Online Star Wars video game under attack for programming same sex romances

The makers of a Star Wars online video game say they will make good on a promise to put lesbian, gay and transgender players in the game.

YouTube video-game channel Machinima aims for the next level

Machinima has the fourth-highest number of subscribers on the video website and is reaching beyond its roots into live-action programming. It's catching the attention of advertisers and Wall Street. With 125 million viewers watching more than 1 billion of its videos a month, Machinima may be the most-watched channel that's not on TV.

Games Britannia video game education festival launches

New education and careers festival will seek to introduce school children to video game development A new festival dedicated to video game development and aimed at school children has been officially anounced this week. Games Britannia will take place from 2 to 8 July at Sheffield MAGNA Science Adventure centre. In partnership with Sheffield Hallam University, Sony Computer Entertainment and the ...

Team of students spend 48 hours creating video game as part of Global Game Jam

Team members, from left, Julie Mohedano, of Brookfield, Mariah Donner, of Lake Villa, Nicole Werling, of Lake of the Hills, and Jes Schroeder, of Peoria, coordinate their effort Sunday to develop a video game at Bradley University as part of the 48-hour Global Game Jam. The Global Game Jam is a world-wide competition for teams to develop video, board or other types of games.

Graduate program in video game design, technology is one-of-a-kind among Ivies

Since fall 2004, Penn has been the only school in the Ivy League to offer a graduate program in video game programming and technology to its students.