James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Scott Baird is a Contributor at DualShockers with over a decade of experience writing about video games, board games, and tabletop RPGs. He has been writing professionally since 2013 and covering ...

A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

One of the most terrifying horror games to release at the beginning of the 21st century, Fatal Frame 2 is finally getting its own remake 23 years after the original game was released. It was back in ...

Just how much should you change when remaking a beloved cult classic? It’s a difficult question, as any approach comes with its own drawbacks. Simply sprucing up the visuals and little else risks you ...

Where Resident Evil and Silent Hill put their own spin on distinct subgenres of American horror media, the Fatal Frame series has always fit snugly into the J-horror wave, led by films like The Ring ...

A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

Originally released for PlayStation 2 in 2003, Fatal Frame II has a deserved reputation as one of the scariest horror video games ever made. It was remade once before on the Nintendo Wii, which added ...

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake doesn't open with a jump scare; it opens in a trance. As Mio, you watch helplessly as a crimson butterfly lures your twin sister, Mayu, into a fog-covered ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. George Yang is a critic covering Japanese and Western games. Jan 30, 2026, 06:09pm EST This voice experience is generated by AI.

It’s hard to believe that it has been nearly twenty-five years since the original Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly first graced the PlayStation 2. Arguably the golden age of horror games, Fatal Frame ...

The narrative kicks off immediately with twin sisters Mio and Mayu Amakura spending time in a forest they once visited as children, before mysteriously finding themselves spirited away to a ghostly ...