Game Informer has been around since 1991, but earlier this month made a big change to how its subscription service works.
We welcome Simon Estey to the site because he needs everyone to know just how good the printed word is!
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Overcoming My Final Fantasy XIV Multiplayer Anxiety At PAX East
Bryan Lally hit PAX this year and during his time there discovered something wonderful.
Maybe the real Final Fantasy is finding new friends…
*gets yanked off stage by a shepherds stick*
If Alan Wake 2 Had Better Gameplay It Would Be A Worse Game
Everyone would enjoy Alan Wake 2 a whole lot less if its combat was good. Look into your heart and you’ll know this is true. If you have no heart, read this piece and let Brad Fresno (also heartless) explain.
I'M NO HERO | DEEP HELL'S HOW TO
Welcome to a new weekly feature here on startmenu, “DEEP HELL’S HOW TO”.
We kick things off with Skeleton examining Super MMOs and the curious case of City of Heroes
The Future Of Overwatch Esports - Game-Winning Teamkill Or Total Miss?
Earlier this week, after months of speculation and concern, Blizzard announced its future plans for Overwatch esport.
Tal takes a closer look to try to figure out how likely the OWCS is to succeed.
Hi-Fi Rush Coming To Switch Is Bad For Xbox, And You Really Shouldn’t Care
After the last few weeks of rumours and spectulation Eoghan Watters is here to reflect on why Hi-Fi Rush coming to Switch is bad for Xbox… That said, you really shouldn’t care.
Aric Leighton Needs You To Know Just How Good Pikmin 4 Was | Winter Spectacular 2023
Y’all here about these lil Pikmin dudes?
Because Aric Leighton REAAAALLY needs you to know just how good these lil dudes are.
The startmenu Awards 2023 | Winter Spectacular 2023
What a season. What a season.
2023 is almost over so the whole startmenu community came together to decide the honourable winners and, ummm, less honourable things worth talking about for the 3rd Annual startmenu Awards!
James Law's Game Of The Year Was... Crosswords | Winter Spectacular 2023
Sometimes gaming is at its best when you take the video out of video games.
startmenu co-founder James Law returns to the site to talk about the joy they found in crosswords this year.
Fanny Moreaux Highlights The Best Art X Video Games Collab | Winter Spectacular 2023
A lot of video game marketing can feel quite dry and familiar, so when publishers, developers and PR go the extra mile to create something artistic and involve the community it is worth celebrating.
Fanny Moreaux showcases some of the best and most interesting video game collaborations in 2023.
Anni Valkama Examines How the Games Industry Failed Its People In 2023 | Winter Spectacular 2023
2023 was full of great games but it hardly matters how good the games were when we have failed the people making them.
Anni Valkama tries to make sense of just what happened in this historically tumultuous year for workers in the game industry.
Jess Thomas' 2023 Game Of The Year? Skyrim | Winter Spectacular 2023
It’s been a year of phenomenal, groundbreaking, genre-redefining games. So what has Jess Thomas been playing?
Skyrim… Obviously.
Jumping Onto The Rocket Ship Mid-Orbit - Owen Trett's Vampire Survivors Experience | Winter Spectacular 2023
It feels like only yesterday Vampire Survivors entered early access, such has been its meteoric rise.
poncle’s video editor, Owen Trett, joins us to explain what it’s like being on the team, why people in the video game industry have such imposter syndrome, and other garlic behaviour.
Henry Stockdale’s Five Tips For Mentoring New Writers In Journalism | Winter Spectacular 2023
Breaking into the games media is hard, and we all want to help the next generation. But giving good advice is easier said than done, so Henry Stockdale gathered up some tips for would-be mentors this Winter season.
The startmenu Winter Spectacular 2023 starts right here!
PRIDE 2021: The Definitive List of Queer Video Game Characters - 2021 Edition
We’ve crossed the i’s and dotted the t’s, tabulated the numbers and analysed the results. Now Oma Keeling is here to reveal the only 10 gay video game characters as determined by science.
Cyberpunk 2077 on Consoles is a Disaster and Sony and Microsoft Need to Take Responsibility | Winter Spectacular 2020
I doubt you’ve heard because it’s a pretty small news story but that new Cyberpunk game is kinda busted. We welcome Najib Hassan to the site to explain why this problem is just as much Sony and Microsoft’s as it is CD Projekt Red’s.
Matthew Glenn, Ollie Luddy and Will Sawyer’s Tales From the Backlog | Winter Spectacular 2020
DO YOU LIKE MEANINGLESS AWARDS?! You’re on the internet so the answer is probably yes! Ollie, Matthew and Will hand out the first annual Backlog-ies and write a bit about the games from yesteryear that resonated the most in 2020.
Jason Coles and Self Care When Covering Video Games | Winter Spectacular 2020
Jason Coles is here to sit you down and tell you to take a rest. Hey, maybe you could play some Hades!
Diego Argüello's Advice for Setting Up a Gaming Website | Winter Spectacular 2020
Diego Argüello is a busy fellow and we’d be lying if we weren’t a little surprised that the EIC of Into The Spine has time for us, so take a look at his advice for setting up a website.
Damien Mason and Becoming a Journalist (That Also Gets to Talk About Video Games) | Winter Spectacular 2020
Breaking into video game journalism is tough (trust us we know). But don’t despair! Damien Mason is here to tell you how you can write about video games without being a games journalist.