Quadrilateral Cowboy triumphs at the Independent Game Festival Awards
Quadrilateral Cowboy and Hyper Light Drifter were among the games honoured at the 2017 Independent Game Festival Awards.
Creating narrative through gameplay in Oxenfree
In his GDC talk, Sean Krankel, discussed the methods Night School Studio used to combine gameplay and narrative in their hit 2016 game, Oxenfree.
Nindies Showcase strengthens Switch launch window
Nintendo bolsters the Switch launch window with a wide and varied range of indie releases.
Creating the disturbing soundscapes of Hyper Light Drifter
In addition to its challenging gameplay and vibrant visuals, Heart Machine’s Hyper Light Drifter is also notable for its unsettling, discordant audio design.
Report: Unity GDC 2017 keynote
At today’s GDC keynote, John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, gave an overview of the game engine’s 5.6 update and previewed the changes coming in Unity 2017.
How Thumper was ‘turned’ into something special
At GDC this week Marc Flury, co-founder of Drool, revealed how the two man studio created one of the indie highlights of 2016, the self-proclaimed ‘rhythm violence’ game, Thumper.
How the games industry is rallying against the travel ban
Some of the gestures, both large and small, show just how great the games industry can be.
Nintendo’s Breath of the Wild devs to speak at GDC 2017
Three of the developers behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will speak at the upcoming Game Developers Conference (GDC).