A full decade before popular female leads like Lara Croft and Jill Valentine became mainstays of gaming, Samus Aran, the badass bounty hunter of the Metroid Series, made waves when her pixilated ...

In the pantheon of video game icons, few characters boast the enduring legacy of Samus Aran, the interstellar bounty hunter at the heart of Nintendo’s Metroid series. Since her debut in 1986, Samus ...

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is officially here, and while most players are still plumbing its depths, an all-time classic power scaling conundrum has bubbled to the surface once again: Master Chief vs.

Samus Aran vs. Master Chief: Both are genetically enhanced super-humans wearing a full-body armored suit. One has ballistic weapons and explosive grenades. One uses particle beams and morphing ...

Blaise Santi is a recent graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts majoring in Dramatic Writing. He's had experience writing not only for screen and stage, but also for sketch and late-night. His ...

Since this franchise title makes up one half of the inspiration for the genre term “metroidvania,” you probably already know what a typical 2D Metroid game looks like, but I’ll break it down anyway.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is intended as both a continuation and a new start for the long dormant franchise. Though Nintendo has never quite said it ...