For some, playing video games is fun. "It's not always a stable career," says Deb Solomon, professor of computer gaming and simulation at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland. "If you love ...

If you're serious about games, why not make it your career? It's the best time in history to pursue a college degree in game design, and these are some of the top schools to offer them.

LOS ANGELES – The path to becoming a video-game designer is a difficult one. Fortunately, the University of Southern California is not the only school to offer training in video game production. The ...

From video game consoles to smart phones, technology is moving at lightning speeds these days. To keep up with the world around us, computer science students at the University of Houston are at ...

With video-game sales generating at least $31 billion a year globally, universities and colleges are starting to offer bachelor's and even master's degrees in programs to train the game designers ...

While Biola teaches video game majors about programming, the primary focus is gameplay: storyline, characters, world-building, and the themes and messages embedded within.

A new class at MSUM's College For Kids program has been so successful, one instructor is making it his career. The video game programming class started with a cap of 40 available spots. Organizers ...

Naticia Browder is well used to explaining to family and friends why her chosen college major is not the digital equivalent of basket weaving. Earning a degree in video-game development does not ...

Game design has helped rekindle interest in computer science and become a hot new major at more than 200 schools, according to the Entertainment Software Association, a trade group.

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 ...