After Nearly A Decade Of Development, Spy Party Is Looking Great
In most multiplayer video games, you’re on equal footing with your opponents. You’re on the same map, with the same…
We Played A Delicious Edible Tabletop Game
I played several different games at the Game Developers Conference last week, but I only ate one of them.
The Main Game Dev Advocacy Group Is Wishy-Washy On Unions
Here at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, there’s an increasing momentum for the action that game…
The Best Video Game Trees, According To Someone Who Makes Them
Fun fact: there’s an entire company dedicated to helping game developers create believable trees. SpeedTree offers…
Bard's Tale IV's Special Weapons Are Also Puzzles
The puzzles in The Room series are equal parts captivating and haunting, but they have just one problem: you can’t use…
Surprise, Zelda Won Game Of The Year At The Game Developers Choice Awards
Nintendo’s latest Zelda adventure followed up its win at the 2017 Game Awards with GOTY honours at tonight’s Game…
Former BioWare Studio Head Talks About Life Under EA
At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Jason Schreier and I sat down with Aaryn Flynn, formerly of…
Harold Halibut is an adventure game where everything is handmade. “Almost every object you see in the game exists in…
What The Golf is my favorite game of GDC so far. Its developers assert that golf is boring, so they’ve made tons of…
Game Workers Unite is a fledgling effort to get game devs unionized that’s formed around this year’s GDC. The…
Breath Of The Wild Wins Big At 2018 DICE Awards
The 21st D.I.C.E. Awards—voted on by over 30,000 members of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences—just wrapped up…
GDC Pulls Award After Outcry Over Atari Co-founder Nolan Bushnell [Update]
A day after saying it would give Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell its 2018 Pioneer Award, the organizers of the Game…
Blizzard Talks About How They Came Up With Overwatch's New Hero, Orisa
Overwatch’s newest hero, Orisa, isn’t what you’d call, er, typical. She’s a quadrupedal robo-tank with horns, and she…
Overwatch's Unique Art Style Began With Torbjorn
It’s well-documented that Tracer was Overwatch’s first playable hero, but before the game was ever playable, another…
Look At This Ridiculous Space Submarine Game
GDC’s “alt.ctrl.gdc” section is a lawless land unified only by a single question: “why not?” It’s living proof that anyt…
Overwatch Wins Game Of The Year At The 2017 GDC Awards
The Game Developer’s Choice Awards were last night, and you’ll be shocked to learn Overwatch won “Game of the Year.”…
Watch The Evolution Of Destiny’s User Interface
At the Game Developers Conference in March, Bungie’s David Candland gave a really cool talk about the evolution of Desti…