A reader argues that people are overstating the downsides of buying video games digitally and that there’s good reason it’s become so popular. I feel like all the benefits of digital gaming are ...

A digital gaming asset is any cosmetic or collectible that lives only inside a title—an animated gun finish, a rare outfit, a virtual trading card, even a token stored on a public blockchain. Players ...

Megan (She/They) is a freelance journalist from the United Kingdom for the digital publication, Game Rant. She has been professionally writing gaming content for roughly four years now, since starting ...

Nathan is a lifelong gamer, harkening back to a misspent youth blasting Kirby Superstar and Super Mario All-Stars on his bedroom floor. Some of us are that old. This began a long-term love affair with ...

Here are the new rules for digital storefronts. Video games as a whole have evolved greatly from the earliest days of computers and hardware. The biggest example of this isn’t how they look or how ...

“In terms of software, PC gaming is now overwhelmingly digital, and physical versions are largely obsolete,” says Manu Rosier, market intelligence director at Newzoo. “We do not expect tariffs to ...

Digital Spy's Game of the Year is... We say this every year, but that doesn't make it less true. This year was yet another wonderful year for game releases. What's interesting when looking back at ...

Starting Jan. 30, the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) will be opening its digital archives to the public. Still a work-in-progress, these archives will be one of the largest repositories ...

When Game Informer was unceremoniously shuttered in 2024 after operating for more than 30 years, it was yet another sobering reminder that corporations shouldn’t be trusted to cherish and preserve ...