L'E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), le plus grand salon annuel du jeu vidéo, se tiendra cette semaine du 14 au 16 juin au Los Angeles Convention Center à Los Angeles. Il réunira des journalistes du monde entier, et sera le théâtre d'annonces des nouveautés et exclusivités des plus grands éditeurs (Microsoft, Ubisoft, Sony, Nintendo) qui modèleront l'univers vidéoludique pour l'année toute entière.
Keywords : Video game, Industry, Virtual Reality, Nintendo, Playstation, Xbox
As you may have noticed, these last months have been quiet for Ludoscience. Don't worry, the lab is still running, it's just that we have all been so busy with our current projects, that nobody had the time to actually update the website! As these projects near completion, in the upcoming weeks we will have new projects to share with you, including... a new book written by all the Ludoscience members! In the meantime, here is a selection of our activities during the last months: Our b
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Keywords : ludoscience, news, conferences
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Keywords : history, playstation, saturn
This book details the history of two legendary game consoles, both released in 1994. The 300 pages are divided in two parts. The first part tells with great details the history of the PlayStation, and the making of its 10 most popular games (Wipeout, Tekken, Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid…). The second half is dedicated to the history of the Saturn and 10 of its best titles (Nights, Guardian Heroes, Grandia, Panzer Dragoon, Daytona USA…). Despite already abundant
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Keywords : saturn, playstation, history, sony, sega, wipeout, virtua fighter, 32 bits
This book details the history of two legendary game consoles, both released in 1994. The 300 pages are divided in two parts. The first part tells with great details the history of the PlayStation, and the making of its 10 most popular games (Wipeout, Tekken, Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid…). The second half is dedicated to the history of the Saturn and 10 of its best titles (Nights, Guardian Heroes, Grandia, Panzer Dragoon, Daytona USA…). Despite already abun
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Keywords : playstation, saturn, history
The history of video games if full of forgotten titles. Most of the time, they are game projects cancelled before completion. But, sometimes, full and complete games are cancelled just before their commercial release. We call them "unreleased games", as they are waiting to be be discovered by historians or collectors who can reveal their existence to the world. Today, Ludoscience is proud to present you an "unreleased" PlayStation game called X-PO : 2089 Cyber Revolution
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Keywords : history, video game, serious game, playstation, unreleased, japan, france
An article about the history of the game X-PO 2089 Cyber Revolution. An extract of the article is available here.
Keywords : xpo 2089 cyber revolution, history, kalisto, playstation, unreleased, retro serious game
Digital technology users are growingly involved in what has been described as convergence culture or participatory cultures. In this context, a major role is played by user-generated content. This article focuses on the participatory practices related to Little Big Planet (LBP) 1, a PlayStation platform video game that encourages users to create and share their own gaming levels. Our theoretical framework refers both to convergence culture and to a specific perspective of game studies that focus
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Keywords : User-generated video gaming, Participatory cultures, PlayStation Network, Little Big Planet
Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA (Enhanced Edition) is a book on the history of SEGA as a console manufacturer. After a brief introduction telling the birth of the company, this thick 480 pages book details the story of all its home consoles: SG-1000, Master System, Mega Drive / Genesis with its Sega CD and Sega 32X addons, Saturn and the Dreamcast. While the beginnings of SEGA and its first two consoles are explained rather quickly over 30 pages, the main part of the bo
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Keywords : history of videogames, sega, genesis, sega cd, sega 32x, saturn, dreamcast
A book on the history of SEGA as a console manufacturer. After a brief introduction telling the birth of the company, this thick 480 pages book details the story of all its home consoles: SG-1000, Master System, Mega Drive / Genesis with its Sega CD and Sega 32X addons, Saturn and the Dreamcast. While the beginnings of SEGA and its first two consoles are explained rather quickly over 30 pages, the main part of the book details with high precision the story of its most famous consoles. About 150
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Keywords : history, sega, master system, genesis, sega cd, sega 32x, saturn, dreamcast