The Pew Research Center reports that, contrary to popular perception, men and women who play games in the U.S. do so in roughly equal measure -- 50 percent to 48 percent, respectively. ...

"In this work I will not use the famous audio middleware (Wwise, Fmod) and will achieve the same results only with Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) built-in audio system." ...

"With just over two weeks of sales, Zombie Match Defense has made a mere $1,979. That's not nearly enough to make up for the almost year of development that it took to create." ...

How do you make an invisible character stand out from the background? This quick blog showcases the effect and provides a Unity .shader file you can use. ...

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. ...