Inside Square Enix’s Tokyo HQ: the house that Final Fantasy built
Square Enix’s mission is to spread happiness across the globe with unforgettable experiences. The Japanese company has done that with the Final Fantasy series,...
Former White House games adviser joins board of Games for Change
Games for Change, a nonprofit group advocating video games for social impact, has announced three new board members, including Mark DeLoura, a former senior...
After a decade of waiting, you can watch the opening moments of The Last Guardian
The Last Guardian has been in the works at Gen Design and Sony’s Japan Studio for a decade. It finally hits retail Tuesday on...
Native ads generate clicks at up to 40 percent higher rate than other mobile ads
When it comes to clicking on mobile ads and spending money in mobile games, native ads come out on top. In fact, user-acquisition campaigns...
Square Enix’s mocap studio can capture and display an actor’s movements in real time
TOKYO — Video games like Final Fantasy XV have stunningly realistic visuals of human faces and bodies. Drawing those kinds of images by hand and animating...
How Nokia broke into virtual reality with its Ozo camera
Nokia has been searching for new businesses to break into ever since it retreated from the smartphone business. And after a few years of...
The DeanBeat: The gaming world is flat, but you can tilt it in your direction
TOKYO – I’m third-generation Japanese-American. My grandparents came from Japan as farmers about 100 years ago. I considered it an honor to be able...
Dauntless is a free-to-play take on Monster Hunter from ex-BioWare and Riot devs
Phoenix Labs is coming out of stealth mode with the announcement of a new science fiction role-playing game called Dauntless. The PC game comes...
How Montreal’s Behaviour Interactive moved up the food chain from outsourcing to making original games
Game developers usually go through an evolution, growing from a tiny amoeba to a complex organism. That’s the case with Behaviour Interactive, a 24-year-old game...
PlayFab raises $3.1 million for back-end service for game developers
PlayFab announced it has raised $3.15 million in a second round of funding for its infrastructure for connected PC and mobile games. The company...