Video game development is undergoing a dramatic transformation, with gamers no longer just passive consumers of content,

Game designers are using AI to change how games are funded, built and brought to life, all while keeping creative ownership firmly human.

Hollow Knight: Silksong, finally, has a release date. With a development time that bordered on becoming vaporware- though developer Team Cherry insists everything ran smoothly — albeit let down over the game’s release date announcement becoming a meme.

“I honestly don’t know anyone who is not from the US who is planning on going to the next GDC,” Godot Foundation Executive Director Emilio Coppola, who’s based in Spain, told Ars. “We never felt super safe, but now we are not willing to risk it.”

A tense GDC 2026 reflects an industry on edge as global developers avoid the U.S. amid safety fears and immigration crackdowns.

Artificial intelligence technologies are being adopted faster than ever before by developers in Japan, according to a newly released survey conducted by the organization behind the Tokyo Game Show. The results indicated that over 50% of Japanese video game ...

How much should a video game cost to make? It's a question that fans and developers alike grapple with, especially as the gaming industry continues pursuing expensive video games that end up hurting or closing studios. It's also a quandary that's mired in ...

An indie game developer experienced a moment of profound moral clarity, and is now deleting his partially-AI-made game from the digital storefront Steam. The game, dubbed “Hardest,” is a free-to-play “rock-paper-scissors” roguelike card game ...