Today I'm going to turn a critical eye on what I see as the hidden lynch-pin of the entire system: user ratings. ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from gameplay as dialect to the terrorism of Shadow of Mordor. ...

"have been working independently for eight-ish years now, and one of the most popular suggestions for how to help yourself have a bit more discipline is Pomodoro Technique, sometimes called 'timeboxing.'" ...

Developers, if you're making a new game you might be thinking too small -- why not make a whole new genre? Game Oven's de Jongh explains the value of thinking big in this GDC Europe 2014 talk. ...

"I'd always wanted to code a play-ground for emergent behavior, and having done it now I can both see why people love games that do it, and why most game developers try to avoid it as much as possible." ...

"The decision is an important first step for the industry's efforts to stop the grey market resale of their products... the decision sends a clear message: In Germany, key selling infringes copyright." ...

Developers who use the GameMaker engine will be able to submit and sell their games via a dedicated application on Windows, Mac, and Linux -- with a beta launch coming later this month. ...

"Unless you come out and say something controversial people don't notice you." - James Marsden, head of Velocity 2X developer FuturLab ...

The VR company has posted videos from its Oculus Connect event in Los Angeles on its YouTube channel -- including its famous CTO's musings and trials with mobile VR. ...

He started working with VR in 1993, and professionally in 1995. Now he's making prototypes for the Oculus Rift and teaching students how to develop in VR. What does he think of the medium's future? ...