Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Janina Gavankar straddles being a fan, an actress, and a gamer
Janina Gavankar didn’t grow up playing games, as she had a strict upbringing. But in her 20s, she became what she calls a “super-fan...
Wonderstorm is a new TV and game studio from League of Legends and Uncharted 3 vets
You could make a Netflix Original series, or you could make a video game — or if you’re newly minted studio Wonderstorm, you make...
Octorock gives some of Zelda’s best songs a metal twist
The Legend of Zelda has some of the best music in gaming. It’s melodic, epic, and memorable. It also works pretty well when translated...
Hulu plans to make a Hitman television series with ‘John Wick’ creator
Hulu wants to hire Agent 47 for a hit … TV series. Developer IO Interactive has made a dead with production company Fox 21...
Game Boss interview: Zoe Quinn’s Crash Override Network fights online abuse
As we noted in part one of our interview, Zoe Quinn endured an appalling amount of Internet hatred related to the Gamergate controversy. In response, she...
District 9 director Neill Blomkamp makes two sci-fi film shorts with Unity
Neill Blomkamp, the Academy Award-nominated director of District 9, has taken a film created with the Unity Technologies game engine and made a couple...
Nielsen: Esports fans follow an average of 5.7 games
Nielsen has been a trusted researcher of television habits for decades, and now it has begun to explore the popularity of esports. In its...
Discovery Tour by Assassin’s Creed takes fans to ancient Egypt — without the assassinations
Ubisoft‘s game developers did such a good job building the world of ancient Egypt for their upcoming game, Assassin’s Creed Origins, that the company...
Nvidia cuts Shield TV to $180 ahead of Apple TV launch
Nvidia said today it is taking preorders for a $180 Shield TV set-top box with 16 gigabytes of memory. That’s about $20 off the...
Tomb Raider reboot trailer drops as industry hopes video game movies finally find an audience
It might surprise you to know that the most successful movie based on a video game at the U.S. box office was the 2001...