Fancy first-person animations can create a surprising degree of tech debt.

Defenestration is always good comedy.

Both bite-sized turn-based tactical strategy games offer unique ways to tell stories in games.

Who among us hasn't blacked out, woken up, and found they'd coded and designed an entirely new character?

Developers at Pearl Abyss, Round8 Studio, Shift Up, and other studios say developers and players in the region want to break out of the free-to-play market.

Is Valve using its platform power to create an uncompetitive advantage?

Learn a little about how Heart Machine is bringing the Hyper Light saga to a 3D world.

An 'epilogue' episode of Two Player Productions' Double Fine Psych Odyssey shows the team reckoning with Psychonauts 2's tense development cycle.

Update: Xsolla is adding a veteran of Samsung, EA, and the AI industry to its leadership ranks.

The Summer Game Fest stream was light on announcements, but heavy on indies and praise for the industry from Geoff Keighley.

Cooking is both a deeply personal act and the lifeblood of armies and civilizations.

Controller support is just one hurdle for games like Besiege; Spiderling Studios explores why adding that to PC isn't as simple as copy-and-pasting its console counterpart's code.

After years working in silence, Spiderling Studios has surfaced with with a surprise oceanic DLC that adds water physics to Besiege.

From TimeShift to Space Marine 2, Saber Interactive's in-house technology and international operations are what's kept it alive and thriving, says CEO and co-founder Matthew Karch.

Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch adds more context for his vocal defense of Embracer Group and CEO Lars Wingefors.

Ark: Survival Evolved developer says it "reduced" the roles of 6 employees, and that it does not anticipate any further layoffs in 2024.

With Immortals of Aveum hitting EA Play and Xbox Game Pass, Electronic Arts is passing all net sales revenue to its developer.

Update: The studio behind Dauntless and Fae Farm has laid off an unknown number of employees and cancelled a game "mere weeks" away from launching in Early Access.

The art of the compromise: hold your nose and close your eyes.

A promising game cashing in on growing enthusiasm for drag performers couldn't find necessary funding.

The Division franchise is no longer jumping to free-to-play.

Correction: Ubisoft's net bookings rose 33.5 percent in 2023 through 2024, but its total employee headcount declined by 1,700 since 2022.

Did a complex card system keep Marvel's Midnight Suns from being a hit?

Paradox says human actors are receiving royalties in exchange for lending their voices to their voice generation tools.

Solomon and crew are taking a run at The Sims.

Square Enix's "unforgettable experiences" will be made without some unforgettable people.

Design lessons from Pacific Drive show how developers can build new experiences in familiar genres.

What are we doing here people?

The developers behind Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, and Mighty Doom are being shut down.