"We should abandon that feature, even though we've sunk so much time and effort into it!" Sometimes this is the right call, but other times, maybe not -- as these dev stories suggest. ...

Postmortems of this year's entries include reflections on topics like presentation, user experience, creative process, narrative structure, puzzles, and more. ...

The official Game Developers Conference Twitch channel has begun broadcasting gems from the GDC Vault of game development talks, roundtables, and postmortems, and you can tune in live now to watch! ...

This week's surprisingly video-heavy highlights include a great mini-doc about the history of the Punch-Out franchise, a looks at the latest acclaimed Smash Bros. game, & a multitude of other neatness. ...

Undead Labs technical artist Matt Heiniger will be at GDC 2019 to give you a crash course in low-budget, high-quality photogrammetry for scanning faces into your work. ...

In this opinion piece, SuperData Research founder Joost van Dreunen examines the new digital store rivalries between Steam, Epic and a host of others - who will reign supreme? ...

Google Play has announced its Best Apps of 2018, a list that includes a good number of mobile games released on Android this year. ...

Next year's Game Developers Conference will debut a special Game Discoverability Day, a full day of talks discussing practical case studies and strategies for devs to get their games noticed. ...

In this GDC 2018 session, Foxtrot Games' Randy Hoyt explores the many details that board game publishers and producers consider when turning solid game prototypes into great product experiences. ...

Organizers shout out the industry professionals who have agreed to give their time to judge the Excellence in Design Award, the Excellence in Narrative Award, and the Best Student Game Award! ...