Guest Editorial Intelligence in Serious Games

The papers in this special section examine intelligence in serious games. Suggests that serious games can be a game-changer for many individuals, and even our society as a whole. As an example, such games that are centered on empowerment and inclusion can help individuals with special needs or parts of the population to gain skills in a playful and fun way that can make a difference in their everyday lives.To best fulfill such an ambitious goal increasingly demands for computational intelligence to best grasp the player’s attention, behavior, engagement, and game-progress while modeling often complex and demanding game environments. This includes (computational) emotional and social intelligence to allow to understand the player on different levels, motivate her or him, and optimally adapt the pace of learning. In addition, owing to the rapid development in mobile and body-worn sensor technology, games can be taken more and more into the real lives of players.