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 ...

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 ...

Loading screens, the bane of every gamer out there, plaguing games since the move away from flash storage. Many gamers try to escape or limit the time spent on loading by fitting their computers or ...

Evan is a Communications student based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly a sports writer, he was drawn to Game Rant by his longtime passion for video games. An avid gamer since the age of 13, Evan has ...

Nicholas Turner is a writer on Game Rant. He’s also an avid consumer of comics, film, TV, theater, and—of course—video games. Struck by an affliction for loving stories as a young whippersnapper, ...

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 ...

You can’t have this much detail without a loading screen. Bethesda has quite a few fans behind its franchises. They just also released The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, one of the worst-kept ...

Star Wars Outlaws blends seamless transitions without traditional load screens, enhancing the open-world experience. Elite Dangerous offers a jaw-dropping outer space adventure with minimal hidden ...