Like many of history’s greatest ideas, Tetris came about quite unintentionally. Alexey Pajitnov was a software engineer at the Soviet Academy of Sciences in Moscow, tasked with testing a new type of ...

Since its creation 40 years ago, Tetris has remained a universal force in gaming. Perpetually iterated and reimagined, it’s considered to be the most ported game of all time — releasing in some form ...

After over 30 years, Tetris remains one of the most popular video games of all time, and Box Brown chronicles why in his new graphic novel, Tetris. Brown’s story jumps between two major threads, with ...

On this day, 30 years ago, during the height of the Cold War, a Russian programmer first released the code for a game he called Tetris. It would eventually cause a worldwide scramble for rights and ...

Tetris, the world's most successful game, is 30 years old today. Thanks to its simple and addictive gameplay, the massive popularity of the original Game Boy and mobile phones, an estimated 170 ...

This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK. Somewhere in Moscow in 1984, 29-year-old computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov sat at his work station, deep within a building called the Soviet Academy ...

"Tetris," the game where you have to manipulate falling blocks to create lines that are then cleared from the screen, is celebrating its 30th anniversary today. That's 30 years of yelling at the ...

Its graphics are simple, and its rules are straightforward: rotate fast-dropping puzzle pieces on your computer screen to fit together and create solid lines — which then disappear. Repeat ad ...

With a Tetris movie confirmed to be in the works, Game Rant takes a look at the history of the iconic puzzle game, and the incredible story of its development. Although the end product is not always ...