The University of Southern California is home to one of the world’s best game design programs. This spring, it hopes to push that reputation farther with USC Games Publishing, a label that would bring innovative work by students and faculty to PlayStation and Xbox, PC and mobile. Although the first titles will come from within … Continue Reading ››

They wait somberly in line: cosplayers, young women, middle-aged men. They sit in front of the monitor, put on the Bose noise-canceling headphones, and pick up the Xbox controller. Fifteen minutes later they stand and push back from the table. Many of them affect sheepish grins, rise quietly, walk off abruptly without … Continue Reading ››