Thatgamecompany’s co-founder and the director of Journey and Sky: Children of the Light goes by Jenova Chen, but that isn’t his real first name. In an interview with IGN, Chen shared that he picked Jenova while learning English in school. The class was instructed to pick English names and Chen’s …
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Clash of Clans is a huge mobile hit and has been since it released 10 years ago. A decade of millions of engaged players is an impressive run, but developer Supercell decided 10 years wasn’t quite long enough, so to celebrate the anniversary milestone, it has created a strange alternate …
Read More »Thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen Sees Live-Service Games As The Healthiest Way To Make Games
Jenova Chen is known predominantly for directing the 2012 video game, Journey. It may not have featured traditional multiplayer mechanics, but it was a traditional video game in that it had a beginning, a middle, and an end, and you paid for it once. Chen’s latest game, Sky: Children of …
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The Steam Deck is a fantastic piece of hardware that is making the Switch, at the very least, look over its shoulder and raise an eyebrow. The Steam Deck may technically run more games and make them look and perform better than the Switch, but it does lack one important …
Read More »Thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen Sees Sky: Children Of The Light As More Virtual Theme Park Than Video Game
Sky: Children of the Light, thatgamecompany’s follow-up to Journey, released three years ago for iOS devices before making its way to other platforms and the developer is celebrating by holding the biggest event the game has ever experienced. There are special birthday themed events, new areas to explore, performances from …
Read More »Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus Launches In August
Tacticus is a strategy game based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe for mobile devices and it is officially launching on August 15 after having spent some time in beta. The game will include a narrative campaign as well as additional PvE and PvP modes. The game is developed by Snowprint …
Read More »Open-World Multiplayer Action-RPG Tower Of Fantasy Getting Global Release Next Month
Tower of Fantasy is a free-to-play, open-world, multiplayer action RPG that has been open to pre-registration some time while it has gained momentum with players in China where it is currently released. It is finally getting a global release and will be available August 10, 5 PM PT / 8 …
Read More »How Before Your Eyes Uses Better Cameras To Bring You To Tears On Mobile
Before Your Eyes is a game that doesn’t necessarily require, but is absolutely improved by, its blinking mechanic. The game uses a camera aimed at your face, and every time you blink, the story progresses–whether you want it to or not. Andrew King gave the game an 8/10 in GameSpot’s …
Read More »New Daily Adventure Incense Item Is Coming To Pokemon Go
Today, Pokemon Go developer Niantic announced it is adding a new type of incense item to the game that will help players (or trainers to use Niantic’s term) find and catch Pokemon that do not typically appear in the wild. The Daily Adventure Incense is a special type of incense …
Read More »Subway Surfers Creators On Making Its First Game Without Monetization
Sybo Games’ Subway Surfers is one of the biggest games in the mobile space. Along with having millions of players, Subway Surfers can also be seen in arcades and has received an animated adaptation on YouTube. For Sybo’s latest project, however, it eschewed the free-to-play formula that previously led the …
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