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The making of Unpacking: From bullet-hell to domestic heaven
Tim Dawson and Wren Brier from Queensland's Witch Beam recount the birth of the studio, and the heartening journey to…

Call of Duty Mobile boss speaks about the rise of mobile gaming in the West
With the ever-changing mobile game space, a successful Call of Duty mobile game was never a sure thing. Boss Matt…

My Friend Pedro dev on how burnout pushed him to mobile game development
A pandemic and post-game burnout led My Friend Pedro developer Victor Agren to explore unknown waters of mobile games and…

Age of Empires IV wants to teach valuable lessons about history
Age of Empires IV packs in a lot of history between battles.

How COVID helped tabletop RPGs go mainstream
Tabletop role-playing games of all kinds, from Dungeons and Dragons to smaller, socially-focussed games, have reached vast new audiences in…

Umurangi Generation - Rise of the Anti-Fascist Video Game
Videogames from developers big and small are beginning to explore the encroaching influence of neo-fascism.

What you should know about Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack
The new service will launch in late October, and includes Nintendo 64 games.

Bringing Indigenous cultural expertise to game development with Broken Roads
Drop Bear Bytes recently hired Indiginerd's Cienan Muir as a narrative consultant. The team spoke to us about the role…

Relaxing games to help curb your doomscrolling habit
Here are some gentle, meditative mobile games to help you survive the newscycle.

What happened to ‘Girl Gamer’? Searching for Nintendo’s forgotten pre-teen girl magazine
The era when a 'girl gamer' was highly valued by Nintendo might’ve been forgotten to history, were it not for…