ChinaJoy in pictures: A sexy, crazy, and uniquely Chinese gaming trade show
SHANGHAI — ChinaJoy, the big game trade show in Shanghai, is a vast visual feast celebrating all things gaming. It draws 250,000 people to Shanghai’s gigantic expo...
Autodesk’s Stingray may be a big threat to Unity and Unreal in the game-engine wars
Ask any game artist what they’re packing in their toolbox, and I guarantee the vast majority will name drop an Autodesk application. Being a...
Big developers betting on third-party engines for triple-A games
A new white paper by Unity Technologies, the creators of the Unity game engine, shows just how widespread the use of third-party engines for...
Distant Worlds conductor clarifies Final Fantasy XII remake statement
The composer for Square Enix’s Distant Worlds concert series has probably had an interesting couple of days. On Saturday, Arnie Roth mentioned a Final...
Twitch wants to reach gamers everywhere — and will livestream from several global gaming events
Twitch is also improving its global infrastructure.
New brain-training game could help schizophrenia sufferers
Researchers have created a mobile game to help support schizophrenia sufferers. The Wizard brain-training game is intended to boost episodic memory in people with...
Former Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei hired as consultant for Chinese game developer Youzu
SHANGHAI — Here’s a sign of the times. Nobuyuki Idei, former CEO of Sony and a man with a lot of clout, has been...
Final Fantasy XII remake or remaster is coming, according to Distant Worlds symphony conductor
It’s 2015, so that means we get our game news from caterers and Japanese voice actors. And now, you can add orchestra conductors to the...
Follow one Hearthstone player’s quest to reach Legend
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is about repetition. The pressure is on the player to learn and adapt. At the peak of the grind is the rank of “Legend,” which you from winning enough games to reach it in Ranked Mode.
Life Is Strange: Episode 4 is the game we’ve been waiting to play
The previous episode of developer Dontnod’s time-winding adventure game Life Is Strange left us on a bit of a downer. The one before that did,...