Preview of E3 2014

Last year’s E3 was all about new console hardware. In 2014 it’ll be about the games. Now that the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are out in the wild, the biggest gaming show around will see a shift in perspective when it kicks off next week — it’s time to see...

Effects delay release

Jupiter Ascending won’t see release until February next year, it has recently been announced. The unusual, late minute move marks the movie’s opening pushed back seven months despite promotion for the sci-fi blockbuster having reached a peak. We were...

Who are gamers now?

Video games aren’t what they used to be – and neither are gamers. Over the last decade or so, the stereotypes that followed video games have been smashed like so many objectives in, well, a video game. Video games were long thought to be the territory of loners,...

A graphics cancer cure

Believe it or not, this is not a still from a movie. The image below—released earlier this year at the 2014 Game Developers Conference—showcases the lifelike graphics of today’s video-game chips. So lifelike, in fact, they’re catching the attention of...

Pro gaming grows fast

Professional video game playing is becoming a global spectator sport, according to a study which says 2.4bn hours were spent watching gamers last year. A report from research firm IHS Technology suggests that e-sports, or watching other people play games, is far from...