Console-free gaming may start with the cloud — but will need the edge
The video gaming world is bracing for a cloud-based, console-less future. By ditching expensive PCs and consoles, and making games accessible on the devices...
There’s serious potential in serious games
The world is being transformed by play. Serious games, or games that have a purpose beyond entertainment (not games that require serious effort to...
Your posture is killing you: What gamers should know about ergonomics
The video game industry is reaching more people than ever — but this also means that ergonomic issues and injuries will happen more often...
Fortnite’s black hole teases the future of entertainment
As audiences have embraced on-demand video services, algorithmic feeds, and an ever-growing number of digital “things to do,” our collective attentions have become hyper-fragmented....
3 problems studios face when developing games for famous IPs
Branding is a powerful thing. Back in 1976, Sega’s The Fonz arcade game was the first-ever licensed game. And ever since, games based on...
Why have hyper-casual games replaced gacha in Japan?
In 1999 — some 20 years before the birth of Apple’s App Store when mobile phone owners in the West could only play Snake...
You’re not Pokémon Go — don’t hammer AR into your mobile game
In 2018, mobile gaming accounted for over 74 percent of App Store revenue. With this gold rush comes a slew of new games, to...
VR’s creative potential requires creative controllers
Placing a pilot in the cockpit of an F-14 in the middle of a combat mission is about as difficult as it sounds –...
Accessibility finally matters to the game industry — but it needs to do better
Globally, 2.6 billion people spanning across geographical regions, generations, and socioeconomic backgrounds take part in digital gaming. This is a big portion of our...
AR is big — 5G will make it huge
From its humble beginnings at the arcade to its growth via consumer electronics in the 1980s and 1990s, gaming has gone through multiple phases...