Something is enduring about pixel art that keeps drawing us back. A handful of coloured squares shouldn’t have much power, ...

As players progress through Shinobi: Art of Vengeance's main campaign, they may start to notice that enemies will sometimes appear as shadowy figures moving in the background on certain stages. Not ...

Believe it or not, there was a time when most video games were blind purchases. Well before Twitch streamers were doing full live playthroughs of unreleased titles — hell, before trial demos were even ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Dormant for more than a decade, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance ($30) does everything right ...

Many of Sega's classic IPs have been dormant for over a decade, but the company is making a concerted effort to bring them back. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is part of this effort, with developer ...

It's been 14 years since the last entry in the Shinobi series, and good ol' Joe Musashi is taking it easy. Naoko, the titular ninja's pregnant wife, waves goodbye to Musashi as he heads down to the ...

Many thought the Shinobi series was dead and buried after the last attempt to revive it was met with displeasure and disdain. Indeed, Shinobi 3D for the Nintendo 3DS garnered a subpar 69 on Metacritic ...

With the original Super Mario Bros. game turning 40 this year, it’s time to look back on which games nail those core tenants and which struggle to make it past the first goomba. Here’s every 2D Super ...

Remember Judas? No, not the biblical figure and not the Lady Gaga bop, this Judas is a project from Ghost Story Games. If you don't remember, it's the game that was reportedly in "development hell" ...

Action RPGs "I think this is the future that games are holding for us": Nier Automata's Yoko Taro thinks tech advancements like "AI's generative capabilities" will see game interactivity "evolve into ...