A scholarly review of 155 Gamasutra postmortems -- produced by academics from the Rochester Institute of Technology in conjunction with Microsoft Research -- gets to the heart of game development. ...

A scholarly review of 155 Gamasutra postmortems -- produced by academics from the Rochester Institute of Technology in conjunction with Microsoft Research -- gets to the heart of game development. ...

"This type of analysis is a good way for you to understand when you should use it and it varies depending on what you want to do. The root cause for some of these arguments in favor or against might be the same." ...

If you think that it makes sense that users can't easily run games bought outside of Oculus' marketplace, then you'll like this policy. Otherwise... you may join devs like Epic founder Tim Sweeney, who criticized the move. ...

"Players should receive a suitable feedback based on what they do. When hitting or being hit, player should feel the impact. Several techniques can be considered here to show the impact of the hits." ...

"VR is in its very early days and that presents serious marketing challenges today, as well as some nice unique benefits." ...

Frictional Games' Thomas Grip: "In all, we couldn't really have hoped for a better response. People report still thinking about the game months afterwards, and that it's made them think deeply about subjects they haven't considered before." ...

"I'm more concerned with the raw accessibility of a game. And I want to make brand new games for the widest possible audience. ... What they're familiar with is the stuff that we have culturally: soccer balls, billiards, playing cards, dice." ...

What is it about player invasions in Dark Souls that's so compelling? In this classic feature, we chats with devs to explore why the mechanic is exciting, and how they put their own spin on it. ...

"Most heroes' and villains' interpersonal skills are at the core of their identity and legends because they're what drive how we act, and why we act." ...