With OUYA kiosks in stores across the UK, one indie sets up a guerrilla demo for his game at a local video game shop.
Deus Ex designer Warren Spector and Thief designer Doug Church grill each other on stage at GDC 2002 about their first-person stealth game design decisions.
The top 1 percent of people spending money on in-app purchases in mobile and web games account for around 33 percent of total spending, according to a new report.
This detailed breakdown explores the dichotomy of how players move through games -- through learning how to play, or by powering up -- and what that means for your design.
Following recent layoffs at Trion and his comments that the industry was "fundamentally broken," departed Trion CCO elaborates on his remarks and what the industry needs if it wants to see change.
In this reprint from the May issue of GD Mag, Nate Ralph takes us through this year's newest tools and middleware, straight from the Game Developers Conference show floor.
Combat designer Ben Ruiz gives the popular Metroidvania brawler a good thumping to see whether its mechanics live up to the potential its luchador protagonist promises.
Microsoft used words like "groundbreaking," "innovative" and "immersive" countless times as it unveiled the Xbox One, but Leigh Alexander argues that all we saw a disconnected prayer to stop time.
Simon Roth (VVVVVV) suggests that game programmers' obsession with coding "to the metal" is counterproductive in the current multiplatform era -- writing "it's not the '90s anymore."
Make Something Unreal winner Michael Levall explores the difference between leading a project and being the stakeholder of its vision -- sharing strategies for keeping a small team running effectively.
A new webinar from the National Endowment for the Arts will be held later this month for prospective applicants of 2013's Art Works grant.
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks on topics including the Wii U and indies helping indies.
No matter what you've read about the newly-unveiled Xbox One, I'll wager you haven't seen much mention of the role of indie developers on the new console.
On the heels of YoYo Games' announcement that it would be bringing GameMaker to Tizen, Unity Technologies has announced it, too, is developing a version of its software to the open-source platform.
With the Oculus Rift reawakening interest in VR games, serious games developer Sébastien Kuntz shares his decade-plus of experience in creating immersive virtual simulations.
UPDATED Microsoft's successor to the Xbox 360, the Xbox One, is being positioned as an "all-in-one" console combining multimedia consumption with cloud computing and a packed-in Kinect 2.0.
Fable developer Stewart Lynch focuses on C++ memory management for console game development, offering techniques for fragmentation and allocation.
"2K Games seeks the talents of a seasoned graphics programmer who enjoys a collaborative and creative work environment and is looking to push the boundaries of cutting edge 3D graphics."
Electronic Arts has handed the reins to the Need for Speed franchise to its new Gothenburg, Sweden studio Ghost Games, with a release due later this year.
Earlier this year, the U.S. branch of Atari filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with the aim to sell all of its assets and secure a fresh start for the company. Four months on, the sale isn't going so well.
Even on the Super Nintendo, it was possible to build worlds that captured the imagination and provoked strong emotion -- or so writes indie Zack Wood, in his analysis of obscure RPG Lennus.
TVs litter the walls of Riot Games, constantly streaming updates on the current League of Legends build to keep all staff informed and involved. QA senior lead Benjamin Seifert tells us more.
Say goodbye to rubberbanding and artificially injected randomness.
A simple but useful tutorial for creating great-performing particles on smartphones.
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USC Interactive Media Division student Kevin Wong looks back on a memorable trip to GDC, observing the "nascent renaissance" emerging in the field of indie development.
Our canine companions aren't well represented in the world of video games. Can you design a game featuring a dog as a playable character? Fetch-based gameplay mechanics are optional, but encouraged.
What if Activision's upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts had a strong supernatural component? Game Career Guide's readers explore the possibilities in these winning entries to our latest Game Design Challenge.
