After nearly a decade, Renegade Kid is closing as cofounders Gregg Hargrove and Jools Watsham go their separate ways -- and they're splitting the studio's game catalog on purely dimensional grounds. ...
Ratchet and Skylanders designer Mike Stout writes on depth: "To me, it describes a sweet spot -- that point during a game where the player can repeatedly display his mastery of a game mechanic." ...
In this retrospective, N++ creators Mare Sheppard and Raigan Burns reflect on the game's 12 year journey that began with the release of a free Flash game in 2004. ...
"With Overcooked, we wanted to make a game which was much more focused on how a team works together rather than simply adding more players to a single player experience." ...
Applications are now open for CryEngine's Indie Development Fund, which is offering CryEngine devs the chance to claim a slice of a $1 million funding pool. ...
The Great Whale Road just hit earl access. Joachim Sammer, CEO of Sunburned Games, tells us about the making of this story-driven strategy/RPG hybrid set on the medieval shores of the North Sea coast. ...
Hot off the release of Threes, indie game maker Asher Vollmer speaks at GDC 2014 about how to empower your players (without patronizing them) through great tutorial design. ...
In this classic postmortem, some of the key figures behind seminal Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients provide a look at what went right and wrong during development of the trailblazing game. ...
Obduction, which is out today, is Cyan's first game in 25 years that isn't set in the Myst universe. We talked to Rand Miller about world building, puzzle crafting, and designing for VR. ...
Japanese game industry trade body CESA recently polled nearly 2,000 game devs in Japan about how much they're paid, and the results suggest it's less than devs in the West. ...