Harmonix, the Massachusetts video game studio best known for Rock Band and Dance Central, laid off a number of employees today.
Paper and Lego prototyping saves time and money for prototyping, explains Wayward Manor developer Matt Korba. Its abstract nature also makes it easy to appeal to those outside the game industry.
Evaluate the best games of the year alongside Gamasutra's editors -- by contributing a blog post that tackles the game or games you consider most significant in 2013.
Polytron Corporation announced this morning that Fez has sold over 1 million copies across all platforms, including Xbox Live, PSN, and Mac/PC.
Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews takes a look at what UK software sales portend for the fortunes of the big three hardware providers -- and sees Nintendo in hot water.
Some of the most notable people in game development will be evaluating IGF 2014's standout entries. Today IGF announces members of some of the discipline-specific jury panels.
The state of Facebook games has never been so diverse, the company says, highlighting a wide range of independent, European and Middle Eastern devs among its annual Games of the Year list.
The ups and downs of developing an indie game for the PS3 and PC -- how the project went, how it sold, and what the self-publishing experience was like.
IndieGames.com's editor-in-chief John Polson takes a look back at the Independent Games Festival, and the impact the event had on the lives of its early participants.
To test their framework and rapidly prototype promising ideas, Gamelogic made 30 games across 30 days. This post explains what went into that, both good and bad.
Skullgirls developer Lab Zero Games and co-publisher Autumn Games have terminated their business relationship with Konami -- and it would appear that Konami was not completely onboard with this train of thought.
GOG, a digital distribution platform for PC games, announced a 100 percent money-back guarantee for all of the games it sells. The catch is, all of GOG's games are DRM free.
A document leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden states that the NSA has been sending agents into online games, in a bid to infiltrate online game communities.
Programmer Eric Undersander (Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning) shares some surprising tips for working with the popular physics middleware gleaned over years working with it.
Mike Rose talks to Rob Jagnow and Brendan Mauro from Lazy 8 Studios about the unusual Extrasolar, a game so unlike anything you've played that it may not be a game at all.
Gameplay producer Marek Ziemak talks about how the successful RPG franchise increases in scope -- and its development team increases in size -- without losing the "garage" feel of the old days.
Everyone is talking about Hello Games' next project, an ambitious open-world game inspired by classic sci-fi from the likes of Clarke and Asimov.
Tecmo Koei, Big Bit and GungHo Online are restricting the amount of real money a player can spend in their games based on age, presumably in an effort to steer clear of legal trouble down the road.
How a browser game inspired by Hotline Miami grew beyond its game jam beginnings to become its own unique, utterly relaxing experience.
Gamasutra speaks with Zoink Games' Klaus Lyngeled, art and game director of the recently released, grunge comics-inspired puzzle-platformer Stick It to The Man.
Following on from Lars Doucet's discussion of the "Procedural Death Labyrinth," Dustin Anglin makes the case that it's just fine to say "roguelike" -- a "one-word love letter" to a classic.
Double Fine's Tim Schafer and his team are taking on the challenge of reimagining the adventure game genre with Broken Age. In a GDC Next session, they explained how they're doing it.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition developer Trent Oster ponders whether making games simpler for the mass market player is a fool's errand.
A dungeon crawler on your wrist? David Drake has been developing MazeCrawler for the Pebble smart watch, and shares the secrets of creating games for this new type of device.
Seth Sivak writes on how effectively networking is key to attracting venture capital -- and how to grow, cultivate, but not abuse the network of people you know while seeking investment.
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