Music is an essential part of video games now. And as the video game market becomes populated with new releases, developers ...

You can forget a game’s plot faster than you’d like to admit. The villain’s motive gets fuzzy, the kingdom’s latest crisis starts blending into every other kingdom crisis, and that side character you ...

From the rising triumph of Snake Eater to the emotional heft of Unshaken in Red Dead Redemption 2, video game music has progressed far beyond the wildest dreams of the bleep and bloop pioneers. But a ...

From sweeping orchestral scores to retro mash-ups that trigger memories of fusty arcades, music can make the difference between a great game and an amazing one. It helps set the tone and carry the ...

This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. The snowballing intersection of music ...