Monolith is definitely a developer that has a lot of stylistic range. While in recent times they are probably best known for their work on the Lord of the Rings games Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014) and Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (2017), they have a long and varied history in making some creative and unique first-person shooter titles…

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins holds the honour of being something of a pioneer in the world of video games. Not only is it one of a trio of 1998 games that are credited with popularising the stealth genre in the modern gaming era (the other two being the also extremely well respected Metal Gear: Solid and Thief: The Dark Project), it also was the game that launched the team of Acquire into the gaming world…

The attention to detail and reality focused novels of Tom Clancy were perfectly captured in the video game adaption of Rainbow Six, the first video game to represent the ‘Tom Clancy’s’ brand; and the one that would establish the quality and tone that it would become known for in the future…

The PlayStation never really had an ‘official’ mascot in the same vein that Sonic was for Sega and that Mario was for Nintendo, but Crash Bandicoot definitely came close to filling that role. In some gamers’ eyes, he was the de-facto face of the PlayStation…

While most people are probably familiar with 1999’s Pokemon Stadium, they might not know that it was actually a sequel to the original 1998 Pocket Monsters’ Stadium which never saw release outside of Japan…