This Is The Police is a game about being a cop. A crooked one, who instead of hitting the streets and fighting crime is hitting the streets and trying to make as much dirty money as he can. » 1/27/15 9:00pm Yesterday 9:00pm

The Global Game Jam, where thousands upon thousands of gamers join together to create a video game over a weekend, is over, and this year, for the first time ever, the game jam also came to Beijing. » 1/26/15 6:00am Monday 6:00am

Armello hit early access today. I've been playing it this afternoon and it's pretty good! Gorgeous, as expected, but be warned: as advertised, it's very much a card game, so don't go into it expecting a more video game-like RPG experience. » 1/22/15 10:43pm Thursday 10:43pm

Ronin, as you'll see about three seconds into the above video, is basically Gunpoint vs Mark of the Ninja, a fantasy combination if ever I've dreamt one up. » 1/22/15 10:00pm Thursday 10:00pm

Transistor developer Amir Rao just published an interesting breakdown of all the work that went into the game's unique "functions" system. I found the inspiration that Supergiant pulled from Magic: The Gathering particularly neat. And the fact that they deliberately eschewed "power-leveling." Read it at Gamasutra. » 1/22/15 5:40pm Thursday 5:40pm

I thought naming my company HyperLeoCorp would save it from any wrongdoing. Video game development simulator Mad Games Tycoon proved otherwise. » 1/21/15 11:00am 1/21/15 11:00am

Children of Morta—aka the most GIF-able game ever—is now on Kickstarter. If you need a refresher, it's a story-driven hack 'n slash with roguelike elements (read: lots of dying, but you learn a little something about yourself in the process). It looks gorgeous, not to mention pretty interesting. Check it out. » 1/20/15 10:30pm 1/20/15 10:30pm

There is absolutely NO WAY this game is intended to say something about the state of modern video games. None whatsoever. But even if you don't care about that, its lone sex scene is one of the best I've ever seen in video games. » 1/13/15 2:15pm 1/13/15 2:15pm

Over Christmas and New Years I spent time catching up on games I'd missed throughout the year. But there was one game I became totally engrossed with: Dungeonmans. » 1/08/15 3:00pm 1/08/15 3:00pm

Anyone can build a snowman. A good snowman, though? That requires ice-cold nerves, high-level spatial reasoning, and a dash of love—or so A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build claims. Oh, and look at that: there are hugs! » 12/23/14 9:45pm 12/23/14 9:45pm

Lumino City is a gorgeous thing that anyone who enjoys pretty video games needs to play immediately. But while we've covered its exquisite hand-made backgrounds before, now that the game is out, we get to see something else that's neat: the game's intro sequence, which is one of the coolest I've ever seen. » 12/16/14 8:30pm 12/16/14 8:30pm

This is the first footage of Before, Facepunch's very cool-looking take on...caveman strategy? » 12/05/14 10:30pm 12/05/14 10:30pm

The Banner Saga, one of the year's prettiest video games, now has a sequel. The Banner Saga 2. It'll be out next year. » 12/05/14 9:42pm 12/05/14 9:42pm

The Fullbright Company, developers of Gone Home, showed off their next project at the Game Awards. In a short teaser, we saw a glimpse of the sci-fi-looking Tacoma, which is...well, we don't really know. That's what teasers do. They leave us with questions. » 12/05/14 9:30pm 12/05/14 9:30pm

The Deer God doesn't hold your hand, or tell you what to do. It can be a struggle, but it's all worth it when you're shooting fire out your antlers. » 12/05/14 4:00pm 12/05/14 4:00pm

The Old City is a neat exploration game (with a whiff of Dishonored about it) that we first looked at early in the year. Despite a failed Kickstarter, it's now up on Steam. » 12/04/14 5:45pm 12/04/14 5:45pm