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Deep Dive: Reimagining the battle pass in Guild Wars 2 Deep Dive: Reimagining the battle pass in Guild Wars 2

Maintaining authenticity and aligning with player values meant taking an atypical approach.

byChris Casiano, Rick Luebbers

Oct 26, 2023

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Top 5 Lessons I Learned After Decades Designing Blockbuster RPGs Top 5 Lessons I Learned After Decades Designing Blockbuster RPGs

Oct 26, 2023

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Baldur’s Gate has been reinventing the RPG genre since 1998 Baldur’s Gate has been reinventing the RPG genre since 1998

Oct 26, 2023

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Logo for the French trade body Syndicat National du Jeu Vidéo (SNJV).

French dev study shows optimism amid industry shifts French dev study shows optimism amid industry shifts

byJustin Carter

Oct 25, 2023

1 Min Read

city roads and buildings

How roads and roundabouts became the "backbone" of Cities: Skylines IIHow roads and roundabouts became the "backbone" of Cities: Skylines II

Oct 24, 2023

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Designing Killer Queen: from playground experiment to modern arcade sensation Designing Killer Queen: from playground experiment to modern arcade sensation

Oct 18, 2023

A screenshot of key Phantom Liberty character 'Songbird'

Scoring for empathy by warping convention in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Scoring for empathy by warping convention in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Industry vets form Jam & Tea Studios to build multiplayer RPG using generative AI

Industry vets form Jam & Tea Studios to build multiplayer RPG using generative AI

Emotional Engagement in Video Games: Measuring Emotions

Emotional Engagement in Video Games: Measuring Emotions

byMaria Amirkhanyan

The war on lag starts with latency

The war on lag starts with latency

byAndrew Walker

Stray Gods protagonist Grace stood before a panel of mysterious figures

The meaningful choices that made Stray Gods developer Summerfall Studios

The meaningful choices that made Stray Gods developer Summerfall Studios

Chai and 808 in Tango Gameworks' Hi-Fi Rush.

Hi-Fi Rush devs on making an "over the top" rhythm action game

Hi-Fi Rush devs on making an "over the top" rhythm action game

byJustin Carter

Inspiring, not Demotivating: The Art of Giving Feedback

Inspiring, not Demotivating: The Art of Giving Feedback

byAnastasia Zaiceva

A screenshot from Dredge showing a boat entering a spooky passage

Turning players' worst fears against them in Dredge

Turning players' worst fears against them in Dredge

A photograph of public demo booths at PAX Australia

Witch Beam co-founder Sanatana Mishra explains how to interpret feedback from public demos

Witch Beam co-founder Sanatana Mishra explains how to interpret feedback from public demos

Kevin Johnson speaking on stage at GCAP 2023

Empower your dev team with these five rules from Double Fine's Kevin Johnson

Empower your dev team with these five rules from Double Fine's Kevin Johnson

Key art for Ion Storm's Deus Ex, featuring lead character JC Denton.

Warren Spector looks back on making Deus Ex out of spite

Warren Spector looks back on making Deus Ex out of spite

byJustin Carter

A screenshot from El Paso, Elsewhere. The player character dives while firing two guns at a werewolf-looking enemy.

Making and breaking the Max Payne-like rules of El Paso, Elsewhere

Making and breaking the Max Payne-like rules of El Paso, Elsewhere

bySam Machkovech

Two characters onscreen in Life By You having a conversation about work

Rod Humble and King Choi illustrate the ambition of Life By You

Rod Humble and King Choi illustrate the ambition of Life By You

Coffee spilling on a laptop keyboard

The Unity meltdown sucks for students and educators, too

The Unity meltdown sucks for students and educators, too

byDanielle Riendeau

Baldur's Gate III character contends with a mysterious device

Larian Studio CEO Swen Vincke pushes back on Baldur's Gate III being "standard" for games

Larian Studio CEO Swen Vincke pushes back on Baldur's Gate III being "standard" for games

byAlessandro Fillari

A screenshot from Towerborne showing four aces battling enemies in a verdant field

Rapid prototyping the "difference maker" when developing Towerborne

Rapid prototyping the "difference maker" when developing Towerborne

Key art for Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 showing the game's playable characters/companions.

Baldur's Gate 3's mocap director goes into the full performance process

Baldur's Gate 3's mocap director goes into the full performance process

byJustin Carter

Screenshot of a boat in Die Gute Fabrik's 2023 game, Saltsea Chronicles.

How Saltsea Chronicles empowered its writers room with "incredible 'yes, and' energy"

How Saltsea Chronicles empowered its writers room with "incredible 'yes, and' energy"

byJustin Carter

Deep Dive: How the developers of Meet Your Maker crafted a unique experience under a no-crunch policy

Deep Dive: How the developers of Meet Your Maker crafted a unique experience under a no-crunch policy

byJulien Tolszczuk-Jalbert, Ashley Pannell

A screenshot from Overwatch 2's story mode. Lucio and other heroes fight off a wave of Omnic robots.

Overwatch 2 devs: we were "blind" to what players wanted in sequel

Overwatch 2 devs: we were "blind" to what players wanted in sequel

byBryant Francis

The 4 Boss Battles of Game Dev Collaboration

The 4 Boss Battles of Game Dev Collaboration

Postmortem: Prototyping Let’s! Revolution! to transform Minesweeper into a turn-based strategy roguelike

Postmortem: Prototyping Let’s! Revolution! to transform Minesweeper into a turn-based strategy roguelike

byMichael Highland, Ian Sundstrom

wordle and spelling bee logos

Video: Wordle, one year later

Video: Wordle, one year later

byDanielle Riendeau

Epic games self publishing cover image with colorful hardware and a happy-faced mouse

The best places to publish your indie game

The best places to publish your indie game

byDanielle Riendeau

Deep Dive: How Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly transformed from DLC to a full game

Deep Dive: How Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly transformed from DLC to a full game

byArya Wiryawan Wibowo

Box art for Ubisoft's Far Cry 1 featuring Jack Carver rising out of the water.

The original Far Cry's source code has been leaked, uploaded online

The original Far Cry's source code has been leaked, uploaded online

byJustin Carter

In this screenshot from the game Last Year, a young woman is surrounded by sharp claws in a poorly lit room.

Postmortem: Bringing an IP back to life with horror survival game Last Year

Postmortem: Bringing an IP back to life with horror survival game Last Year

byMatthew Itovitch

key art from baldur's gate 3, with an ice beam power

Larian says bringing Baldur's Gate 3 to Xbox might require some "compromises"

Larian says bringing Baldur's Gate 3 to Xbox might require some "compromises"

Redfall screenshot, featuring the game's run down city

Tooling is still a problem for studios building live service games

Tooling is still a problem for studios building live service games

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