The Konami Code originated with the late Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the developer of the NES port of Gradius, released in 1986. While playing and testing the game, he found it to be too difficult, and if you ...

The Konami Code—up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start—does wonderful things to games like Gradius and Contra. But it also does unexpected ...

Malcolm loves games. Be they trading card games like Magic: the Gathering or Yu-Gi-Oh, or tabletop wargames like Heroscape and Warhammer 40K, Malcolm's got a firm passion for all things interactive.

Stardew Valley's enormous 1.6.9 update launched on all platforms earlier this week, including console and mobile. While developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone gave players the lowdown on the contents of ...

Hollow Knight: Silksong isn't an easy game, but that difficulty is one of the reasons why fans love it. There are likely some in the fanbase who might even feel it's too easy, and for them, developer ...

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the man who invented the "Konami code" cheat that became pervasive in video gaming and pop culture, has died. To use the code, players would press up, up, down, down, left, right, ...