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Persona and Metaphor: ReFantazio's UI designer is open to accessibility options for players who find the stylish menus overstimulating: 'That is something we understand we'll need to work on and provide in the future'
By Wes Fenlon published
Most players love Koji Ise's signature interface designs, but they're also a barrier for a few.

Outer space inspired DayZ's Dean Hall to become a modder and game developer, and now he's making a Kerbal successor called Kitten Space Agency
By Evan Lahti published
Blast off Not even in an alpha state, Kitten Space Agency is inspiring a community of developers to join its mission.

Like a Dragon series director sums up why sidequests are essential to a great RPG with a single metaphor: 'a good main dish alone will not earn you a Michelin star'
By Wes Fenlon published
News The longtime Yakuza/Like a Dragon developer considers its side stories vital to the overall narrative.

Valve's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew, who 'used a $500 check I'd sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note'
By Rich Stanton published
News "I knew he wasn't a bad kid, but there'd been this generational shift."

Helldivers 2 composer recalls stomping around his apartment and channeling 'Super Patriotism' to capture Arrowhead's satirical vision in music: 'The satire works because the music believes it's a pure patriotic love without irony or criticism'
By Aron Garst published
NEWS The music will make you a believer, too.

'We made one big mistake': Destiny 2 developer reveals how a small team dedicated to player retention led to a 20 hour server outage and character rollback
By Phil Savage published
news A small team tasked with making the game better did a lot of good, but also made one major error.

Inzoi's 'Smart Zoi' AI system sounds great on paper but seeing it in a live demo didn't exactly wow me
By Christopher Livingston published
News AI is supposed to give the life sim's characters better reasoning, but I'll believe it when I actually see it.

'We all got laid off', says former Deck Nine narrative designer, after no-one was around to pick up Life is Strange: Double Exposure's GDC Awards win
By Harvey Randall published
News Bleak.

PC Gamer vindicated by Swen Vincke: Larian boss calls Balatro his personal GOTY as it sweeps top prize from devs at GDC awards
By Joshua Wolens published
News All well and good that Balatro got its plaudits, but what truly matters here is that we were right.

It's not for PC gamers but Razer's new AI QA Copilot could ultimately benefit every PC gamer out there, and it's looking like it could be a killer app that AI needs right now
By Nick Evanson last updated
news And there's a good chance that it becomes an example of AI improving someone's job, not replacing it.
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