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World of Warcraft devs used to joke about the MMO making $1 million per month - just months before it smashed through $15 million in monthly revenue
By Alex Raisbeck last updated
News "We had a good laugh about that one, but we all kind of thought maybe it could do that for real."

World of Warcraft got its iconic MMO quest markers thanks to Metal Gear Solid
By Alessandro Fillari published
News 20 years later, WoW is still going strong

Tekken hits hard in the latest issue of Retro Gamer
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Katsuhiro Harada looks back at 30 years of Namco’s premier fighting series

Golden Joystick Awards 2024: Catch up with the event here
By Dan Dawkins last updated
Vote Now Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Helldivers 2, Balatro, Astro Bot and Black Myth: Wukong win big

The 25 best PSP games of all time
By Nick Thorpe last updated
Best List Dust off your old handheld and relive the best PSP games ever

Retro Gamer charts the creation of Sonic Generations and its new remaster
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Takashi Iizuka on updating the platforming classic for a new generation of gamers

Retro Gamer celebrates Namco’s Ridge Racer series
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Ex-Namco members revisit the iconic arcade racer

The 25 best PS1 games of all time
By Nick Thorpe last updated
Best List Let's wind back the years to look at the 25 best PS1 games from Sony's ground-breaking games console
Retro Gamer Celebrates 20 Years Of The PSP
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Developers revisit the legacy of Sony’s first handheld

Splinter Cell director says Hideo Kojima's auteur status is well deserved since "the result speaks for itself"
By Kaan Serin published
News The Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid director is basically a celebrity at this point

Splinter Cell director says Metal Gear Solid's "clear rules" showed the team "how stealth should be done" and "set the rules for any stealth game"
By Kaan Serin published
News Sam Fisher pickpocketed a few tricks from Solid Snake

Metal Gear Solid's 1997 reveal had dev behind rival spy game "despairing" because it did "everything that we were trying to do, better"
By Ali Jones published
News E3 1997 was a tough time for the Syphon Filter team

Future Games Show at Gamescom to broadcast on August 21
By Dan Dawkins published
News Watch over 40 hotly-anticipated games coming to PS5, PC, Xbox and Switch in our epic fall 2024 broadcast

Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2024 to broadcast on Saturday June 8
By Dan Dawkins published
News Tune in to discover over 40 exciting upcoming games on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC in our most ambitious showcase yet

Baldur's Gate 3 and Final Fantasy 16 stars will host the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2024
By Ali Jones published
News Ben Starr and Samantha Béart reunite for the new show

How the war began – the making of Call of Duty
By Jeremy Peel published
Features Interview | The story of Call of Duty begins with one of its fiercest rivals – here, Retro Gamer goes deep into the history of an FPS dynasty

Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2024 to broadcast on March 21
By Dan Dawkins published
News Tune in to see over 40 anticipated upcoming titles on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC, with some exciting changes to the show

30 years later, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is still a stone-cold classic: "We wanted to make the third game more epic than Sonic 2"
By Nick Thorpe published
Features Interview | In conversation with the creators of Sonic 3 and its expansion Sonic & Knuckles