Helping readers to find their way in this new, ever-shifting reality of games industry and research.
Opinion pieces by industry and research veterans and new voices envisioning possible and desirable futures and needs for games and playable media.
Understanding the diversity and extremity of player spending in mobile games.
The history of virtual worlds suggests how a future metaverse might develop and what games research it might enable.
Game platforms should sit at the heart of our considerations of socio-technical assemblages.
Researchers hold deeply divided opinions about the potential effects of games on player’s lives.
Growing recognition of the environmental impact of video games has brought about numerous initiatives in the game industry.
We pull back the curtains of spatial audio hype to find out what the future holds for 3D audio.
Considering the evolution of games and the spaces they occupy, we can identify a number of trends that are already impacting game data science.
The past indicates a future where the work of social impact matures out of research experiment toward everyday experiences.