A Game of You and Me: Reflections on Love and Friendship in Game Design
The designers of Journey and other games discuss creating experiences that foster meaningful connections and encourage players to reflect on…
Diablo III nixes PVP Arena for launch
Blizzard confirms multiplayer component won’t ship with anticipated action RPG game; “counting down the days” to release date. Blizzard…
The Sims Social pulls a bait-and-switch on players
Should it count as fraud when in-game items obtainable through virtual currency don’t perform as advertised? Get the full…
GDC returns to San Francisco March 25-29, 2013
The early bird catches the worm … and the more conveniently located hotels before they’re all booked up. Those looking…
Overheard@GDC: The craft of mining
Minecraft creator and recent millionaire Notch held a fireside chat with Spyparty‘s Chris Hecker, seated alongside a pixelated fire roaring…
