Loading screens give time to rest & refocus during intense gaming sessions. They provide art, lore, & helpful tips that ...

While SimCity 2000 was generating terrain for a new game, it told you it was "creating hills" and "carving water" and "reticulating splines". This became a running gag, and every game in The Sims ...

Sony has filed a new patent for technology aimed at further reducing loading screens. The news comes in wake of confirmation that the PS5 is going a long way to remove these screens thanks to the ...

If you’re a certain age, like me, you’ll remember how painfully slow game loading screens used to be. At one time, I could start loading up a game, go make a sandwich, and come back to find it still ...

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 ...

Loading screens are a staple of gaming; they've been around since its beginning and have changed incredibly over time. These short breaks between games are at the root of so many emotions that players ...