The demo, coded by John Carmack and Tom Hall, was originally created to entice Nintendo into signing a publishing deal for a PC version of the game with the up-and-coming id Software. ...

At GDC 2015 Spry Fox's Alex Jaffe shares a practical approach for using game theory and matchup charts to suss out the imbalances in competitive games, so you can take steps to balance their metagame. ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks on topics ranging from tips for new game masters to why game jams are important for bringing new perspectives into the industry. ...

The juries behind the GDC 2016 Independent Games Festival come together as a diverse lineup of lauded developers and industry professionals sign on to decide the finalists for the March awards. ...

It seemed like we had hit a ceiling [on Kickstarter], a lot of games having trouble getting past a certain mark. With the investment portion of Fig, there's a chance to go beyond that." ...

Roaming an open world RPG like Falllout 4 can get boring when you run out of stuff to kill. Tabletop games like Fall of Magic and Tokaido show how we can make travel meaningful through play. ...

'Everything has been done by me, including music, illustration, design, and marketing,' says Thomas Brush. 'I'm hopeful that the cohesiveness and personality shine through in the game as a result. ...

Gamasutra editor-in-chief Kris Graft kicks off our year-end top games lists for 2015. And yeah, there's a zombie game on here. ...

As a small two-person team, we were able to sell more units of Hive in it's second year after launch than we did in the first, despite living through the "indiepocalypse." ...

Polish developer 11Bit Studios is cracking open the heart of its IGF award-winning survival game This War Of Mine this week by rolling out a suite of modding tools to the public. ...