* Top Stories * Headlines * Views * Trends * Solutions
Friday May 24th 2013

Do you suffer from virtual violence fatigue?

Shooter fatigue is a big trend among E3 attendees this year, and may change how games are made and sold in the years to come.

Sex and violence will probably always sell, but this year they fell on deaf ears and jaded eyes as most E3 attendees ignored the latest big-budget gaming gorefest in favor of more intriguing games like Hawken, an indie free-to-play mech combat game on the PC. While you can be certain that God of War: Absolution will be far more profitable than that PC game, nobody at E3 is talking about God of War.

Read more: PC World

Share This Post
Related Tags: ,

More from category

New ‘gamification’ school opens for kids in the classroom
New ‘gamification’ school opens for kids in the classroom

GameDesk, a nonprofit organization that develops game-based learning initiatives, has now begun running their own [Read More]

EA adding online games to reduce reliance on retail sales
EA adding online games to reduce reliance on retail sales

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), trading near lows not seen since March 1999, climbed as much as 8.4 percent after reporting [Read More]

Teen charged with murder after online video game gets violent
Teen charged with murder after online video game gets violent

While details are still a bit sketchy, an Oakley, California teen has been arrested for attempted murder after an [Read More]

Zynga COO stripped of game duties – is the company thinking more mobile?
Zynga COO stripped of game duties – is the company thinking more mobile?

John Schappert surprised industry watchers in April last year when he said he would be leaving his COO post at [Read More]

Kids classics get a ‘game’ spin thanks to Oxford University Press
Kids classics get a ‘game’ spin thanks to Oxford University Press

“50 Great Reads Before 15″ Initiative Gamifies Oxford’s Most Popular Classics in Partnership with [Read More]

What’s happening to Zynga?
What’s happening to Zynga?

Analysts are taking another look at the online social games industry after Zynga missed the mark in its second-quarter [Read More]

New online game teaches kids compassion in caring for virtual pets
New online game teaches kids compassion in caring for virtual pets

Last week, the development team at Cackleberries Entertainment unveiled “Frobit House,” its newest [Read More]

Join the Association

NEW! Coming Soon

Subscribe Today

WIN a Virtual Achiever Award!