You’ve got a successful game design career that’s wound up with millions of people all over the world playing and loving something that you made. Not to mention all the poutine that you can eat. Why would you leave that? Let two guys in lab coats who used to work at Ubisoft tell you why. Read… 9/12/13 4:00pm 9/12/13 4:00pm

Once upon a time, it felt like Nintendo was giving independent game developers a bit of a cold shoulder. But times have changed and the folks at the House of Mario have been bringing more and more indie games to their platforms. The latest one? A gorgeous touchscreen fable set in feudal Japan that looks like a pop-up… Read… 9/12/13 3:00pm 9/12/13 3:00pm

Gravity Ghost looks like a children’s book come to life. There’s no shooting or killing. But jumping from planet to planet is a lot trickier than it looks in this pastel-colored journey through the cosmos. Read… 9/11/13 9:40am 9/11/13 9:40am

Super Time Force already had a lot going for it. Crazy, run-and-gun side-scrolling action. A cleverly implemented time-manipulation mechanic. And one of the greatest promo trailers ever made. But the appeal doesn’t stop there. You can literally control a piece of crap in Super Time Force. And then fart. And then shoot … Read… 9/05/13 4:00pm 9/05/13 4:00pm

Oh, look: a side-scroller. You know what to do, right? Just run to the right and hop onto that elevated platform to get to the next screen. Wait. What’s happening? It’s getting taller as you move closer to it? Why? WTF? This isn’t how things are supposed to work! Read… 9/04/13 2:00pm 9/04/13 2:00pm

My go-to expo question when speaking to a developer, particularly and independent games developer, is "What itch does your game scratch?" Windforge, by Snowed In Studios, gets to a very hard to reach place—the one for gamers who really want to play something like Minecraft and Contra at the same time. Read… 9/03/13 6:00pm 9/03/13 6:00pm

Klei Entertainment hasn't argued the comparison. To the contrary, they were the first to make it, saying their upcoming game, Incognita, is in effect espionage done in the mode of XCOM. But you find out how quickly the game is not like XCOM when you unholster your weapon. Read… 9/03/13 3:30pm 9/03/13 3:30pm

While Blackbird go changing the letterhead of their strategy game from Hardware: Shipbreakers to Homeworld: Shipbreakers, publishers Gearbox are working on their own games in the franchise, namely the HD remakes of the two main Homeworld games. Let's see how they're getting along. Read… 9/02/13 10:00pm 9/02/13 10:00pm

It's been three days of PAX Prime so far and the cosplay greatness just keeps growing. This latest batch of pictures has a great Fallout survivor, two flavors of FemShep and Lady Deadpool. Enjoy these folks' hard work, folks! Discuss… 9/01/13 10:00pm 9/01/13 10:00pm

Remember when Nintendo unveiled The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker back in the day, and everyone lost their minds because of its cel-shaded graphics? And there was basically a storm of hatred until the game was released, at which point everyone played it and realized it was incredible? Read… 9/01/13 5:15pm 9/01/13 5:15pm

Talking cars. Who doesn't like talking cars? And talking cars that can blow stuff up? Even better. Except in this case, the vehicle in question is a super-smart sentient motorcycle that got hit by lightning and decided it doesn't want to work for The Man anymore. Read… 9/01/13 3:30pm 9/01/13 3:30pm

The developer behind Broken Age, Massive Chalice, The Cave, Brutal Legend, and of course Double Fine Happy Action Theater is developing content for the PlayStation 4 tech demo known as The Playroom. Read… 9/01/13 1:00pm 9/01/13 1:00pm

Are you in Seattle for PAX this weekend? Come watch me geek out about Final Fantasy with some other cool folks at our panel, The Good, The Bad, and The Moogles: Final Fantasy Funtime Geekout. Discuss… 9/01/13 12:45pm 9/01/13 12:45pm

It's no secret that Microsoft's messaging surrounding the Xbox One has been convoluted, and it seems even the company's own representatives don't quite have a grasp on all the console's features and policies. Read… 8/31/13 6:30pm 8/31/13 6:30pm

If you're at PAX and you're a fan of Tim Schafer's funny platforming classic Psychonauts, you're going to want to stop by the Double Fine booth and pick up a few of these figurines. Read… 8/31/13 4:30pm 8/31/13 4:30pm

The Dark Knight's return to handheld gaming will feature multiple endings in an homage to classic old-school games of bygone eras. Read… 8/31/13 2:30pm 8/31/13 2:30pm

The battle for supremacy in Halo 4 that kicked off at the Rooster Teeth Expo earlier this month and continued at Gamescom will conclude at PAX Prime this weekend. The Halo 4 Global Championship Finals began yesterday at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, and they continue today. Tomorrow's finale will be live streamed from 4… Read… 8/31/13 2:00pm 8/31/13 2:00pm

A daemonologist, a chimney sweep, a stage play in Victorian England. Foul Play could have taken its inspiration from any number of sources. In fact, a music video from 1996 is largely how developer Mediatonic ended up with these themes on this type of game, a sidescrolling beat-em-up coming to Xbox Live in… Read… 8/31/13 1:30pm 8/31/13 1:30pm