Genres always were broken, of course. They are, as with any other form of human-invented categorization, arbitrary. The ...

Sometimes I call them farm sims, but the ones that don't actually have farms are life sims—not to be confused with Sims-like ...

From Guitar Hero's plastic instruments to Metal Slug's run-and-gun chaos, these mostly-abandoned video game genres once ruled arcades and consoles.

While it certainly depends on the game, these genres are usually pretty hit or miss when it comes to their controller experience, and are sorted by the average amount that playing with a keyboard ...

You can trace the history of most popular game genres back to their source quite clearly, given the timeline only spans decades and not centuries. Often, you'll find that it wasn’t just one game that ...

Despite the Nintendo Switch being marketed as a family console, it has plenty of fighting games on offer. It can be a fun ...

Some hardcore PC game genres have had a renaissance in recent years. Baldur's Gate 3 reinvigorated love for the CPRG, while Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 tapped into a communal love for hardcore ...

Genre’s become increasingly difficult to pin down as elements cross-pollenate from one to the other, but there will always be traditionalists who seek out games that embody the traditional ...

The survival genre has become massive over the past decade, but these games are the ones that are best for beginners.

Video game genres are usually fairly static in terms of the playing fields and arenas that players engage with. Sometimes, it is a third-person open-world battleground to adventure through ...

It's got to be survivor, right guys? Give it a try. "My favourite genre is survivors." "Have you tried that new survivor game yet?" "Huh, why did they call it Star Wars Jedi: Survivor if you have ...