Super Lucky’s Tale dev Playful lays off a large portion of staff
Playful Corp. announced today that it is laying off a significant portion of its full-time staff today. The studio created Super Lucky’s Tale, a...
Playful Studios raises $23 million for spectator-enabled games
Playful Studios, the maker of the Lucky’s Tale series of games, has raised $23 million in funding from a wide variety of individual investors...
The hero of Super Lucky’s Tale may be Microsoft’s long-awaited mascot
Super Lucky’s Tale is a platform game that debuts on November 7, the same day that Microsoft is launching its Xbox One X game...
Albert Penello: Microsoft’s best pitch for the Xbox One X
If the Xbox One X turns out to be a popular holiday purchase this fall, you might credit a lady bug. The console costs...
Super Lucky’s Tale — hands-on with Microsoft’s new mascot
Microsoft hopes that it has a new mascot character with Lucky, the star of Super Lucky’s Tale. The game from Playful is a sequel...
Schell Games builds games that change players for the better
The video game industry is full of companies that make sequels and derivative titles. But Schell Games was started by game design professor Jesse...
Playful’s Paul Bettner is betting on both ‘flat screen games’ and VR
Paul Bettner had a good time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles last week. His McKinney,...