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Creating the card-based RPG Battle Suit Aces

Battle Chef Brigade developer Trinket Studios is back, this time with a card-based role-playing game called Battle Suit Aces. Card games and giant mechs...

Ben Kvalo’s vision for a sustainable game industry

Why is the game industry suffering in 2025? The answer is—complicated. But everyone agrees that large companies being too brittle to survive a multimillion...

Crystal Dynamics confirms another round of layoffs

Tomb Raider developer and Embracer subsidiary Crystal Dynamics has confirmed its third round of layoffs this year. In a statement shared on LinkedIn, the studio...

Halo Infinite to receive final major content update

Halo Infinite will receive its final major update on November 18, 2025, to allow Halo Studios to refocus on developing new titles.The shooter launched...

Video: Understanding the nature (and future) of board game design

To better understand the nature of game design, it can be helpful to look at the work of designers making games outside your target...

Chat about rhythm violence with Thumper developer Marc Flury at 6:30 PM EDT

Last year, Thumper became a standout VR title by making significant changes to its art style to terrify people who played it using a VR...

Designer Interview: Crafting Flinthook’s hookshot wasn’t easy

It might be called a grapple, or it might be called a hookshot. It might be bouncily elastic or responsively taut. It might launch...

The difference between making an MMO versus an Early Access survival game

“It’s not so much about this very small percentage of power increase to increase progression.” -Conan Exiles creative director Joel BylosLast decade, MMORPGs like World...

Sponsored: What to think about when choosing a VCS for game development

Author: by Jacek Materna, CTO, AssemblaFrom managing software development teams to being a game development hobbyist, I understand how version control systems are used...

For Honor dev: ‘We never intended for players to unlock everything’

Player criticisms about the grind-heavy nature of For Honor, namely recent complaints that it would take 2.5 years or $732 to unlock all the...

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