Make a good game — worry about transmedia later
Jon Goldman has some advice for indie developers who are trying to manufacture transmedia IP from the get-go: Don’t. Transmedia is the intersection of...
Nintendo’s Miyamoto explains how Illumination won Mario movie rights
As part of the Question and Answer section of Nintendo’s investor call following its fiscal results briefing on February 1, someone asked Shigeru Miyamoto...
Twitch will launch its livestreamer game show Stream On in March
Twitch announced today that it’s debuting Stream On, its first game show for livestreamers on its platform. Up to 14 competitors will be asked...
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...