Microsoft CEO’s Tip for Game Developers Comes With a Huge Caveat That Xbox Needs to Deal With

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has tips for the gaming industry, but it misses some of the biggest problems in the current ...

Steam expert hails PC gaming "golden age" of rough-but-fun games that devs can make quickly and players love, from Peak to Megabonk: "Steam players want fun first"

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The Art of Being Kojima: Death Stranding 2 and the Power of Creative Control

At Lucca Comics & Games, Hideo Kojima turned a world tour into something far more personal: a celebration of creation, ...
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What Part Do NoSQL Databases Play in Contemporary Video Gaming?

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What even is game direction? We asked 16 game directors

To unpack what's involved, we asked 16 directors across the industry two simple questions: how they define game direction, ...

"Xbox has been pretty supportive of the stuff we want to do."

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The action games that have delivered genuine action in 2025

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We Could Have Had a Hideo Kojima-Directed Matrix Game

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iPads, Xcode, and Steam: Game development is hard, but gratifying

Beyond a frustrating ChatGPT vibe coding incident, I've been showing my game "Character Limit" to others via my iPad, it's ...
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One original Halo designer blasts the new remake, wonders if the point was just 'Occupying an enormous art team while you figure out what to do'

Resident Evil Capcom execs were bewildered that people might want to play original Resident Evil when GOG approached them about it: 'We have all of those remakes. It’s already the superior experience' ...
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Ex-PlayStation boss says the games industry is "littered" with Fortnite clones and "people trying to do Overwatch with different skins," but keep dreaming if you're just trying ...

Games "A live-service game to me isn't really a game," former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden says: "I need a story, I need a character, and I need a world" Games Former PlayStation boss says Xbox Game ...