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Programming
How Avowed's QA team stomped out bugs by working inside the design toolsHow Avowed's QA team stomped out bugs by working inside the design tools

'Train your QA using whatever methods you're training your designers.'

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A monster from Palworld and a giant robot from Titanfall 2 stand next to each other.
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Toad jumps for joy in Mario Kart World.
Console
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A fishing boat at sunset in the creepy world of Dredge
Design
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A player character from Net Ease.
Production
The key to Eggy Party's UGC success lies in recommendation system iterationThe key to Eggy Party's UGC success lies in recommendation system iteration
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'Consume Me' Wins Grand Prize, Nuovo Award at the 2025 IGF Awards'Consume Me' Wins Grand Prize, Nuovo Award at the 2025 IGF Awards
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Unity CEO Mathew Bromberg and CTO Steve Collins.
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Unity's CEO, CTO promise 'stability' after runtime fee debacle
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Mar 19, 2025
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byBryant Francis, Senior Editor
Assassin's Creed Shadows co-protagonist Naoe.
Programming
How Assassin's Creed Shadows makes environments look great up close and at a distance
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byBryant Francis, Senior Editor
Cat creatures in Animal Well
Programming
The scratch coding and sharp constraints at the heart of Animal Well
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byCharlie Wacholz, Contributor
Colorful Marvel characters do battle
Programming
The technical magic behind Doctor Strange's portals in Marvel Rivals
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byCharlie Wacholz, Contributor
A dark graveyard setting with 8 bit characters
Design
Encouraging player creativity in Caves of Qud
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byJoel Couture, Contributor
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Extended Reality
Owlchemy Labs' Dimensional Double Shift shows what's next for VR development
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Feb 27, 2025
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byBryant Francis, Senior Editor
Characters from Space Marine 2
Production
Creating seamless multiplayer experiences for games like Space Marine 2
Creating seamless multiplayer experiences for games like Space Marine 2
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byDmitri Brevdo
Brynn stares down a giant magical automaton with a crown of fire.
Design
How Eternal Strands' creators cooked up an ambitious physics system with a small team
How Eternal Strands' creators cooked up an ambitious physics system with a small team
Jan 27, 2025
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byBryant Francis, Senior Editor
A robotic middle finger emerges from a laptop screen.
Business
Developers still aren't warming up to generative AI
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Jan 22, 2025
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1 Min Read
byBryant Francis, Senior Editor
The Switch 2
Console
Nintendo finally unveils the Switch 2, its successor to the Nintendo Switch
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Jan 16, 2025
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1 Min Read
byBryant Francis, Chris Kerr
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Programming
Converting saves, a cross platform journey
Save the saves
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byOleksii Honcharov
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Design
Game Developer 2024 Wrap-Up: Bryant Francis' top 10 games of the year
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Dec 23, 2024
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1 Min Read
byBryant Francis, Senior Editor
Four images from the best games of 2024.
Game Platforms
Game Developer's 2024 Wrap-Up: The top 10 must-play Games of the Year
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Dec 19, 2024
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byChris Kerr, Bryant Francisand 3 more
Programming
Deep Dive: Crafting detailed and dynamic water in Planet Coaster 2
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Dec 12, 2024
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byJohn Wigg
Programming
6 steps to a successful playtesting process for an indie developer
6 steps to a successful playtesting process for an indie developer
Dec 9, 2024
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byMaxim Kiselev
Ichiban and Kazuma in LIke a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
Production
Like a Dragon devs open up on sharing source code, inspiring future programmers
Like a Dragon devs open up on sharing source code, inspiring future programmers
Dec 6, 2024
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byJustin Carter, Contributing Editor
Programming
A Unity project for all platforms: Part 1
A Unity project for all platforms: Part 1
Nov 26, 2024
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byBulat Gaineev, Blogger
Programming
How wall running and high-speed movement works in Project: Haste
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Nov 22, 2024
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Production
Classic Postmortem: Harmonix's Dance Central (2010)
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Nov 21, 2024
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YoYo Games CEO Russell Kay holds a microphone against Game Developer's red background.
Programming
What GameMaker's 25-year run tells us about the game engine market
What GameMaker's 25-year run tells us about the game engine market
Nov 20, 2024
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byBryant Francis, Senior Editor
Davrin, a Black elf from Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Art
BioWare pulls back the veil on Dragon Age: The Veilguard's magical hair tech
BioWare pulls back the veil on Dragon Age: The Veilguard's magical hair tech
Nov 12, 2024
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byBryant Francis, Senior Editor
Screesnhot of the Steam marketplace.
Production
Steam's new API lets devs grant easier build access to players
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Nov 12, 2024
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1 Min Read
byJustin Carter, Contributing Editor
Art
Deep Dive: Developing a clear and consistent visual language in the UI of Beastieball
Deep Dive: Developing a clear and consistent visual language in the UI of Beastieball
Nov 12, 2024
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byGregory Lobanov, Blogger
Design
Must-have tools and libraries for indie game developers in 2024
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Nov 11, 2024
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byMaxim Kiselev
A woman looks at a computer through a magnifying glass.
Art
How devs can spot AI-generated 3D models
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Nov 5, 2024
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byBryant Francis, Senior Editor
A man with his face obscured by a hoodie at a laptop.
PC
Heads up: devs on Steam now need to disclose kernel mode anti-cheat software
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Oct 31, 2024
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1 Min Read
byBryant Francis, Senior Editor
Programming
Devs can now access code optimization tool Rider for free
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Oct 24, 2024
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byTom Regan, Contributing Editor
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Design
Aggro Crab shares early prototype of Another Crab's Treasure
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Oct 4, 2024
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byTom Regan, Contributing Editor
A top-down view of the city from Frostpunk 2.
Design
Frostpunk 2's developers didn't want it to be a 'jackass simulator'
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Sep 20, 2024
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byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

New Switch 2 Info

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Business
Nintendo tells customers in Japan to expect Switch 2 hardware shortage at launchNintendo tells customers in Japan to expect Switch 2 hardware shortage at launch
byChris Kerr
Apr 23, 2025
2 Min Read
A Nintendo Switch 2 with the Nintendo Switch 2 camera.
Business
Nintendo Switch 2 dodges tariff price increase, but accessories will experience 'price adjustments'Nintendo Switch 2 dodges tariff price increase, but accessories will experience 'price adjustments'
byBryant Francis
Apr 18, 2025
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