GDC 2012

Why Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP isn't on Android

We caught up with Capybara's Nathan Vella and Superbrothers' Craig Adams after the awards show to chat about the victory--and why the winning iOS game will never come out on Android.

CD Projekt Red swears off DRM

The CEO of CD Projekt Red has claimed that DRM simply does not work, and promised that its games will "never use any DRM anymore."

Minecraft creator Notch chats about design, regrets and piracy

Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson took the stage for his "fireside chat" with a beer in hand. The fireplace was naturally a retro 8-bit...

Epic releases 'Epic Citadel' Unreal Engine demo in Flash

You can now have a go on Epic's Flash-based browser version of Unreal Engine 3, as its Epic Citadel is now up and running in Flash for everyone to try. Despite the added overheads, the Flash UE3 only suffers around a 30% performance hit.

Mass Effect designer defends day one DLC, says game developers 'are not evil'

Christina Norman, former designer and programmer of the Mass Effect franchise, discussed day-one DLC and why it is not "evil" to do it.

Ubisoft's Jade Raymond on making blockbusters 'with more meaning'

Jade Raymond, managing director of Ubisoft Toronto, laments the Michael Bay-inspired action games that are dominating the market now. How can blockbusters "weave in a little bit more meaning?"