Developer Jake Birkett ran a Twitter poll asking other game devs if their last published game covered its costs (including a nominal salary for themselves), compiling his observations in a blog post. ...

This week's highlights include impressions of more late-breaking notable games of this holiday season, from Let's Go Pikachu through Battlefield V to Underworld Ascendant and beyond. ...

"Your store page is not irrelevant, but it†™s a bit irrelevant," says Compulsion's Sam Abbott. "If people have an idea in their mind of what your game is, that†™s what they†™re buying. It†™s not the fine print." ...

Dodge Roll, the studio behind Enter the Gungeon, announced earlier today that it will no longer be continuing development on a paid expansion for the game, focusing on new endeavors instead. ...

Players of Mossmouth's Spelunky HD are working to understand the game's inner workings, a process that has become integral to snagging a spot on the game's leaderboards. ...

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A diverse assortment of developers and industry professionals make up the juries of the GDC 2019 Independent Games Festival, an they'll soon decide the finalists for next year's awards. ...

This week's highlights include a look at the U.S. grandmaster vying for the world chess championships, a diary playing through Bethesda's oddly emergent Fallout 76, and more. ...

Rock Paper Shotgun has published an interview speaking with some developers who create address bar games, which are meant to be played entirely within a website's URL. ...

In this 2009 postmortem, Gaijin Games' (now Choice Provisions) Alex Neuse looks at the creation of abstract action game Bit. Trip Beat, detailing what went right and wrong during the game's development. ...