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A Miyamoto design pillar: Forget characters, focus on experiences
“We approach it not from, ‘What is the next character?’ But really, ‘What is there within this structure of video games… from…
Gearbox details the evolution of the playable Borderlands cast
During a panel at the SXSW Interactive Festival, Gearbox franchise director Matt Armstrong and Borderlands lead character designer Jonathan Hemingway provided a…
Black Ops 2 adds customization ‘micro items’ on Xbox this week
Tomorrow, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be updated on Xbox 360 with the free Nuketown 2025 map, the option to…
Make Quake With TrenchBroom
There’s dedication and there’s dedication. The second, slantier version means there’s been a bit more effort being put in. Let’s use Quake…
Etrian Odyssey 4: Legends of the Titan review: The warm embrace of exploration
This year is starting to feel like an embarrassment of riches for RPG fans who own the Nintendo 3DS. Fire Emblem is…
TouchArcade Will Be at PAX East and GDC, We’re Having a Party, I’m Doing GDC Sessions, and You Should Buy Stickers
That headline is a mouthful, but if you read it you know basically everything you need to know about the next few…
Sound Shapes DLC throws down cars, campaigns, obstacles, more
Sound Shapes wants to pump up the volume today with a few downloadable additions, first with the Car Mini-Album and Creator Pack,…
Sound Shapes Update Adds New Free Features, New DLC Too!
Hey everyone! We’ve been working hard on our next update (our biggest one yet!) and it’s finally ready. With new levels, vehicles,…
Star Wars: Episode VII: Billy Dee Williams Coming Back?
It seems that the news and rumor cycle for 2015’s Star Wars: Episode VII, now fully cooking with Tibanna gas, has shifted…
BitSummit shows just how diverse Japanese indie games can be
This past weekend, Kyoto paid host to the first BitSummit conference — a gathering of Japanese indie developers — and in this…
Mint white 3DS XL freshens Japan in April, Pikachu 3DS XL appears in US ad
In more pretty-3DS-variant-not-headed-here news, Nintendo revealed a new mint and white skin for the 3DS XL in Japan, priced ¥18,900 ($197) headed…
Payday 2 will feature a ‘contract database,’ coming this summer
Starbreeze has revealed new features, game upgrades, and a release window for Payday 2, the sequel the Overkill-developed multiplayer shooter Payday: The…
Piston Gets P-ssed On By Valve
Am I allowed to swear in headlines? Some guy might complain that his four-year-old daughter reads PC gaming blogs and now he’s…
Blog: Stop trying to ‘create’ a game design and start exploring
Finding a new lens to understand your design challenges is crucial, argues Tynan Sylvester, and in this blog post, he offers a…
PAX East’s Indie Megabooth returns with 62 games in one giant space
The Indie Megabooth returns to PAX East this year, cramming 62 games into a single booth whose vast expanses you could get…
Here’s your first look at Payday 2
Overkill’s shooter sequel Payday 2 has properly broken cover, and we’ve a little video preview showing you the game in action for…
Psych Yourself on PSN Today
Psych Yourself, the follow-up to the 2011 PlayStation Network best-seller, Test Yourself: Psychology launches on PS3 today in North America for $6.99….
Call of Duty will soon have microtransactions
Activision is using its blockbuster Call of Duty first-person shooter franchise to test the waters for microtransactions on Xbox 360, with $1-$5…