Articles by Alex Van Aken

In this special travel vlog, Game Informer’s Alex Van Aken and Brian Shea tour Super Nintendo World while visiting Osaka, Japan. The pair show off everything the park offers, including Peach’s Cas…

In this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew reacts to the big reveals from The Game Awards, including such hits as Death Stranding 2, Hades II, Armored Core VI: Fires…

Earlier this year, I flew to Los Angeles to learn about the making of Mina The Hollower, Yacht Club Games’ new Game Boy Color-inspired follow-up to Shovel Knight. Following the studio’s successful…

This week on The Game Informer Show, Kyle Hilliard steps in as guest host while Alex Van Aken is busy working on secret projects. Brian Shea joins to share his experience with Marvel’s Midnig…

As part of our exclusive Street Fighter 6 cover story, we’re showing off high-level developer matches captured by Capcom’s Fighting Team. These matches feature some of the company’s best players c…

In this exclusive behind-the-scenes interview, lead composer Yoshiya Terayama gives us an inside look at the making of Ninja Pop Star, newcomer Kimberly’s character theme in Street Fighter 6,…

In this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew shares its Pokémon Violet launch impressions, breaks down the list of The Game Awards nominees, and discusses our latest game r…

As part of this month’s cover story, we ask director Takayuki Nakayama and producer Shuhei Matsumoto 118 rapid-fire questions about Street Fighter 6 in this exclusive interview. We cover the serie…

In this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew gathers to talk about our Street Fighter 6 cover story and our trip to visit Capcom in Osaka, Japan. Additionally, we discuss o…