Tyler Shipley is an editor for Game Rant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

The PlayStation 2's meteoric journey to become the best-selling console of all time transformed not just gaming, but culture at large. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, God of War, and Metal Gear Solid 2 ...

The PlayStation 2 fulfilled its predecessor's potential and firmly established Sony as the biggest console manufacturer in the world. Even multiple generations later, the PS2 is still the best-selling ...

If you’re a gamer of a younger generation, it might be hard to truly fathom how big a deal the PlayStation 2 really was. Arriving six years after its predecessor shook the foundation of the industry, ...

Bandai Namco announced that it will sell keychains shaped like PlayStation and PS2 consoles, controllers, and memory cards in February 2026. These will be 350円 (~$2.40) each. They’ll be sold in blind ...

When it was released in 2000, few could have guessed that the PlayStation 2 would become the best-selling video game console of all time. Sony sold more than 160 million consoles and over 1.5 billion ...

Maddie Fisher is a writer, journalist and game developer. She was born and raised on the east coast, having started working in games journalism over fifteen years ago. She tends to enjoy musical ...

Sony’s follow-up to the groundbreaking PlayStation and second iteration of the hardware would go on to become the best-selling video game console of all time, with the PlayStation 2 moving upwards of ...

When the PlayStation 2 launched in 2002, demand was so massive that gamers lined up outside stores overnight just to be among the first to own one. Some waited since late evening, others camped ...

The PlayStation 2 has tons of tough games headlined by difficult boss fights, but these seven battles are the hardest of them ...

Until the 2000s, game consoles existed primarily to bring a bit of the gaming arcade experience to homes, providing graphical feats that the average home computer would struggle to emulate. By the ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...