The Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars fan service, recycled plots, and nostalgia are strong with this one
Spoiler Alert: I’ve just watched The Rise of Skywalker at a theater in France, where new movies are released a day early. What follows...
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — The beginning of a compelling journey
I have begun my journey as a padawan. And it’s fun. I’ve played the beginning of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, the new video...
Chris DeWolfe interview: Jam City bets on Disney Frozen 2 collaboration
Jam City is one of the big survivors in the mobile game business, and it has a big presence in the Culver City area...
Jam City launches Disney Frozen Adventures mobile game
It’s time to let it go. Jam City is launching its Disney Frozen Adventures mobile game in advance of the November 22 launch of...
The DeanBeat: Gaming is still at the mercy of larger forces
The week was thick with gaming news, so some folks may not have noticed that Playtika, the Tel Aviv-based social casino games company, is...
The RetroBeat: Digital Eclipse revisits (and maybe improves) Aladdin for Genesis
I love retro video games (hence this column’s existence). I also love Disney. Yes, I’m one of those folks, the person who would karaoke...
Osmo and Disney create AI-based children’s drawing app for Frozen 2
Osmo and Disney are unveiling Super Studio Frozen 2, a drawing app that uses artificial intelligence and Disney characters. The learning application is part...
The DeanBeat: After all these years, Hollywood still doesn’t get games
NBCUniversal made a big mistake this week by deciding to shut down the game publishing business that Chris Heatherly spent almost three years building....
Disney’s Aladdin and Lion King 16-bit collection is real
A leak from GameStop on Tuesday suggested that a collection of some of Disney‘s most popular 16-bit games would be coming, and now this...
The Void teases Marvel, Sony VR experiences
The Void recently opened its new San Francisco location and in an interview the chief creative officer Curtis Hickman teased upcoming VR experiences from Marvel...