Latency is the enemy of virtual reality development, and Oculus has convinced both AMD and Nvidia to collaborate on a new mode that offers more horsepower. ...

Tanya Short of Kitfox Games shares some advice on procedurally generating levels as part of her GDC 2015 Game Design Case Study on Kitfox's spacefaring survival roguelike Shattered Planet. ...

"I will never lie about my opinion on a game for any reason ... I am someone who has spent my entire life gaming so I know a lot about them." ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from philosophy in Pillars of Eternity to a new series aimed at demystifying MOBAs and eSports. ...

A detailed tour through the design of Shovel Knight's all-new playable character, Plague Knight, and how his completely different movement style posed both challenges and opportunities. ...

CDPR's Matthew Steinke speaks at GDC Europe 2015 about how he led design of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's crafting system and how he made it play nice with the game's dynamic economy. ...

"We wanted simple, factual stories. Some are sad, some are hopeful. We didn't want to bring any judgment or moral justification in the game. We just let you decide what you will do." ...

We talk to Tom Francis about what happened when the central mechanic of his game Heat Signature--the mechanic that he named the game after--ceased to be the central mechanic ...

In this article from the 2015 annual Game Career Guide, Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games offers tips on incremental funding strategies for smaller developers ...

In this article from the 2015 annual Game Career Guide, Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games offers tips on incremental funding strategies for smaller developers ...