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Matt Leone

A development render shows Final Fight Revenge character Guy looking into the camera while standing in the middle of a meat locker.

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Final Fight Revenge: An oral history, 26 years later

A pixel art illustration shows characters from Sworcery surrounding a birthday cake with a single lit candle.

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP: An oral history

A CG render shows Lobo kicking through a stone wall, with flames roaring behind him.

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The '90s Lobo fighting game got censored because of... Tupac?

A photograph shows part of an official Capcom's World comic with Street Fighter's Ryu fighting Art of Fighting's Ryo.

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When Capcom called out SNK in a fan club comic

An official The Beatles Rock Band screenshot shows all four Beatles playing instruments in a setting with large arrows pointing at them.

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How Harmonix made The Beatles: Rock Band

An original illustration shows characters from Rez Infinite, Sound Fantasy, Otocky, Electroplankton, and Sayonara Wild Hearts.

Sensory Overload: A music game series

An in-development screenshot from Sayonara Wild Hearts shows the player riding a motorcycle at night.

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How Simogo built Sayonara Wild Hearts' best stage

A piece of concept art for Rez Infinite's Area X stage shows a character made of glowing yellow particles floating while two giant robots are visible in the distance.

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After almost a decade, Rez Infinite remains gaming's greatest tease

A screenshot from Brothers shows the two brothers talking to a troll.

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Josef Fares on how Ico inspired Brothers

A screenshot from Journey shows two characters walking up a hill made of sand, with a giant mountain visible in the distance.

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Jenova Chen on how Shadow of the Colossus inspired Journey

An original illustration shows Wander and his horse Agro in front of 16 colossi in the background.

Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history

A Shadow of the Colossus screenshot shows a zoomed-in look at the masked face of the boss Quadratus.

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Extended Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido interview