The game industry is still in the raising ‘awareness’ phase of helping climate change
One of the biggest impacts that media can have on environmentalism is spreading awareness that can then lead to practical action such as legislation....
COVID-19 could accelerate the ‘maturity of Chinese players’ in the free-to-play market
The free-to-play market is gigantic worldwide, including the hundreds of millions of players within China. Nielsen’s SuperData Research Group found that free-to-play games revenue...
IGDA executive director: Subscription game services ‘make a lot of sense’ in a pandemic
Apple made waves when it launched its Arcade subscription service in September, releasing exclusive games like Grindstone and Mini Motorways to Apple device users...
International Game Developers Association: Nonprofits ‘scrambling’ for funding amid pandemic
Since the COVID-19 pandemic worsened in early March, the game industry has seen some growth. Sales for many studios and publishers have increased due...
Immortals CEO Ari Segal: The digital experience is at the ‘core of esports’
The majority of esports leagues have moved their competitions online over the last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes marquee events such...
Jam City’s Josh Yguado: Games are the center of the entertainment universe
Jam City president Josh Yguado believes that games have become the center of the entertainment universe. His Los Angeles company would know, as it sits...
Why the television writers’ room has come to game development
Game development is a time-intensive and complicated machine. And studios are always looking for anything to improve the efficiency of that process. That’s why...
Game companies planning for up to 1TB-per-second bandwidth on ocean cables
It’s not news that esports is a global phenomenon. With its roots in StarCraft and PC bangs in South Korea and shooters and LAN...
Dead Space ideas came from game-design team’s ‘horror competition’
At one point during Issac Clark’s adventure on the USG Ishimura, a giant tentacle grabs him. As the player, you launch a desperate assault...
Thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of Light strives to turn strangers into friends
When you want to watch a movie with someone, you usually ask them what kind of film they’re in the mood to see. If...