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Super Mario Bros' legendary jump helped define 40 years of platforming, Donkey Kong Country programmer says: "You had more control... There was risk/reward"
Feature The Magic of Mario | From his Donkey Kong coin-op debut to the long-running Super Mario series, Mario has been defined by his responsive controls and eclectic abilities – Chris Sutherland helps to explain why Mario's mechanics are sublime
The "elegant design" of Super Mario Bros levels has inspired devs for over 40 years, but it was Super Mario 64's 3D leap that was a "watershed moment"
Feature The Magic of Mario | Mario could have all the appeal as a character, but without engaging worlds to explore he wouldn't be much of a star – Nintendo's divine design has been key
40 years later, Mario is still the ultimate gaming mascot: "He's got that Mickey Mouse effect"
Feature The Magic of Mario | A captivating character is one element that makes Super Mario Bros timeless – after all, you can't have Mario without the Mario
8 years on, Hollow Knight is still an extraordinary achievement – but can Silksong live up to the hype?
Opinion Feature | Revisiting the past as Silksong looms
I still wake up sweating because of Driver's parking garage, but there's no denying this PS1 classic changed open world gaming forever
Opinion Feature | Two years before Grand Theft Auto 3, Driver shifted the medium's gears
Yakuza Kenzan remains a Japan exclusive, but Like a Dragon fans like me shouldn't skip this historical adventure for the ages
Opinion Feature | Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! remains a must-have PS3 import, even all these years on
Don't cry because The Order 1886 is over, smile because blasting werewolves with Nikola Tesla's high-tech weapons happened
Opinion Feature | 10 years on, The Order: 1886 deserves to be more fondly remembered thanks to its rollicking action and terrific acting
33 years later, Alone in the Dark still deserves recognition as the survival horror that bridged the gap between Cthulhu and Resident Evil
Feature Feature | Back in 1992, Alone in the Dark changed the face of horror forever
"The very idea of making a prequel to Silent Hill wasn't good," says Origins and Shattered Memories designer: "That game told its story brilliantly through flashbacks, and there weren't really any unanswered questions"
Interview Feature | Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories developers discuss tackling the difficult task of reinventing Silent Hill by going back to the series' roots on PSP and Wii
Fatal Frame's iconic camera exists to force players to "look straight at something scary" says series creator: "We thought it would really bring out the scariness of the ghosts"
Interview Feature | Fatal Frame series creator Makoto Shibata and producer Keisuke Kikuchi on how they delivered a trilogy of the scariest horror games ever made on PS2
