We are in the moments of 2023 before the title card, when things are still preparing to be defined. I love it—from here, the next few months look magical, like there’s infinite time to do anything, or ...

Maya is a List Article and Guides Writer for GameRant, based in the UK. She recently achieved a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature, currently working as a freelance writer with a passion for ...

Video games have an important job in their opening moments to try and convince players that this game is worth playing past the first few minutes of pressing that start button on the controller. Some ...

The first ten minutes of a video game can be its make-or-break moment, and for the original PlayStation, some of the greatest ...

Developer Neilo Inc., along with co-publishers Exnoa and Spike Chunsoft, dropped a new trailer this week for Shuten Order, showing off the game's opening intro. This is basically here to give you ...

But some games do it differently. They give you a ‘taste of power’, instead: introducing you to the world as an extremely powerful character, usually with an over-potent weapon or ability, and put you ...

Maddie Fisher is a writer, journalist and game developer. She was born and raised on the east coast, having started working in games journalism over fifteen years ago. She tends to enjoy musical ...

I love video games—that much should be clear based on my job. Every aspect of the medium, from its storytelling capabilities to its seemingly endless potential for mechanical depth, captivates me, but ...

Just wondering if we're making a distinction between game intros and game trailers. For example, as cool as the intro movies are for Dawn of War and MechWarrior II (and a dozen other great intros), ...

Castlevania’s 1987 NES port has a to-the-point, 11 second introduction. An 8-bit bat flies toward you as you’re encouraged to push the start key. Protagonist Simon Belmont stomps up to a sharp-looking ...