Anecdotal – CONTROL500

With HALO’s latest twin-stick shooter available today, Control500 takes a look at how this major IP ended up in a small studio in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. How HALO found its way to the Dutch capital is a ... Read More...

The Magic That Saved 99 Bricks

Eric Bartelson

Game Design

It was a good idea and the game was solid, but WeirdBeard needed a bit of magic to bring 99 Bricks: Wizard Academy to life. It started as a relatively simple Flash game that linked Tetris blocks to real life... Read More...

The Shape That Unified Mass Effect’s Look

Derek Watts (BioWare)

Art

What makes any Mass Effect-screenshot so instantly recognizable? Let me help you, use the slider on these images: (If you don't see them, first click here, then here) It’s the arc. It’s everywhere, an... Read More...

Joris de Man (left), during the recordings of the Killzone 3-soundtrack.

The Touching Story Behind Killzone 3’s Beautiful Menu Music

Matthijs Dierckx

Audio

Sometimes life is great. And in May 2010 that’s the case for Joris De Man. The composer has just received the first ever Ivor Novello Award for game music for his work on Killzone 2. A couple of days later, ... Read More...

Fixing the DISC ROOM design

The challenges of designing games for Pillo

How I made Circles feels intuitive without any text or tutorial

Creating Realistic Fun in Stable Orbit

A Handcrafted Feel: ‘Unexplored’ Explores Cyclic Dungeon Generation

VR Dioramas: The Illusionist’s Way of Telling Stories

Animated Cover: Better Game Design Using the Scientific Method

Designing A Believable Homemade Flamethrower For The Last of Us

How Firewatch translated 2D concept art into a 3D open world

Generating art: Turbocharge your workflow

What A Difference A Hat Makes in Boss 101

Keeping 2D Herald afloat by adding 3D

The Dream That Inspired The Nightmarish Graphics of The Intruder

Making Achievements: The Design and Art Process

A Handcrafted Feel: 'Unexplored' Explores Cyclic Dungeon Generation

How We Cheated Physics To Avoid Players Feeling Cheated

How not to lose your body parts in a networked game

Cleaning Up Clustertruck

Predicting Players: Calculated Level Design in Action Henk

Fast AI for turn-based action game Space Grunts

Keeping Up — A Smarter Camera For Munch Time 2

The Assassin’s Creed game that needed more than just a score

Creating the Dynamic Sound Design of Future Unfolding

Making the sound of Elite: Dangerous (VIDEO)

The Touching Story Behind Killzone 3’s Beautiful Menu Music

"You stand no chance", Says Vlambeer's Rami Ismail (VIDEO)

Letters from the 19th century. A $300 worldwide marketing campaign

From Cardiac Arrest to Cat Success — Remarkable Story About a Game With Famous Cats (VIDEO)

SteamSpy’s analysis of the Indiepocalypse: ‘It’s nothing new’ (VIDEO)

Extending the lifetime of Hidden Object game Home Makeover

33 on Metacritic: Why My Game Failed (VIDEO)

Football Mafia is a shameless experiment in addiction

How A Small Studio Got Its Hands On Halo

The Magic That Saved 99 Bricks

The Shape That Unified Mass Effect’s Look

The Touching Story Behind Killzone 3’s Beautiful Menu Music

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