Logitech G has made a name for itself with its high-end peripherals. Catering to the whims of the hard-core gamer, these devices offer every conceivable bell and whistle imaginable. The G502 Prot...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2016/09/01/logitech-prodigy-line-gives-gamers-entry-level-devices/
It was bound to happen sooner or later. When a new gaming category gains popularity, others try to enter the market and compete. It’s happened with everything from Street Fighter II to Guitar H...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2016/09/01/galaxy-zega-takes-cue-anki-toys-life-game/
Norse mythology is full of storytelling potential, and video games have no problem mining the rich lore. Kratos is headed for the land of trolls and Odin in the new God of War. Too Human mixes sc...
Hollywood loves to destroy San Francisco. It has sent Magneto to rearrange its bridges. It has showed a magnitude 9.6 earthquake and tsunami tear the area apart. Godzilla even defended the city b...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2016/08/21/close-watch-dogs-2-match-real-bay-area/
For years, Nvidia has been making graphics cards for two gaming categories. The Santa Clara-based company has built beefy graphics chips for the desktop that push out bleeding edge visuals on PC....
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2016/08/15/nvidia-adds-full-fledged-gtx-cards-gaming-laptops/
The last time I saw Worlds Adrift it was more of an idea. Bossa Studios wanted to make a massively multiplayer online game with an unprecedented amount of emergent gameplay. They would give playe...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2016/08/12/progress-report-worlds-adrift-looking-better/
Although I had a glimpse into the early game of Civilization VI, the changes made me curious about how the end game would unfold. I spoke senior gameplay designer Anton Strenger about how diploma...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2016/08/03/no-world-congress-civilization-vi/
Radical changes have marked each major installment of the Sid Meier’s Civilization series. The sequel to the original introduced the isometric perspective and a revamp of tiles. Civilization IV...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2016/08/03/civilization-vi-hands-first-100-turns/
If Abzu reminds you of Journey, there are two reasons for that — Matt Nava and Austin Wintory. The respective creative director and composer for the short but sweet adventure have moved on from...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2016/08/02/abzu-adventure-creative-force-behind-journey/
Look at it all shiny and new. Isn’t she glorious? It’s unlike any other Xbox One controller and the best thing of all it honors Cthulhu, the greatest of the great old ones. Although Microsoft...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2016/07/28/making-custom-cthulhu-controller-via-xbox-design-lab/