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Kojima and del Toro Reunite For Hall of Fame Induction
Guess who’s reuniting? At the DICE Awards on February 19, Guillermo del Toro will induct Hideo Kojima into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) Hall of Fame. Previously, del Toro worked...Read More
Forbes Names 30 Under 30 In Games
It’s that time again for the Forbes list that names young people who are notable achievers. The 2016 list includes 600 people under 30 in 20 different sectors, from food...Read More
Sande Chen Explains the Ups and Downs of Ed Game Funding
In a series on gamesandlearning.org, Sande Chen is digging into the state of educational games. (We discussed Part I of her series here.) In Part II, she analyzed funding sources...Read More
This Teacher Brought Coding Lessons To Kindergarten
One charter school teacher in Oklahoma City has gotten his students started coding–in kindergarten. Wes Dicken uses Dash and Dot robots from Wonder Workshop to introduce the kids to programming....Read More
Xbox Announces 16 More Xbox 360 Games Now Backwards Compatible with Xbox One
When Xbox announced that they were implementing backwards compatibility, a lot of people cheered. Now even more people will be happy. Xbox has added more games to the list of Xbox...Read More
If You Love Dragons, You Might Be Disappointed About Scalebound Delay
There’s a new RPG on the horizon called Scalebound. It’s all about a dragon and a young man. PlatinumGames originally planned to release the Xbox-exclusive game in 2016, but the company just...Read More
Ubisoft Montréal Devotes Dollars and Time to Teaching Kids Coding
Ubisoft Montréal has announced the CODEX program. It will deliver $8 million and more than 1,000 hours of volunteer instruction in coding and programming over five years to 17 different educational...Read More
ReCore Brings Our Robot Friends to Xbox One and PC
Microsoft has “by the way” confirmed that the upcoming ReCore is coming to PC, as well as Xbox One. The news was dropped in a post on Xbox’s news blog by corporate...Read More
Can You Play Pokemon on a PS4? These Guys Can
Hacking consoles is nothing new. There’s not one in the history of the gaming industry that hasn’t seen a hack of some sort. And now the first hack for the...Read More
Garry’s Mod Has Sold its Ten Millionth Copy
The Steam holiday sale had its ups and downs, what with all the accidental identify theft on Christmas day. But as far as ups go, you might be interested to find that Garry’s...Read More
Terry Garrett Beats The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time After 5 Years
After 5 years playing, blind gamer Terry Garrett has perhaps topped his personal gaming achievements: he beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Garrett navigates the game world through the use...Read More
Phil Spencer Answers Questions on Twitter
Phil Spencer, head of Xbox at Microsoft, has been ringing in 2016 by answering fan questions on Twitter. So far, we haven’t heard too many straight answers about what’s to come,...Read More
Oculus Touch Controllers Release Date Has Been Delayed
A new blog post by Oculus has announced that their Touch controllers, designed specifically for the VR headset Oculus Rift, won’t be coming out until the second half of 2016....Read More
Final Fantasy IX Is Getting a PC and Mobile Release
Final Fantasy IX, which originally came out over 15 years ago for the first PlayStation, is coming to PC and smartphones sometime in 2016. Well, in Japan at least. A...Read More
