Tetris Effect review — Video games get their Kuleshov effect
In the early part of the 20th century, Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov did a series of experimental movies to determine where viewers draw meaning...
Battlefield V has a moving prologue for its War Stories
Battlefield V got a negative reaction from a small, vocal segment of fans when it depicted a woman warrior on its cover instead of...
The RetroBeat: Why Blizzard is remastering Warcraft III — and what it’s changing
Warcraft III is one of the greatest real-time strategy games of all time, and its rich story and memorable characters set the foundation for...
Disney’s big Millennium Falcon ride faces a classic game design problem: balancing difficulty
Disney is working on one of the biggest projects in its theme park history. Galaxy Edge is the Star Wars-themed land that’s coming to Disneyland...
FitXR raises $1.25 million to encourage fitness with VR boxing
FitXR has raised $1.25 million in funding to encourage people to get exercise through virtual reality fitness games such as Box VR. Earlier this...
Pagan Online is Wargaming’s first foray into Diablo’s turf
Wargaming is known more for its battleships and tanks than it is for swords and sorcery. But that’s about to change, as the publisher...
Nexon makes strategic investment in Patrick Söderlund’s Embark Studios
Asian online gaming giant Nexon made a strategic investment in Embark Studios, a new game-development company that former Electronic Arts and DICE executive Patrick Söderlund founded....
Singular: Mobile marketers waste money by spending at wrong times
Mobile marketers are promoting apps on their own timetables, not on consumer readiness, and the result is wasted time, effort, and money, according to...
SuperData: Players who pay for subscriptions spend 45% more on games
Market research firm SuperData reported that gamers who pay for subscriptions spend about 45 percent more for games than non-subscribers. That’s one reason why...
Square Enix’s sales are down despite Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Octopath Traveler
Despite the release of some big games, Square Enix reported that net sales were down 15 percent in the six months ending on September...