September 2, 2019
Third of Iran’s Gamers Are Women, Yet They Still Face Gaming Bans
About 35 percent of Iran’s estimated video game players are women, but they still face bans from gaming centers and…
Category: Video Games
August 30, 2019
Pre-Orders Open Soon For Nostalgia-Fueled Handheld
There’s a new handheld going up for pre-order next week that promises to deliver collections of Atari, Data East, Namco,…
August 29, 2019
Singapore Minister Says Loot Boxes Need New Laws
Video game loot boxes are novel gambling products designed to draw in a younger audience and officials around the world…
August 29, 2019
‘Reigns’ Gets Boardgame Kickstarter
Some of the people behind popular mobile strategy game “Reigns” launched a Kickstarter Thursday for a board game version of…
August 28, 2019
‘Dead Cells’ Hits iOS, Still No Date For Android
Colorful permadeath sidescrolling hack-and-slash “Dead Cells” is now available on iOS, publisher Playdigious announced Wednesday. The Motion-Twin-published winner of just…
July 6, 2019
Magic Leap: Founder of Secretive Start-Up Unveils Mixed-Reality Goggles
Magic Leap revealed a mixed reality headset that it believes reinvents the way people will interact with computers and reality.…
July 2, 2019
Inside the Disarray Facing the Video Game Organization Behind E3
The video game association that conceived the industry’s national ratings system, handles all lobbying efforts and runs the massive annual…
July 1, 2019
How ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Is Changing the Way the World Experiences Music
For four days earlier this year the Black Madonna vanished, slipping away between sets at Coachella and an appearance at…
November 30, 2018
Spacewar!: Birth of the Game Industry
It was a pilgrimage of sorts. Some of the biggest, most established names in the nearly $140 billion game industry…
November 17, 2018
‘The Walking Dead’ Video Games: An Oral History
“The Walking Dead” comic book’s enduring popularity gave birth not just to two television shows and an eclectic mix of…