Players often experience exploration anxiety in open-world games, leading them to focus only on the main storyline. Too many choices can cause decision paralysis. Developers can encourage ...

There are at least seven bills proceeding through our state legislature that are ostensibly aimed at preventing gun violence but which in fact are just harassment of law-abiding gun owners and ...

According to one late 2024 survey conducted by the Game Developer Collective, over half of the game developers surveyed consider the VR market to be stagnant or in decline. Worse still ...

“Balatro” won Game of the Year at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) on Wednesday, just after “Consume Me” received the top prize at the Independent Games Festival Awards (IGFA ...

Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix has launched legal action against a developer it had partnered with to make a new Front Mission game. Front Mission, the company's classic mecha battle ...

the annual Game Developers Choice Awards and Independent Game Festival Awards, held together each year at GDC, are closer to an Academy Awards-like event. Voted on by artists and craftspeople who ...

Kelsea Ballerini celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry with a moving cover of Barbara Mandrell‘s 1981 tune “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.” Ballerini took the ...

Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the '80s and '90s, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on early PCs. He was later captivated by Myst, SimCity, Civilization, Command & Conquer, all the ...

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is in full swing this year at the Moscone Center, attracting an estimated 30,000 attendees. The 2025 theme centers around the power of gaming to bring people ...

Tactics game Mecharashi is pulling a Dark and Darker - in the sense that its developer is being sued for allegedly using assets originally made for another company's game. Square Enix had been ...