Coming to Xbox and PC next year is Cuphead, a game that has been entirely cel animated by hand in the style of 1930s cartoons. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

So you’ve built your Gothic castle-it’s time for your hero to dash into play and defend the battlements. Your gaming engine supports skeletons, an animation system called Inverse Kinematics (IK), and ...

Sonic Mania is doing what most Sonic fans have wanted since the blue hedgehog transitioned into three dimensions: taking it back to the original quadrilogy. And not only does Sonic Mania‘s gameplay ...

Has anyone ever tried to question your dream with critiques like: What are you going to do with an art degree? Or, playing video games is not a job! Or, drawing cartoons is just a kids’ hobby, isn’t ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Earthworm Jim is no stranger to television, and soon the video game series will receive a second ...

Computer gaming and animation represent a dynamic nexus where cutting‐edge technology meets artistic practice. This interdisciplinary field encompasses the design of interactive digital environments, ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Every year at the Game Developers Conference, a handful of competing companies show off their latest motion-capture technology, which transforms human performances into 3D animations ...

Ever since I started playing video games on my beloved Atari 2600 Jr., I have never been content to simply play video games. Playing them is fine and all, but with almost every game I have ever played ...