Gamification and game-based learning have been popular for the last decade and will remain in trend in the future. The statistics show that the game-based learning market is expected to rise from $3.5 ...

There are significant growth opportunities in gamification across sectors like corporate training, marketing, and IT. Key drivers include digital transformation, demand for personalized experiences, ...

Walk through any public area and you'll see people glued to their phones, playing mobile games like Game of War and Candy Crush Saga. They aren't alone. 59% of Americans play video games, and contrary ...

Gamification, or using game mechanics in non-game applications, is the new black. It has become fashionable as game designers turn their talents from creating fun games to creating fun web sites and ...

Next year will be the year gamification fails. It’s a concept built on hype, and 80 percent of all programs will die by 2014, according to Gartner. Rajat Paharia disagrees — 100 percent. The founder ...

Gamification, the process of applying game mechanics to activities that aren't games, is rapidly becoming a big business, according to a new report by Wanda Meloni of M2 Research. She projects the ...

Gamification, or making a non-game application more engaging by making it game-like, should not make tasks easy for the people undertaking them. It should make them harder, says Jane McGonigal, game ...

Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a game designer with 20 years experience. He is the creator of leading game design blog What Games Are, and consults for many companies on game design and development.

Mary Poppins sang that "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down," meaning that boring household chores can be turned into fun activities. Being a nanny of exceptional ability, she delivered on ...

Combining games with employee training is becoming increasingly popular. Studies show how games can help improve employee entertainment, health, motivation and learning and create a better workplace ...