"Vikings are always portrayed as strong warriors, but they were also explorers and merchants, with a strong oral culture. This is translated into the game through the Lore, Trade and Fame victories." ...

While it sounds oversimplified, if you can get a strong base for that end result as much as possible, it goes a long way," Naughty Dog lighting artist Gabe Betancourt tells 80 Level. "Less is more." ...

In this timeless feature, veteran coder Vaughan Young breaks down how different kinds of culling (frustum, occlusion and back face) work -- and how they can be applied to help devs make better games. ...

With web-based social games years past their prime, Facebook has been looking for realistic ways to reshape its games business and rebuild interest -- and trust -- with game developers. ...

The documentary series Noclip interviewed the creators of the procedurally generated platformer Spelunky to find out how the game came to be and what makes it tick. ...

The developer behind The Franz Kafka Videogame explains how he defied his previous game studio experience and totally improvised through the course of a game's development. ...

A series of smart, pragmatic design decisions allowed the tiny team at Big Robot Games to craft the big open world shooter The Signal from Tölva. ...

At GDC 2017, Hello Games' Sean Murray deconstructs some of the most important technologies (and interesting challenges) behind generating realistic and alien terrains in No Man's Sky using math. ...

Experienced game UI and UX experts offer a handy step-by-step approach on how to build and test your game UI prototypes in the pre-production stage. ...

This week's VGDC highlights include the making of a Hearthstone card, a couple of neat Horizon: Zero Dawn video pieces, and behind the scenes on seminal 2D fighting game Samurai Shodown. ...