Too often game worlds can feel like static backdrops for gameplay. But by incorporating elemental reactions, developers bring complexity and characterization to a player’s surroundings. By now we’re ...

What’s in a cliché? Games get a bad rap for leaning heavily on what we consider tropes like, for example, the exploding barrel. See a red barrel in a game and it’s a safe bet you can shoot it to make ...

Casual gaming company Kabam Inc. has acquired Exploding Barrel Games, a Canadian studio focused mostly on "core" gaming. The acquisition--Kabam's sixth gaming studio buy in the past three ...