could very well be the gaming world's next surprise hit. Divorced ...

When it comes to chiptunes, the original Nintendo Entertainment System and the Game Boy get all the accolades. The OPL synths have all the fun. But there’s another chip out there in dusty old machines ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from 30 Years of Nintendon’t In 1988, SEGA released the Megadrive home console in Japan. In 1989, the machine was released in the USA under the name Sega Genesis ...

The Mega Drive Mini (or Genesis Mini, if you must) is launching in the US in just over a month - with Europe to follow shortly afterwards. To promote the console, as well as celebrate its 30th ...

Earlier this week marked the launch of an exciting new collaboration between video games and one of the biggest toy companies in the world: Lego Sonic the Hedgehog. While Lego and video games have ...

Fans of Blast Processing, rejoice: A 300-page retrospective on the sorely-missed Sega Genesis (aka Mega Drive) console has met its Kickstarter funding goal, then blown right past it. Officially given ...

Nintendo’s Amiibo line may one day accommodate all sorts of characters, variants and in-jokes, but for now, it’s limited to a few major characters from Smash Bros. That is, if you’re sticking with the ...