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"Plot is highly overrated... focus on character." - Tom Abernathy, narrative lead at Riot Games, and Richard Rouse III of Microsoft Game Studios, discuss structure for narrative in video games. ...

I don't know why and I don't know what kind of Doritos fans of Space Engineers have been eating or what flavor of Mountain Dew they've been drinking, but man oh man are they in love with Microsoft's big black box.Click T...

A panel of experienced game-writers offered advice on how to hook a player into a game's story within its first five minutes at GDC today. ...

Jamie Griesemer is a Bungie veteran, having worked on games like Halo 3 and Halo: Reach before joining the Sony developer.

Blizzard has officially shut down the gold and real-money auction houses for Diablo 3. This puts an end to one of the company's most controversial design decisions.Click To

The complete story and side ops walkthrough of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes.

PC gamers, get ready for splendid news. Cristian Fabian Munoz Isla has informed us about the release of his Resident Evil mod for Doom, called DooM the Mercenaries.

In the wake of Brandon Boyer's cancer diagnosis, Nika Harper joins Casual Friday this week to discuss the collective power of the gaming community, and how that power can occasionally be used for good.

Attempting to reverse-engineer successful games can be a worthwhile exercise, but there are some important things to consider, said Rob Jagnow, creator of Extrasolar. ...

An attractive sci-fi premise lies at the heart of this indie game, but cheap horror tactics let it down

You have less than two weeks to purchase any songs you might want for Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, or Band Hero.

Oscar nominees and Tributes make the grade on the DVD and Blu-ray sales and rentals charts.

The possibilities for the game are expansive and limitless, and we had an opportunity to pick the brain of Keen Software House's CEO, Marek Rosa, about where the game is headed and what sort of features we can look forwa...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch exceeds expectations

Chaz at Twinfinite writes, Puzzle games, especially in the mobile (or mobile-to-PC) market, are a dime a dozen. Its probably got something to do with the relative ease with which a lot of the trappings of a game can most...

Walmart will allow customers to trade in their used video games starting on March 26th at the retailer's 3,100 locations in the United States. The retailer is accepting trade-ins online starting today.Click To

NowGamer: "Vlambeer's latest PC, PS3 and PS Vita game, Luftrausers, is all about shooting things out of the sky. Find out if it's any good in our Luftrausers review."

During the Swedish Game Awards, Sjoerd Hourences De Jong described the development of his new UE4-powered game, Solus, using Unreal Engine 4s Blueprint visual scripting system.

As part of an emotional recollection of his life, Antichamber dev Alexander Bruce gave GDC goers takeaways they should be asking themselves when piecing together their own development timelines. ...

Unity's CEO said that Unity 5 will be able to compete with both CRYENGINE and Unreal Engine 4, and these shots back up those claims.

No announcements have been made yet and we dont expect them until E3 of this year, but if we follow the pattern of the Wii U reveal, it could be up to two years before we see more solid information about the direction Ni...

"Nintendo of UK has sent out a new press release today once again reminding Nintendo players of the fact that once May 20th rolls around, online play on most Nintendo DS and Wii games will be shut off. Previously, Ninten...