Let's meet some of the greatest heroes in gaming.

Nicholas Turner is a writer on Game Rant. He’s also an avid consumer of comics, film, TV, theater, and—of course—video games. Struck by an affliction for loving stories as a young whippersnapper, ...

Gerardo is a marketing major and copywriter with over 4 years of experience. He fell in love with gaming as a toddler when his maternal grandmother bought him a Nintendo NES. Ever since then, he ...

Gacha games are a pretty contentious form of gaming, considering its entire model uses the same tricks and allures as real-life gambling. While there are plenty of gacha games these days with ...

There are over 161 FNAF characters within the universe, with some making small appearances in mini-games or full mainline titles. These five characters are only a sliver of what the series has brought ...

When we look back on the standout games of 2025 in the years to come, in many cases it’s as likely to be for the characters who populated them as it is for the greatness of their mechanics or level ...

The first Black video game characters were more stereotypes than … well, characters. Street Fighter II’s Dee Jay was probably seen as a course correction, but he might as well have been called Jammin’ ...

But more often than not, it’s the heroes and villains of a great game that stick with us the longest, persisting in cosplay, ...