"When I was growing up, games were designed to be fun, not manipulative": Path of Exile co-creator shines a blacklight on the "bulls**t" design tricks infesting all my liv…

Grinding Gear Games co-founder and Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson has followed some other high-profile game devs to ...
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Microsoft Is Making It Easier For New Devs To Make Xbox Games

If you've ever wanted to publish a game on an Xbox console, Microsoft is providing a way to make that a lot easier. The company is now publicly sharing the Xbox Game Publishing Guide for all ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

EA and Codemasters are skipping a year with their F1 games, right as the sport gets some big rule changes

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 EA SPORTS will release a paid expansion for #F125 in 2026, with the current game serving as the foundation ...

ROUTINE Is an Indie Horror Game Over a Decade in the Making – Developer Interview – IGN First

In the summer of 2012, ROUTINE was revealed at the largest video gaming convention in the world Gamescom, but after well over a decade later it has yet to make it into the hands of players. In the ...

Silent Hill f's ending could’ve cost it a Game of the Year nomination

Silent Hill f ’s default ending lacks enough context — and content — to feel satisfying. It doesn’t feel like the end of ...
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Researchers at SURF build experiment themed video games and activities for Dark Matter Day

In their spare time after work, researchers working on the LUX ZEPLIN dark matter detector at the (SURF) spent two weeks ...

The First Educational Computer Game Was Made by a Woman over 60 Years Ago

Over 60 years ago the first narrative video game designer, Mabel Addis, created the first educational computer game: The ...

Google's Gemini 3 is living up to the hype and creating games in one shot

Google's Gemini 3 is finally here, and we're impressed with the results, but it still does not adhere to my requests as well ...