Video Games
-
After Gamergate, female video game developers on the riseMay 31, 2016 6:00 am - PHILADELPHIA - Students from an all-female arts college in Philadelphia attended a conference for video game developers last year and, without even trying, they stood ou...
-
'Overwatch' game developers find creativity in diversityMay 23, 2016 6:00 am - IRVINE, Calif. - When the makers of the globe-hopping video game "Overwatch" were coming up with the back story for a character with the ability to freeze enemies and er...
-
Review: A new 'Doom' is both cursed and blessed by nostalgiaMay 21, 2016 7:25 am - Before there was "Halo" or "Call of Duty," the first-person shooter video games "Wolfenstein" and "Doom" defined the trigger-happy genre in three dimensions. While the f...
-
4-star 'Uncharted 4' finds brotherly love amid spectacleMay 16, 2016 6:00 am - Everyone has a relative like Sam Drake - that seedy brother (or uncle, or in-law) who shows up every now and then with a bottle of bourbon, a pack of cigarettes and a fr...
-
'Space Invaders,' 'Grand Theft Auto III' hall of fame games
May 05, 2016 7:00 am - ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A video game that allowed players to zap marching aliens with dot lasers and another that gave them flamethrowers and put them in the driver's seat in ...
-
Hollywood is pushing reset button on video game adaptationsApr 30, 2016 7:19 am - LOS ANGELES - At long last, it seems Hollywood has pushed the reset button on its approach to video game adaptations. From the reviled 1993 live-action rendition of "Sup...
-
Review: Nintendo's 'Star Fox Zero' crashes and burnsApr 24, 2016 7:21 am - How do you solve a problem like Fox McCloud? The vulpine aviator, sort of a bushy-tailed Han Solo, has been headlining Nintendo games for nearly two decades. And yet, he...
-
'Dark Souls 3′: A worthy addition to the seriesApr 18, 2016 6:00 am - "Dark Souls 3" Developed by: From Software Published by: Bandai Namco Entertainment Available on: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One "Demon's Souls" was quite the anomaly ...
-
Insomniac Games to release a trio of VR games in 2016Apr 17, 2016 11:00 pm - BURBANK, Calif. - Insomniac Games is ratcheting up its work in virtual reality. The developer best known for the "Resistance" and "Ratchet & Clank" franchises is set to ...
-
Review: Trippy 'Quantum Break' marred by tiresome playApr 11, 2016 6:00 am - What would you do if you could control time? Visit the future and grab an iPhone 50? Kill a despised historical figure while he's still a baby? Carve out some time to ca...