Some games improve the player's experience with interactive loading screens, making waits more engaging. Examples include games like No More Heroes, Splatoon 2, and Bayonetta. Interacting during ...

Ah, DirectStorage. Remember how exciting it was when Microsoft announced — just three years ago! — that it was bringing its fast asset-loading tech from Xbox to PC? We thought loading screens would be ...

Loading screens are a fact of gaming life. When you exit the Capital Wasteland and walk into Megaton in Fallout 3, there's a loading screen. When you go to see the Jarl in Whiterun, loading screen.

Loading screens in classic games like Too Human and World of Warcraft were excruciatingly long, making gameplay frustrating. Even acclaimed games like Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Bloodborne suffer ...

Ronald Goncalves is a contributor at DualShockers and a Venezuelan political scientist and economist who seeks to express his passion for video games through the always subjective interpretation of ...

In games, nothing breaks player flow like a loading screen, and in virtual reality this problem is amplified tenfold. ‘Presence’ or ‘immersion’, the magical yet fragile feeling of ‘being there’, is ...