Small screens, big $

When King Digital Entertainment launched its eagerly awaited follow-up to the popular mobile game Candy Crush Saga, it looked far beyond Apple’s App Store to promote it. Videos heralding the arrival of the Candy Crush Soda Saga blitzed 100m Facebook newsfeeds in a...

Sony digital head fired

Sony Pictures Digital Productions president Bob Osher was fired today, Variety reported. In his role, for which he earned $1.25 million per year, Osher oversaw Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) and Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI). He had held the position for seven years....

Some PC muscle

A true pioneer and trend-setter of the high-performance computing industry for years now, Texas-based Boxx Technologies has outdone itself, taking the wraps off a customizable tower PC with the muscle of a supercomputer. Granted, the Apexx 5 is no match for China’s...

Breast physics

Breasts swing. They sag. They flop. They can move. Over the years, many games have tried to emulate the way breasts behave. There’s even a term for it: “Breast physics.”34 If you’ve played games that have breast physics, you’ve probably...

Bachelor of Games

Hoosiers could become more influential in the multi-billion dollar world of video gaming. Indiana University’s Board of Trustees approved a new undergraduate degree in “game design.” The university says the degree combines the age-old art of storytelling with...