Paradox sells over 500,000 copies of WWII grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV
Paradox has created another hit by giving its audience the in-depth strategy war game it craves. Hearts of Iron IV has surpassed half a...
The Legend of Zelda escape room struggles to adapt the classic game
At the Social Hall at The Regency Center in San Francicso Monday night, I tried out a press preview of Scrap Entertainment’s Zelda-inspired room escape: Defenders of the Triforce. So-called room escapes — where people are locked in a room and given a time limit to solve puzzles and escape — are booming around the country.
How HTML5 instant games could disrupt the app stores in 2017
The app stores for Android and iOS have dominated the landscape for years, creating a lot of challenges for game makers who want to get...
What Ubisoft learned from its first virtual reality games
GB: Now that you have all this learning, what comes next? Is there a second wave of games on the way? Votypka: Right now...
Horizon: Zero Dawn joins Uncharted and God of War as an iconic Sony franchise
It turns out a girl with a bow and arrow can do alright for herself in a world filled with giant killer robots. Horizon:...
Inside an IMAX virtual reality arcade
We don’t know yet if VR arcades in the United States are going to find success, but it is looking like IMAX VR is...
Data-driven versus intuition-driven game design
Question: Fundamental question — how do you measure fun? Any design process that requires iteration has a feedback mechanism. But if you use time...
Nintendo dominated Super Bowl gaming buzz
This report is a bit of a “Switch” since Nintendo is the only console brand to make our top five chart this time around....
Turkish couple pursues the indie mobile game dream with Escher-like Hocus
I always like the fairy tale that tells me that games can be made anywhere by anybody. While walking the streets of Berlin after...
FanFit Gaming makes loot by gamers, for gamers
Whether you’re a Twitch streamer or a noob, you can probably appreciate the loot from FanFit Gaming. The Toronto-based company has come out with...