From The Guardian:
By Naomi Alderman
One hundred years from now, schoolchildren will study the computer game classics just as they study classic books, music, art and film.
I suppose many people might find this statement absurd. While our culture recognises that films can be art – and is coming to understand that television and comic books can be too – computer games continue to be viewed as a medium that simply cannot support serious artistic endeavour.
As a result of this, the debate around children and gaming continues to centre on whether gaming is "good for children" – whether games improve hand-eye co-ordination for example, or promote literacy skills.
But this is the wrong kind of question. If gaming were seen as an art, the important question would be not whether games are good for us, but whether they are good, full stop.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
You just have to look at games such as Shaddow of the Colossus or MGS4, they may be games but they are definitly pieces of art too, and a hell of alot more artistic than some of this modern art rubish, I mean how can you call a few random splashes of paint art which took no skill to make, yet games that evoke emotions and look beautiful and took lots of skilled people years to make are not considered art? Messed up if you ask me.
Is more "ARTFULL" that most ART.
I`ve actually been thinking about taking/getting a Screenshot from the game and getting someone to make a massive painting out of it, for my living room.
i loved the curse of monkey island that screenshot just makes me miss the series even more, i wish lucas arts will stop with the star wars crap for a while and make another Monkey Island game :) now that was artsy.. and funny at the same time :)
most, if not all games have art directors, try telling Aaron Garbut of rockstar north that his game isn't art or Yu Suzuki the creator of shenmue and almost every other sega game that his games aren't art.
I have heard loads of silly definitions of art and I'm still not sure exactly what art is yet.In my opinion if it gets you thinking and it looks impressive then it is art,gta is art.
Yes of course!
As long as stories in games continue to grow and evolve, and they include more drama, action, romance, suspense, horror, etc. then people will consider it another art form alongside movies.
And of course, if not with story, art direction nowadays is pretty in-depth, with some devs creating entire new worlds and people and culture.
I'd say it's art. They're creating something that wasn't there before, with a creative goal in mind.
It's art!