"Why does this work? Solid teams who embrace this pattern know that every three weekends they can potentially go home early, and not have to worry about anything breaking." ...

The developer behind the upcoming iOS version of Papers Please was forced to revise his game after Apple deemed certain parts of it to be "pornographic" in nature. ...

Lucky Frame, creators of the recent Nightmare Cooperative and the IGF nominated Bad Hotel and Pugs Luv Beats, have decided they can no longer make games. ...

Lucky Frame, creators of the recent Nightmare Cooperative and the IGF nominated Bad Hotel and Pugs Luv Beats, have decided they can no longer make games. ...

"I wanted it to be about the pulse and drive, with a heavy focus on rhythmic and percussive elements to get over his general attitude towards things given that he is a physically imposing threat." ...

With 2014 coming to a close, it's time for our end of year roundups, starting with perhaps our most important annual list: The Top 10 Game Developers of 2014. ...

"Composers' pitch letters remind me so much of my own, from back when was hunting for my first gig, 15 years ago. Just like I did, they go about it entirely wrong." ...

"The post provides a short solution for finding 'missing' object references. These are probably the result of some mixup in .meta files that results in having a link with an invalid object id." ...

"'Painterly' art doesn't try to look realistic -- instead, it uses its unique aspects as a constructed object to its advantage. I hope that, as games continue to grow, we get to see a truly 'gamerly' game." ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Alan Williamson on topics ranging from Grand Theft Auto 5's reappearance in the news to an analysis of a BioShock 'morality run.' ...