Most definitions of the historical fiction genre encompass any piece of media that presents a fictional plot in a real-world ...

Both of these games share a lot of DNA, playing it fast and loose with the historical accuracy aspect, which is largely sacrificed for entertainment. Examples of this include a greater diversity ...

Norse: Oath of Blood combines Manor Lords, XCOM 2, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla into an ambitious new Viking tactics and ...

A notable number of highly anticipated AAA games coming in 2025 are opting for something in between imagined worlds and reality: Historical fiction games will be big in the coming year.

Capcom has been on a roll with resurrecting its best franchises, and its latest attempt is Onimusha. Onimusha: Way of the ...

While we await the Nintendo Switch 2 and the new slate of games it may bring this year, studios have cranked out surprising hits ranging from cooperative platformers to historical epics.

Shadows’ game world is a ravishingly vivid portrait ... But there’s a deeper point still regarding the nature of historical fiction. While it goes without saying that historicity is a crucial ...

And while betting on literary prizes is something of a fool’s game, odds are both lists ... Adapted from Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon, by ...