An estimated 192 million U.S. consumers — or 70% of Americans ages 13 to 64 — are gamers, according to a new Consumer Technology Association (CTA) study. The numbers mark a big demographic shift that has happened over the past decade, marked by the rise of smartphones and the dwindling of the population of older […]
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Apple picks its best iOS apps and games of 2019
Apple revealed its own editors’ picks for the best apps and games and the most powerful trends that drove app culture in 2019. And this year, it has new platforms such as Apple Arcade to show off the winners. For apps and games, Apple’s editors leaned on those that help people have fun, simplify life, […]
The future of computing and games
Sometimes it’s good to think about the future. And that’s what a group of thinkers did at The International Future Computing Association, which held a conference recently at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The event was about the coming era of any place, any time, and any device user experiences delivered both […]
The NES console was discontinued in 1995. These developers are still making games for it.
“Since our childhood, NES has been one of our favorite consoles,” says Nicolas Bétoux, a developer at Morphcat Games, the company responsible for Micro Mages. “We started to develop NES games in our free time for fun and out of our curiosity.” Micro Mages has been highly successful, generating over 150,000 euros during its Kickstarter […]
PlayStation Black Friday deals: Consoles, games, peripherals and more
For your convenience, we’ve broken down the deals by outlet, starting with Sony’s own sales, followed-up by deals from Target, Best Buy, and others. Sony and PlayStation Last week, Sony and PlayStation announced their Black Friday deals. The following sales run from Nov. 24 to Dec. 2. Hardware Bundles 1TB PS4 Bundle which includes The […]
Don’t expect Microsoft’s Project xCloud to get exclusive games
[embedded content] Google Stadia is now available to those with the Founder’s Edition and Premiere Edition bundles, and it includes one exclusive at launch: Gylt. With an internal studio working on projects, that number will surely grow over time, but it appears Microsoft will not be taking the same approach with Project xCloud. Speaking to […]
Netflix changed marketing for TV — can video games follow?
In the streaming and subscriptions economy, video game marketing needs to focus on building brands, not just selling products. When Stranger Things Season 3 dropped on Netflix this summer, it ripped up the record books again in terms of viewing figures. According to Netflix itself (usually reticent to provide numbers) some 40.7 million accounts had […]
Adapting games, from cardboard to code and back again
The relationship between the world of cardboard-and-tokens physical games and their digital cousins has always been complicated. Though they’ve both grown exponentially in recent years, and each continues to influence the other, historically, there’s been a divide between the two industries that only the biggest names could surmount, like Monopoly and Scrabble. But as board […]
Ars talks fighting games with Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari
Enlarge / Daisuke Ishiwatari takes the stage at ArcRevo 2019 in Irvine, CA Arc System Works / Aurich Lawson A little over 20 years ago, when Daisuke Ishiwatari created Guilty Gear, popular fighting games like Street Fighter or King of Fighters tended to have a similar premise: gather the strongest warriors in the world and […]
The best Xbox 360 games backward compatible on Xbox One
The Xbox One doesn’t have the exclusive game selection of the PlayStation 4 or Nintendo Switch, but Microsoft’s console is the only one of the three to offer backward compatibility with your older library of games. A huge number of Xbox 360 games can be played on Xbox One simply by putting in the disc […]
Ex-Peak team at Dream Games raises $7.5 million for mobile puzzle games
Dream Games, a Turkish studio founded by five former Peak Games developers, has raised $ 7.5 million for mobile puzzle games. The funding for the Istanbul studio underscores the growing strength of Turkey’s game developer ecosystem. Makers Fund led the round, and other investors included Balderton Capital. The company will use the funding to help […]
The new Pokemon games are causing a bizarre error that crashes Roku devices – here’s how to fix it
Roku/Nintendo Dozens of people who were playing “Pokémon Sword” and “Pokémon Shield” over the weekend took to social media to report that their Roku devices weren’t working correctly. Both Pokémon games are played on the Nintendo Switch, so it wasn’t immediately clear how the video game console could be causing issues for Roku’s video-streaming devices. […]
The best Black Friday PS4 deals we’ve seen so far: Consoles, games, and bundles
The PS4 has been out for over five years now, and with the PlayStation 5 slated to launch next holiday, along with a PS5 upgrade. This year is one of the best opportunities to get your hands on Sony’s eighth-generation gaming system for a great price. As you probably guessed, Black Friday and Cyber Monday […]
PlayStation’s DualShock 4 will soon work with Xbox cloud games
Microsoft had a lot to announce at its X019 event in London today. But one of the strangest tidbits is that you will soon be able to use Sony’s DualShock 4 gamepad for the PlayStation 4 with Xbox games. Starting next year, Microsoft’s Project xCloud streaming tech is getting support for more controllers. Those include […]
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 play, as their moniker suggests) are increasingly being used across industries as potent vehicles to educate, evaluate or make a social impact. Their influence is being felt across healthcare, where games […]