"So I've stopped working on my previous game and added it to the game design scrapheap which grows bigger by the year." ...

The developers of Fantastic Contraption explain what they learned about best practices for VR development when they ported their simple 2D puzzle game into a 3D experience for Vive. ...

Epic Games rolled out the latest version of its engine this week, and the full Unreal Engine 4.9 update spans everything from expanded VR headset and mobile platform features to experimental DirectX12 support. ...

"I did the music and sound effects for it over the course of roughly three years and I am super proud of what has been accomplished during that time." ...

"Here you have it -- all the best thoughts and observations I could scrape together from 2+ years of solo indie development. I hope some of you out there find this useful." ...

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. ...