"This game feels like a game meant to either a.) discuss with another person, or b.) for one to sit and meditate on it by oneself. So I wanted to discuss the game with someone." ...

"While the whole industry talks about 'balancing games' there is surprisingly little consensus on what that actually means. Debates run wild." ...

"Despite strong revenue... our past hiring was too ambitious and we had to make a hard call last week," says COO. ...

A new challenger stepped into the game engine arena today: MaxPlay, a game technology company that aims to entice developers into using its "cloud-based" collaborative game development platform. ...

Microsoft's Greenshoots game development funding & guidance program is expanding this year and starting to offer £100,000 in grants to developers in Northern Ireland. ...

"Both the community and press have responded well to our transparency. Direct communication with the fans has lead to huge support, which helped us fix the game and make it even better." ...

SOMA's Thomas Grip tackles the latest Alien game in this classic 2014 post: "I think that horror simulation is the sort of design we want to strive for when making horror games." ...

"From valuing software over presentations and showing respect for your player base, these are seven important elements teams--both large and small--should keep in mind." ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us topics ranging from the self-reflexivity of Davey Wreden's The Beginner's Guide to an analysis of the systems of Prison Architect. ...

UK-based developer Lilith has pulled the plug on the Kickstarter campaign for its P.T. inspired horror title, Allison Road, which will now be published and financed by Team17. ...