A new clip from FPS: First Person Shooter, an upcoming documentary about the rise of the genre with words from more than 45 well-known developers, showcases the origins of Wolfenstein 3D.

In this excerpt from Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense, Julian and designers from publisher MicroProse UK reveal how the atmosphere of the game (known as UFO: Enemy Unknown in the UK) added even more tension to the blink-and-you’re-dead tactical gameplay.

From Adventure and Minesweeper to Age of Empires and Halo and beyond, explore Microsoft's history in the PC and video game industries. Based on over 100 hours of interviews.

Complete script for "Green Machine: Launching the Xbox," a 30-minute feature production scripted and directed by David L. Craddock and produced by Shacknews.com.

Following a disastrous showing at E3 and posttraumatic stress stemming from 9/11, Microsoft's Xbox team pushes forward to launch its premiere game console. A 30-minute documentary produced by Shacknews chronicling the launch of the original Xbox game console.

In the home stretch to release the original Xbox, Microsoft developers find themselves in an America forever changed by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Developers from Amazon Games, Techland, Behaviour Interactive, and more discuss the pros and cons of making games during a global pandemic.

You all know Carmen Sandiego, but do you know about her most obscure caper? Back in 1989 – somewhere between her jetsetting adventures Where in Europe and her chrono-conquest in Where in Time, Carmen took an odd detour to the Peace Garden State – North Dakota.

Developers share memorable moments and behind-the-scenes stories in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Daybreak Game Company's groundbreaking MMORPG.

Kitchen gritted his teeth. His replica of the construction site, Donkey Kong's first level, was almost perfect. Steel girders, a flaming barrel, a little man in red-and-blue overalls, an ape at the top. There was just one glaring, maddening difference. His platforms refused to bend. That was going to be a problem.

Back then, game companies basically dumped an arcade machine in your lap and said "good luck."

Two engineers from Midway pulled their truck up to an arcade, threw open the shutter door, and rolled out a plain black cabinet. They wheeled it into the cool, dimly lit den of flashing screens and plugged it in near two of Capcom’s Street Fighter 2 machines. Then they waited. “It was like stepping into a ring against Mike Tyson at his prime. But, we flipped the switch and sat back and watched,” said John Tobias, co-creator of Mortal Kombat.

E3 2019: Shacknews Long Reads Editor David L. Craddock interviews Arcade1Up's Aaron Wade, Director of PR, about the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Marvel Super Heroes arcade cabinets.

24 'Til Launch is a new, recurring series of documentary-style videos created, scripted, and edited by the Shacknews staff. Each video goes behind the scenes to follow developers in the hours before a game’s launch. The inaugural 24 'Til Launch was shot over May 7 and 8 at this year at Obsidian Entertainment in Irvine, CA, ahead of the release of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

From the Sword Coast to the Deadfire archipelago, Beneath a Starless Sky explores the making of the Infinity Engine RPGs, the history of Black Isle Studios, and the development of Obsidian Entertainment's Pillars of Eternity franchise.

Welcome to the inaugural Shacknews Long Table, a recurring video series where Shacknews editors host panel-type discussions with developers. On the afternoon that Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire went live to the delight of CRPG fans around the world, I hosted a discussion with seven developers from Obsidian Entertainment. For nearly an hour and a half, we talked the ingredients that define a roleplaying game made by the studio regardless of sub-genre or theme, the status of Infinity Engine-style RPGs such as Pillars of Eternity, and settings the developers would love to tackle in future projects.

Based on interviews with the developers, Rocket Jump explores the making of the Quake franchise, the culture that simultaneously shaped and fractured creator id Software, and other developers whose creativity defined an era.