Bungie took a big chance when it chose to reset three years of progress and start all players, new and returning alike, at ground zero for “Destiny 2.”

I’ve cried in many a game, but no game ever coerced my tears so well as Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.

Harmonix has made an indelible mark on pop culture, but 10 years after its heyday, the creator of “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” is still looking for its next big hit.

Selling a bunch of my old games a few weeks back made me realize how much more deliberate I have become in what I choose to buy these days.

When Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Ubisoft co-founder Yves Guillemot took the stage at E3, it was an unexpected sight for an unusual collaboration. Standing back to back, they held blasters and promoted a crossover game called “Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.”

When you consider that my favorite parts of Persona all involve ludicrous Japanese high school life simulations (everyone loves a cultural festival), it’s kind of surprising that I’ve never talked about the Yakuza series, the definitive Japanese gangster life simulation.

Although Nathan Drake has sailed into the sunset, that doesn’t mean the “Uncharted” series is over. Naughty Dog found one more treasure-hunting story to tell.

Among the hot takes I didn’t expect to see in our post-Charlottesville world is that all of this — these racist, neo-Nazi rallies for Confederate values and heroes amidst violence, fury and death — can be traced back to Gamergate.

In a seemingly never-ending sea of shooters, it’s important to stand out above the pack, especially for a new studio like Boss Key Productions. “LawBreakers” has the benefit of the Cliff Bleszinski pedigree, but it still faces an uphill battle of standing out above a packed field.

One of the most frequent complaints about Final Fantasy XII is its protagonist, Vaan, and how just about everyone hates him.