The DeanBeat: Will your game company survive the zombie apocalypse?
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show in Los Angeles was full of glitzy press conferences (like Ubisoft’s, pictured above). So many...
Indie studio Thatgamecompany raises $5.5M to create magical games for wider audiences
The journey of indie game developer Thatgamecompany is about to get a lot more interesting. The maker of Journey, a big hit and highly...
“Games are not good enough for adults,” says Journey designer Jenova Chen
Journey director and Thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen thinks that most games lack the mature themes and depth required to appeal to adults.
Journey designer: PlayStation Network players “more likely to be interested in artistic games” than 360 or Wii
Journey lead designer Jenova Chen told GamesBeat why he prefers working with Sony. It has everything to do with the audience that he wishes to reach with his work.
Journey team loses one of its co-founders
Kellee Santiago, co-founder of Journey developer Thatgamecompany, has decided to leave the Santa Monica, Calif.-based game studio that she started with Jenova Chen, according...
How Thatgamecompany designed its new game, Journey
Kellee Santiago is co-founder and president of Thatgamecompany, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based game studio she started with Jenova Chen. After three years of work,...
Journey will take you into the cloudy heights of video game artistry (review)
Your first words when you start playing Journey, the new PlayStation Network game from Thatgamecompany, will be something like “Wow,” or “Cool!” From the...
An interview with Journey co-creator Jenova Chen (video)
We are still showing off all of the goodies we saw at the E3 trade show last week in Los Angeles, where 45,000 attendees...
VentureBeat’s photo gallery captures the noise of E3 2011 (part 1)
The only thing bad about an E3 photo gallery is that you can’t hear the sounds. E3, the video game industry’s trade show, is...