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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: Lessons learned in making This War of Mine and Frostpunk

In this 2019 GDC session, 11 bit studios' Przemyslaw Marszal and Michal Drozdowski explain their unique approach of the design and development processes behind...

Opinion: Civilization VI’s (Green) New Deal

The 4X genre has always been held back by the logic of its imperial fantasy. You enjoy a world where decisions carry precious little...

Video: Inside the design of the app-integrated board game Mansions of Madness

Physical games have deeply influenced the way we make video games, and in recent years the opposite has also become true. Canny developers are using digital...

The ins and outs of bouncing balls in the joyful brick-breaker Holedown

Holedown is a premium-priced mobile brick breaker built upon the joy found in a single moment in the genre: the time when the ball...

Video: The nature of order in game narrative

The goal for many game writers is to craft a narrative experience that sticks with the player and becomes something that people will want...

Video: Designing UX for board games

User experience is often associated with digital products, but it's just as much a part of non-digital products like board games, so it's important to...

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