A lonely slugcat has to make its way in a world of predators and lethal storms in Rain World, a game that mixes curiosity, calmness, and terror with its sound design. ...

"Create characters we can care about," the veteran writer (Rogue One, The Walking Dead) advises. "be mindful of structure, don't be predictable, try to surprise as much as possible." ...

This week's Video Game Deep Cuts highlights include a look at evocative smartphone title Florence, the anniversary of Valve's Orange Box, and a Monster Hunter buddy team-up service. ...

Striker Air Hockey makes use of a table sized-touch screen to do things no other air hockey game could do, creating unique effects and changing up how the game works on the fly. ...

'In the end, I learned that true effort is always rewarded,' recalls the dev team. 'After pushing this project through, we found a gratifying reception waiting for us in a distant, foreign land.' ...

A Mortician's Tale explores death and the stories and emotions around the deceased through having the player work in the death industry. ...

Nearly 20 years past "hack the planet!", the heroic hacker archetype still holds a certain appeal. But how to make it interesting in a game? Devs share their thoughts on 7(ish) games that do it well. ...

Your spaceship is falling apart in CLUNKER JUNKER, a game where two players have to crank tools to provide power to various parts of their constantly-breaking ship to survive. ...

Baba Is You is a puzzle game of manipulating rules, one where the regulations of a given stage are blocks players can move around to change how each area is played. ...

Necrosoft Games founder and Gamasutra contributor Brandon Sheffield makes the case (complete with multiple sources of data) that there is no longer a single 'game industry', if there ever was. ...