Given the current state of the games industry, there needs to be alternative ways to run indie and midsize studios. Worker cooperatives could be the solution. ...

The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game developer Grace Bruxner discusses the process behind writing jokes for games without feeling stiff. ...

New York-base nonprofit Games for Change announced today that it's partnered with financial backers to launch the Games for Change Accelerator to support devs making things with 'social impact'. ...

Unity has partnered with Microsoft-owned Havok to update its game engine with two new physics systems: one new default option and a 'high-end' option backed by Havok's proprietary physics engine. ...

"If you want to reduce your risk in this modern ecosystem...make unique situation generators," indie dev Jason Rohrer said today in a GDC talk on the indiepocalypse (and what devs can do about it). ...

Co-creator of Dream Daddy Leighton Gray discusses the impact of the Internet on indie developers during GDC 2019 this afternoon. ...

At GDC 2019 today League of Geeks lead producer Lisy Kane took to the stage to share some of what the Armello team learned while hustling to treat the game like a service. ...

Gamasutra is on-site at GDC 2019 in San Francisco this week! Follow our coverage at our dedicated event page. ...

This week's highlights include a look at Flappy Bird's effect on the indie game scene, The Division 2's politics (or lack there-of), info on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite & Days Gone & more. ...

For Monster Prom: Second Term, Beautiful Glitch had the challenge of creating more content for a narrative game without breaking the lore of the first, all while keeping a thirsty fandom thriving. ...