You know that feeling when you boot up a favorite game from your childhood and realize it… hasn’t aged quite as gracefully as your nostalgic brain remembered? That’s where the current remake boom ...

If there’s a single trend that’s dominated all of media in the last decade, it’s trying to harness nostalgia. Disney has endlessly pursued the idea with live-action remakes and trying to recapture ...

New data shows how much more popular remakes are compared to remasters, and why they’ll always be relatively rare. One common critique of modern video game trends is the industry’s obsession with ...

Reloaded were popular downloads last year. It's no secret that video game remakes and remasters continue to be popular, but just how many were downloaded in 2025? According to new research by Sensor ...

What are the qualities of a good video game remake? Once upon a time, it was enough for a remake to simply update something with modern graphics. But as the games industry has evolved, so have tastes ...

Video game remakes have become much more commonplace over the past decade, with just about every major publisher around looking to bring back their biggest games in a new way. While some remakes pale ...

Video game remakes are abundant and have been ever more prevalent in recent years. Arcade and classic retro games are remade all the time. It’s an excellent method of preservation, especially with ...

When it comes to video game remakes, fans always have a number in the back of their minds that they want to come out. It took over a decade of waiting from random teases, but the Final Fantasy 7 ...

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