Before smartphones turned everyone’s pocket into a gaming platform, handheld video game systems were revolutionary. These devices let players take their favorite games on the road long before Wi-Fi or ...

Three decades later, this classic RPG mechanic continues to inspire and influence some of the best games today.

The virtual game card feature for Nintendo Switch* and Nintendo Switch 2 systems adds some of the flexibility of physical game cards to your digital game library! If you have two systems, you can ...

These days even a lowly microcontroller can easily trade blows with – or surpass – desktop systems of yesteryear, so it is little wonder that DIY handheld gaming systems based around an MCU are more ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...