Matthew is a journalist in the news department at GameRant. He holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University and has been an avid gamer since 1985. Matthew formerly served as a ...

A spiritual successor to coin-operated gachapon machines, the best gacha games take the joy of capsule toys and implant it into live-service videogames where players wish on banners to pull their ...

Aleksandra began her adventure with games with… adventure games. As a child, she played the same titles over and over again, which were available on CDs included with magazines sold at newsstands.

After the wildly popular Gacha Gacha Exhibition in Marunouchi last July, Tokyo’s gacha enthusiasts were left with a gaping hole in their souls. But now the painful wait is finally over for all you ...

The gacha space in 2026 is bigger (and louder) than ever. If Genshin Impact is still the benchmark for “open-world gacha done right,” it’s also sparked a wave of games that chase different flavors: ...

TUCSON, Ariz.—Jotrisha Cook is on the hunt for clues. The 41-year-old hydraulic technician has spent hours riding her purple bicycle around this city in recent weeks, looking for hints of where Nancy ...

“The thought of suicide,” Nietzsche quips, “is a powerful comfort: it helps one through many a dreadful night.” Taking one’s own life is, of course, no laughing matter, and few, if any, of us can say ...

People in Niscemi struggle to comprehend loss of homes and businesses and feel disaster could have been avoided For days, the 25,000 residents of the Sicilian town of Niscemi have been living on the ...

Too often, horrible people get away with doing horrible things. It’s one of life’s mentally crippling truths that we’re reminded of in varying doses throughout adulthood. But last month, when the ...

Liberals are openly contemplating a leadership change after a Newspoll published in The Australian showed the Coalition slipping to a primary vote of 18 per cent, behind One Nation. Jane Hume said the ...