This week's 'long reads/standout game videos' highlights include a mess of GDC talk goodness, plus Resident Evil 7/Biohazard's making-of, the role of mystery in games, & lots more. ...
�At the end of the day, the work is the work,� said game designer Margaret Robertson in her talk at GDC today about what she's learned in closing her indie game studio and joining Dots dev Playdots. ...
"We started from the idea of an interactive graphic novel and how that would work, bringing together an adventure game sensibility with Inkle's text flow style." ...
Game developers who want to get their games on the soon-to-launch Nintendo Switch should be prepared for a strict submission process, at least here in the console�s early days. ...
Blizzard's own Overwatch took home top honors at tonight's Game Developers Choice Awards alongside a slew of other award-winning games. ...
Blendo Games' Quadrilateral Cowboy was one of many winners at tonight's 19th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards! ...
"Empathize, acknowledge, and build a relationship," says Emma Siu, community engagement manager on the non-combat MMO Wander. ...
"The concept of locomotion IN Lucid Trips has similarities with the movement of astronauts in outer space who have jetpacks attached to their wrists." ...
Yacht Club Games offers insight into the process of creating alternatively gendered bodies for the main characters in Shovel Knight without falling victim to pink-bow-and-skirt tropes. ...
"I wanted to do something that mattered -- not something just to make money. It forced the question: what would I do if I was gong to be dead in a year," shared Crashlands dev Samuel Coster. ...