The latest Video Game Deep Cuts, picking the smartest longform video game articles and videos of the week, profiles 2016's highlights, 2017's future highlights, & lots more besides. ...

GDC 2017 organizers share a preview of the cool sessions taking place at the new Board Game Design Day, a one-day deep dive into the art and science of designing non-electronic games. ...

Yacht Club Games is on the lookout for an experienced build engineer/programmer to help out on the next big batch of Shovel Knight updates and future projects in Marina Del Rey, California. ...

"I think the biggest problem is really just with the industry as a whole being very cagey about adult content in general," explained Ladykiller in a Bind creator Christine Love. ...

GDC x One Life Left is the official streaming video/podcast partner of GDC 2017, and so for the first time ever each of these shows will be appearing live on Twitch, right from the show floor!  ...

The 17th annual Game Developers Choice Awards nominees also include Pokemon Go, The Last Guardian and Dishonored 2 - with the winners to be revealed at GDC 2017 in February & March! ...

At GDC 2017 Treachery in Beatdown City dev Shawn Allen will talk about how he approached creating dozens of characters of various ethnicities in a fictional NY, and how he too has stumbled.  ...

"This a game built from the ground up for the western market. Arabic games that are successful in Saudi Arabia are tightly grouped around football, racing, card games, and online strategy." ...

"VR offers new ways of interacting that allow us to get much closer to that mouse and pointer functionality by turning your face into a mouse pointer," says Ian Moran, technical director of Tethered. ...

The developers at Redlock Studio explain why they decided to switch their sidescrolling 2.5D action game into full 3D when facing the game's powerful bosses. ...