Some might choose to blame Final Fantasy VII. Ever since that game hit US shores, the gaming community has slowly become more accepting of RPGs and RPG elements. Then Diablo and its sequel came around and showed the Western gaming world just what was possible with judicious application of RPG elements, even outside the genre. [...]

The video game industry is a business and, like any other business, sometimes it needs a particular type of personality to endorse a title. This is particularly prevalent for sports titles, since the endorsement of someone like Tiger Woods can be a major difference maker for golf games and how well they do in the [...]

It is no secret that out of the current generation of consoles, it is the X-Box 360 that has come out worse for wear. Some analysts blame this on its failure to capture a substantial audience in Japan – as any console wars historian will know, a company that isn’t a major player in Japan [...]