This week's highlights include a detailed look at what 2019 may bring in terms of business trends & games - as well as a whole host of other leftover 2018 highlights, daily 'meditations' on games, a Chinese indie megahit, and lots more. ...

Other games receiving multiple nominations include Sony Santa Monica's God of War, Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man, and Lucas Pope's innovative puzzle whodunnit game Return of the Obra Dinn! ...

Second Dinner, the Irvine, California-based studio from ex-Hearthstone devs Ben Brode and Hamilton Chu, has secured a $30 million minority investment from NetEase. ...

From Return of the Obra Dinn to Speed Dating for Ghosts to Noita, IGF organizers are excited to announce the finalists for the 21st annual IGF Awards! ...

In this opinion piece SuperData Research founder Joost van Dreunen examines 10 major trends for 2019, from a fresh wave of consolidations to a fragmentation of PC game marketplaces. ...

350+ game developers have come together to create 365 short games, each of which is only playable for 24 hours a year. ...

Devs on Into the Breach, Astroneer, and Moon Hunters chat with Gamasutra about how they've learned to best use proc-gen techniques in their games -- and what other devs looking to start should know. ...

Here we present a roundup of our roundups to make your end of year game industry round-upping that much simpler. ...

This week's video game article & video highlights include another gigantic chunk of 'end of year' charts, discourses, thoughts and ruminations. ...

The Blushbox Collective's Katie Stegs chats about The Heartbeat Symposium, a 3-day event that seeks to bring devs together to explore (through game jams and talks) intimacy, love, and sex in games. ...