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Today, gaming giants such as Microsoft, Sony, Google, Apple, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and more look to subscription-based models — a shift that's already remade the TV and music industries.

Can streaming and subscription models do for games what they’ve done for TV?

June 24, 2019 at 12:09 p.m.

The struggle for Double Fine Presents to get the first "Psychonauts" released has become the stuff of modern game lore. The game, a wacky exploration into various emotional mindsets, is...

E3 2019: Will Microsoft’s ‘Minecraft Earth’ take augmented reality beyond ‘Pokémon Go’?

June 14, 2019 at 10:04 a.m.

One began as a passion project and turned into a svelte, goofy and surprisingly slick little action game. Another started as a tech experiment and now has ambitions on conquering...

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be Disneyland’s most interactive experience. Let’s play

August 23, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

When you enter Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the 14-acre expansion coming to Disneyland early this summer, you are faced with a choice. Walk around a bend — and under an...

‘Mario Tennis Aces’ and the love of low-stakes competition

December 12, 2018 at 9:15 p.m.

"We're tennis rebels." Modern tennis, despite the occasional rant at a line judge or Andre Agassi circa his long hair days aside, isn’t a sport known for an insurrection. But...

A visit to Disney’s Pandora — what we learned

June 1, 2019 at 6:33 a.m.

When James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar" opened eight years ago, the experience of the film was the biggest selling point — Cameron hadn't just created another world, he put the...

Super Mario sisters: Women now outnumber men in top video game design program

June 23, 2019 at 4:43 a.m.

In video games, an arena of pop-culture that's long been characterized as a boys' club, the news that women now outnumber men in the University of Southern California's graduate video...

‘Destiny’ review: Mars is lovely; too bad about the war

June 17, 2018 at 8:28 a.m.

The opening moments of "Destiny" are mesmerizing. It's a Mars landing, complete with sparkling views of our galaxy and crystallized red space dust. It's a vision that looks lifted straight...

Juan Pablo Galavis, star of the latest season of "The Bachelor," had strong opinions when asked if there should be a version of the show focusing on gays.

ABC, Juan Pablo Galavis apologize for gay ‘Bachelor’ comments

June 17, 2018 at 5:13 p.m.

ABC and the producers of "The Bachelor" have issued a statement in response to comments made Friday by "Bachelor" star Juan Pablo Galavis. The latter's words were "thoughtless and insensitive"...

Madonna issues apology for using n-word on Instagram

December 17, 2018 at 9:40 p.m.

Madonna on Saturday asked forgiveness for captioning a photograph of her teenage son boxing with a racial slur. The comment, initially posted on Friday on social network Instagram, was soon...

Wii U review: Nintendo enhances gaming experience with GamePad

December 24, 2018 at 12:34 p.m.

Nintendo's Wii felt like a gaming revolution. Unlike its increasingly complex button-riddled competitors, the Wii's controller was a magic wand. Simply stand and point, it seemed to be saying, and...

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