Game of the week is Planet of Lana II. It a crime this stunning sequel was absent from the Indie World Direct because I loved the original and this sequel is ramping up everything that made the ...

Jonathan LoChiatto is a writer, editor, gamer, and content creator living in Massachusetts, USA. Jonathan has been writing for over five years and dabbling in entertainment for just as long. He is the ...

RPG Maker Festival celebrates the imagination and passion of the more than 10 million users worldwide who use RPG Maker Series tools to bring their gamedev dreams to life. Held every year around Maker ...

Evan is a Communications student based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly a sports writer, he was drawn to Game Rant by his longtime passion for video games. An avid gamer since the age of 13, Evan has ...

VALORANT’s map design has always walked a tight line between innovation and frustration. With much criticism from fans, Riot has never been happy with a simple three-lane layout, as seen in most FPS ...

James Ohlen joined Wizards of the Coast back in 2019 after a 22-year stint at BioWare to create a new IP for the Hasbro-owned tabletop gaming company. Six years later, after cofounding Archetype ...

If you’re a fan of “Fiddler on the Roof,” you’ll remember the hopeful refrain: “Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match.” In Indiana politics, we sing a slightly different tune: “Map maker, map maker, ...

A former Senior Publishing Editor on the Dow Jones Newswires team at The Wall Street Journal, Aaron earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and a Master's in Journalism ...

Adventure Games Hytale lead says "it's a damn miracle we were able to salvage" the Minecraft-like: "It should have taken years to fix" Survival Games Peak put friendslop on the map in 2025, but ...

The golden age of RPGs continues. From Baldur’s Gate 3 to Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring to Final Fantasy VII Remake, the 2020s have brought us some of the greatest role-playing games of all time. If ...

Shortly before the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta began in October 2025, Treyarch detailed how the next entry in the storied first-person shooter series will be following a three-lane map design ...