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Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts has defined video games across multiple genres including first-person shooters, racers, and sports. EA is well-known for Battlefield, Need for Speed, and FIFA titles as well as a series of arcade-styled sports games under the banner of EA Sports Big — a now defunct label that launched fan favorites games like Def Jam Vendetta, NBA Street, and SSX.

The LVL UP EXPO returns to the Las Vegas Convention Center for its 10th anniversary. The yearly event brings together fans, collectors, and competitors to a place where everyone can celebrate their hobbies and participate in various activities. The event features everything from cosplay contests, voice-actor panels, wrestling matches, and plenty of artist, exhibitor, community, and indie game dev booths.

Halloween is a special time of the year for horror fans with plenty of frightful films to watch and video games to play. From ghosts to zombies, and alien invaders, there’s a range of scares in store, so beware. Grab your favorite treat and gather around your console of choice for some spooky games to beat.

Summer is one of the best times of the year for a lot of people. As a kid, it meant no school, vacation, and of course, a lot of video games. It’s not summer time without water, and there’s plenty of it in video games. Over the years, many developers have made games full of waves with underwater worlds, Dead Islands, and a Sea of Thieves that provided players a way to beat the heat.

Sports video games have been around for about six decades with games like Tennis for Two dating back as early as 1958. These games have come a long way thanks to titles like FIFA and Madden that include big name athletes and simulate the sport better than ever. While some developers like to focus on making the game as realistic as possible, others like Nintendo have focused on making sports accessible to a wider audience by adding Mario and friends to sporting events.

In honor of Pac-Man’s anniversary, we’re taking a look at mascots that have a long history in video games but are being overlooked in the ever-changing landscape of the medium. While there has been a resurgence in platformers, granting some mascots like Crash and Spyro a return, others have been abandoned almost entirely despite their legacy.

Developed by Polish studio MegaPixel, The House of the Dead Remake is their second project based on a Sega game after Panzer Dragoon in 2020. Their publisher, Forever Entertainment announced in 2019 that they had signed agreements to remake The House of The Dead 1 and 2. Initially set to release in 2021, the game was delayed but finally released in April 2022, welcoming fans to The House of the Dead once again.

Wanted: Weapons of Fate is a third-person shooter developed by Grin and released as a sequel to the movie in 2009 on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Based on the comic by Mark Millar, Wanted presented a world with no superheroes. The story was adapted into a movie full of bullet curving assassins which gave us the aforementioned video game tie-in. But does it hit the mark that many licensed video games have missed?

While today Naughty Dog is known for their critically acclaimed series, Uncharted and The Last of Us, they began their relationship with Sony, working on two of the most iconic PlayStation icons. They introduced fans to the widely successful Crash Bandicoot series on the PlayStation. They followed it up with a new franchise featuring Jak and Daxter on the PlayStation 2. Over twenty years later, fans are still waiting for another adventure with the dynamic duo.