There’s an addictive quality to Tetris — so addictive that in the Soviet Union, where it was created in 1984, the government blocked it from state computers because it was ruining productivity.

Enhance announced it's unlocking the secret 1984 and 1989 levels in Tetris Effect: Connected for a limited time in celebration of the release of the Tetris film on Apple TV+.

The recreation of the original 1984 Tetris on an Electronika 60 is quite striking — the monochrome presentation, the eerie lack of music, and the difference in objective (you aren’t tasked to ...

Pajitnov, who developed the first version of Tetris in 1984, was inspired by the puzzle game pentominoes, which involved piecing together certain shapes created by five squares.

A Russian computer scientist named Alexey Pajitnov invented Tetris in 1984. The game itself is very simple: The Tetris screen is composed of a rectangular game board with dropping geometric figures.

Slickly directed by Jon S. Baird (“Stan and Ollie”) from a strenuous, back-flipping script by Noah Pink, “Tetris” focuses not on how the game was invented — in 1984, by a genial Soviet ...

Tetris, which may or may not turn 40 this year, is unquestionably a classic, and it is getting a new release for its birthday. Tetris Forever includes 15 versions of Tetris plus a new "experience ...

Landmark Tetris titles through the ages. Not all spinning blocks are created equal. Here’s a lightning-fast Stuff guide to the Tetris games that really mattered. Tetris (Elektronika 60, 1984): The ...

Explore four decades of Tetris history with more than 15 games, including several classics making their debut outside Japan for the first time. Relive the origins from 1984 with a faithful ...

A 13-year-old gamer is thought to be the first person to ever beat Tetris – 40 years after it was invented. “Oh my god … I’m gonna pass out!” Willis Gibson gasped on a Dec. 21 livestream ...

Taron Egerton stars as real-life entrepreneur Henk Rogers in the upcoming Apple TV+ movie Tetris, out March 31. ... who first developed the game on an Electronika 60 in 1984.