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Summer video games could keep us away from the sun for hours
People love summer for a variety of reasons — swimming pools, barbecues, running around half-naked on a beach
Top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store: Week ending March 20, 2016
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store for the week ending March 20, 2016.
For virtual reality creators, motion sickness a real issue
If the controls and movement in a traditional video game aren’t natural, it’s merely annoying to players.
Crazy popular ‘Rocket League’ started out as a happy accident
Dave Hagewood didn’t set out to create the next big thing in electronic sports.
DICE Summit a chance for game creators to recharge, reflect
By Derrik J. Lang AP Entertainment Writer LAS VEGAS — For elite members of the video game industry, the D.I.C.E. Summit isn’t merely a chance to schmooze at the poker […]
Realistic artificial intelligence can make games – or break them
By Marco Santana Orlando Sentinel (TNS) ORLANDO, Fla. — As Central Florida’s video-game community enters the virtual-reality era, specialists and artists who can create fantasy worlds will be in higher […]
YouTube sensation PewDiePie launches his own network
By David Pierson Los Angeles Times Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg, the wildly popular YouTube star once called the “emperor” of the Internet by late-night comedian Stephen Colbert, is getting his own […]
Video games are hot but playing to the same old crowd. Where’s the future?
By Todd Martens Los Angeles Times The newest “Call of Duty” title raked in $550 million globally in its first three days on the market, a figure that its publisher, […]
‘Call of Duty’ meet ‘Candy Crush’: A look at game mergers
By Derrik J. Lang AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — Activision’s deal unveiled Tuesday to acquire “Candy Crush” publisher King Entertainment for $5.9 billion eclipses several recent video game industry […]
IndieCade 2015: New games get all touchy-feely
By Todd Martens Los Angeles Times Kissing. Sex. Breakups. Games today are getting emotional — and sometimes even sexy. “Cibele” tracks an online-to-real-life relationship, complete with clumsy Internet flirting and […]
YouTube seeks game-fan fees
By Paresh Dave Los Angeles Times With a seemingly infinite supply of free-to-watch videos, YouTube usage is huge, and still growing fast — nearly 20 percent annually in the U.S. […]
Analysis: Geeks are the new overlords. Great. Now can we get over ourselves?
By Todd Martens Los Angeles Times There was a time when liking video games was seen as some sort of abnormality. Once, knowing one’s way around a console controller was […]
For women, more time in the spotlight at E3
By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — It seems the Electronic Entertainment Expo is no longer a man’s world. During this year’s video game extravaganza, a variety […]
Sony’s ‘Uncharted 4,’ ‘Last Guardian’ capture E3 attention
By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — Nathan Drake is back in action. Sony capped off its game-filled Electronic Entertainment Expo briefing Monday night with a bullet-riddled […]
Ubisoft’s ‘Ghost Recon,’ ‘For Honor’ unveiled at E3
By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — Ubisoft debuted a trio of new games at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The video game publisher unveiled the superhero-themed follow-up […]
E3 this year will admit thousands of fans
By Brian Crecente Tribune News Service This year’s E3 will include a first for the 20-year-old annual international gaming convention in LA: limited public access. While E3 has traditionally been […]
Games in development boast a backdrop of cultural exploration
By Todd Martens Los Angeles Times Quotes from T.S Eliot and Theodore Roosevelt aren’t the texts one expects to see in the middle of a video game, but “The Flame […]
For marketers, e-sports enticing to reach millennials
By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — The latest ally in competitive gaming’s fight for mainstream awareness just might be marketers. At an intimate, invite-only […]
Valve makes all the right moves in all the wrong ways
By Rory Appleton The Fresno Bee The shoe finally fell off Valve’s heavily cloaked foot. The company, creator of the wildly popular digital PC gaming distributor Steam and a few […]
U.S. Department of Education: The future of education includes video games in classrooms
By Brian Crecente Tribune News Service A lot of modern students spend as much time playing video games as they do attending school, according to research by the University of […]
New video game releases
Check out this week’s new video game releases: “Tower of Guns,” “Xenoblade Chronicles 3D,” “Dead Synchronicity,” “I Am Bread” and “Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones.”
New video game releases
Check out this week’s new video game releases: “MLB ’15: The Show,” “Neverwinter,” “PaperBound,” “Rack n’ Ruin” and “Axiom Verge.”
Gaming industry needs to evolve to reel in new players, experts say
By Todd Martens Los Angeles Times Women and minorities are ignored. Prices are too high. Games are too long and too difficult. These aren’t the complaints of disgruntled consumers but […]
Jerk cats, furniture assembly and subway systems: How gaming is making the mundane fun
By Brian Crecente Tribune News Service As video games continue to soak into all aspects of modern society, often eyes are on how some form of gaming is become a […]
New video game releases
Check out this week’s new video game releases: “White Night,” “Helldivers,” “OlliOlli 2,” “Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars” and “Resident Evil: Revelations 2: Episode 2.”
