The University of California, Santa Cruz, has approved a new major in computer game design, the first of its kind in the UC system. The new major, leading to a B.S. degree, provides students with a ...

”The games business is a crapshoot,” said Chris Crawford, a San Jose game designer who by most accounts is one of the few successful independent computer game authors.

GameSpot talks with four prominent game designers about what it takes to do their jobs, and how to get involved in game design.

One of the best schools in the world to study computer game design started out as a private company. DigiPen Institute of Technology, a for-profit school with 1,200 students in Redmond, WA, was ...

Students at UC Santa Cruz majoring in computer game design are the lucky beneficiaries of a settlement reached in a class action lawsuit involving video gaming employees at Sony.

Even if you're a casual fan of computer or video games, chances are you've heard of Sid Meier, the veteran computer game designer who co-founded MicroProse with Bill Stealey in 1982.

You might think of computer games as the territory of computer geeks and social outcasts, but games designer Paul McInnes is quite the opposite.

This year's inductees at the Strong World Video Game Hall of Fame include two big deals in the history of PC Gaming: Pioneering arcade game Computer Space and legendary late-90s hit Barbie Fashion ...