Utopia Must Fall from Pixeljam is pretty magnificent, it's a true quality arcade shoot 'em up that I thoroughly enjoy that just got a nice big upgrade. I feel like it needs a lot more eyes on it, a ...

The 1980s were the golden age of the arcade. Teenagers and young adults gathered in droves at these dimly lit, neon-soaked rooms, which served as the cultural ground zero for youth culture. These were ...

One of a handful of video games from 1978 that changed gaming forever, Taito's "Space Invaders" debuted in arcades before moving to home platforms. Laying a foundation for the countless space shooters ...

Earth is gone. Humanity is drifting through space aboard giant spacecraft searching for somewhere new to survive. And naturally, things immediately get worse when aliens start kidnapping people for ...

Almost a decade after that game launched, however, one of the best examples of that genre ever hit arcades around the world. Launching on April 19, 1996, SNK’s Metal Slug quickly became a favorite ...

Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell ...

Arcade games have a long history that dates back roughly half a century. From Pong to Pac-Man, the '70s and '80s pioneered ...

It's impossible to overstate the influence James Cameron's Aliens has had over video games. From rowdy hoots and hollers of Halo's interplanetary Marines to layered rows of gnashing insectoid teeth in ...

One of the best parts about itch.io (when it isn’t deindexing games) is the digital storefront’s ability to host game jams. These not only invite developers to create interesting projects based on a ...

The Alien movie franchise has become iconic for its sci-fi-horror imagery – built around its official “mascot,” the Xenomorph. The black-skinned, eyeless, and serpentine-like creatures have inspired ...

If you think modern microtransactions are bad, check out a few classic arcade games sometime. Sure, they might only ask for a quarter or 50 cents to play, but that’s just the starting price. As soon ...

Historically, it’s been pretty common to see beloved arcade games ported from the retro platform to consoles. From Mortal Kombat to Pac-Man, many of the definitive arcade experiences have been remade, ...