Adam Barnes
Adam Barnes is a regular contributor to Retro Gamer, Play Magazine, NowGamer, Kotaku, God is a Geek, PCGamesN, Ginx, Fnatic, and more. He was once your go-to for anything Minecraft, but also writes about technology, travel, and design.
Latest articles by Adam Barnes

26 years on, developers discuss the massive impact Metal Gear Solid had on the industry: "This was going much further than all previous action games. And that was totally inspiring"
By Adam Barnes published
Features Feature | The Impact of Metal Gear Solid: Retro Gamer talks with a selection of developers about the stealth game's 1998 release, and how it changed the industry forever

With GTA 6 taking us back to Miami, here's how the original GTA Vice City came to life
By Adam Barnes published
Interview Holiday Long Read | How Grand Theft Auto Vice City went from a reskin to a revolution for the GTA series

As Spyro the Dragon turns 25, we remember what made the purple platformer such a fierce fire starter
By Adam Barnes published
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Join us as we celebrate a quarter-century of one of video games' most iconic mascots

Atlas Fallen hands-on: substance, style and a solid fantasy romp
By Adam Barnes published
PREVIEW Is this Deck13’s slickest venture yet? Or will it be buried in the sand like all those Funkos?

The making of BioShock: How Irrational Games created an FPS that's still celebrated 15 years on
By Adam Barnes published
Features This year marked the 15th anniversary of BioShock, Retro Gamer looks back on the development of the celebrated FPS

Lego Bricktales Review: "The puzzles are like inspirations for your creativity"
By Adam Barnes last updated
Review

Serial Cleaners Review: "No skill or foreplanning necessary, just patience"
By Adam Barnes last updated
Review

What Diablo 4 is doing to help the series reclaim its crown as the action-RPG king
By Adam Barnes published
Features Between the release of Diablo Immortal and the Necromancer class reveal, Diablo fans are in a weird place right now

Crash Bandicoot turns 25 – How Naughty Dog transformed Willie the Wombat into a PlayStation icon
By Adam Barnes, Retro Gamer Team published
Features Retro Gamer explores how Crash Bandicoot shaped 3D platforming, the PS1, and even Naughty Dog itself

The history of TimeSplitters: "We naively thought that EA are better at selling games than Eidos"
By Retro Gamer Team, Adam Barnes published
Features Retro Gamer looks back (or forward?) at the cult FPS from the team that once reinvented the genre on console

The Sims turns 20: Creator Will Wright reflects on the battle he waged to get one of the best games of all time made
By Adam Barnes published
Features The Sims turns 20: Creator Will Wright reflects on the battle he waged to get one of the best games of all time made

Five years in, how easy is it to return to Hearthstone?
By Adam Barnes published
Features How I fell back in love with Hearthstone after taking a hiatus
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