How Creative Assembly tried to make Halo Wars 2 more accessible on Xbox One Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 19, 2017 9 min Microsoft has a lot riding on Halo Wars 2, a real-time strategy exclusive that debuts on the Xbox One and Windows on February 21.... Continue Reading 9 min
How Bruce Shelley brought a board gamer’s view into designing Civilization Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 25, 2016 12 min Before he worked on Civilization with legendary game designer Sid Meier, Bruce Shelley was a board game designer at companies such as Avalon Hill.... Continue Reading 12 min
Age of Empires devs modernize the RTS genre with faster gameplay — and giant mechs Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes March 16, 2015 6 min Half of BonusXP's team are real-time strategy vets from Ensemble Studios. Continue Reading 6 min
Another ex-Ensemble mobile game startup, BonusXP, comes out of stealth (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 19, 2012 2 min BonusXP is coming out of stealth today as a new mobile game studio, founded by a team whose members come from Zynga’s Bonfire Studios,... Continue Reading 2 min
Microsoft veteran starts PeopleFun mobile game startup (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 17, 2012 2 min Game industry legend Tony Goodman, the co-creator of Age of Empires, is launching a new mobile game startup today called PeopleFun. Continue Reading 2 min