Music has had a vital role in video games for decades, both serving as beautiful set dressing for dramatic moments and, in the case of rhythm games, creating the backbone of a primary gameplay loop.

Megan (She/They) is a freelance journalist from the United Kingdom for the digital publication, Game Rant. She has been professionally writing gaming content for roughly four years now, since starting ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Everyone loves music, of course, but some people just ...

Just days into 2023, my podcast co-hosts and I fell into a discussion about rhythm games. In talking about the golden age of music games like Guitar Hero, we began to mourn for a genre that had ...

It is absolutely shocking to many as to how easily people can get addicted to music games. But, here is the secret about music lovers. Tunes and music compositions can be fun if you are tapping on ...

After graduating from the Osaka College of Music in 1988, Yoko Shimomura was torn between career paths. Classically trained since the age of 3 and raised in a family of piano players, Shimomura had ...

Video game music has come a long way, baby. Once an afterthought in terms of game design and overall pop-culture consciousness, video game music is now a legitimate industry of its own. Today, ...

TOKYO – Japanese arcades have long relied on shooting games and music games to draw in customers from the street. I suppose it was inevitable that the two would merge. Alongside the latest Japanese ...

The PlayStation LifeStyle “Best of 2015 Game Awards” keep on trucking along! Yesterday we announced the best racing game of 2015, a hot pursuit with four fantastic nominees battling hard for first ...

Music industry innovators are discovering the many growth opportunities that exist in the rapidly-growing games market. Artists are leveraging gaming spaces as a new way to release albums, launch ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...