Game investor Phil Harrison sees the broader view of games beyond Sony and Microsoft
Phil Harrison was probably the tallest person at the Gamelab gaming event in Barcelona, Spain, this week. And that, along with his decades of...
Richard Garriott to get top honors at Gamelab event in Barcelona
Richard Garriott, Ultima creator and astronaut, will receive the top honor at the Spanish Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ Gamelab event in Barcelona....
Spain’s MercurySteam goes indie with Raiders of the Broken Planet
Spanish game studio MercurySteam Entertainment has been making console and PC games since the early 2000s. Its credits include the failed American McGee Presents:...
The DeanBeat: The high tide for powerful storytelling in games
Storytelling in games feels like it’s at a high tide. After playing Naughty Dog’s masterful Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, I felt like I...
John Romero isn’t done with the first-person shooter genre he helped create
John Romero made a name for himself in game development as one of the original creators of Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake. He helped establish...
How computing legend David Braben schemed to create Elite: Dangerous and Raspberry Pi
David Braben became a gaming legend in the 1980s with the creation of Elite, a 3D space exploration game in the 1980s. He went...
16-year-old game maker’s fourth company teaches kids to code
At 16, Jordan Casey is a little young to be giving back. But he’s doing it anyway. This Irish game developer is on his...
Eidos founder Ian Livingstone is driving the U.K. to teach games in schools
Ian Livingstone is one of the founding fathers of games in the United Kingdom. He cofounded Games Workshop in 1975 and launched Dungeons &...
Telltale’s Dan Connors never gets tired of a good interactive story
Disclosure: The organizers of Gamelab paid my way to Barcelona. Our coverage remains objective. Telltale Games has always focused on interactive storytelling in its...
Game developers revive Sissyfight as an open-source online game about sexism
The original creators seek to relaunch Sissyfight as an online multiplayer game.