In afterglow of E3 show, WHO labels compulsive game playing an addiction
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that “gaming disorder” will appear in a new draft of the organization’s International Classification of Diseases, a compendium...
Battlefield V clicked for me because its movement finally feels right
I have never loved a Battlefield game. One of the biggest barriers for me was always character movement. Getting around — especially clambering through...
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick: ‘I’m charged with making hard decisions’
Strauss Zelnick is very efficient with his answers. When I interviewed the CEO of Take-Two Interactive last week at the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3),...
PUBG creator Brendan Greene spells out the year ahead in battle royale
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is changing the world of gaming with nearly 100 million daily players. But creator Brendan Greene and PUBG Corp. development head Taeseok Jang are...
Wattam hands-on — explosions and dancing poop bring the world together
No one but Keita Takahashi could make a game like Wattam. He’s known for Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, and his newest project sports his...
Déraciné hands-on: From Software can also do beautiful, thoughtful VR
If you told me a week ago that From Software, the legendary developer behind the Dark Souls series and Bloodborne were making a PSVR...
What Alienware has learned from 10 years of esports
Frank Azor cofounded Alienware more than two decades ago, and so he had the look of a grizzled veteran at the Electronic Entertainment Expo...
How Facebook is stepping up its plans to immediately gratify gamers
Facebook isn’t a game company, but it knows a lot about games and gamers. During last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big video...
How Darrell Gallagher plans to build Microsoft’s The Initiative studio in Santa Monica
Microsoft made news this week as it announced it was buying four game development studios and opening a fifth. That’s part of the company’s...
At E3 2018, too many companies ruined their own shots at the spotlight
For decades, a game theory called the “prisoner’s dilemma” has explained why people who work together do better overall than those who scheme against...