The IGF 2026 Winners Are An Exceptional Selection Of Indie Games You’re Going To Want To Play

I was a first-round judge in this year’s IGFs, meaning I had access to the hundreds of games submitted, and spent many, many ...
Pure Xbox

'Every Xbox Game Gets To Use This' - Microsoft Announces Free Cross-Platform Tools For Developers

Yesterday, amidst all the headline-grabbing Project Helix news at GDC 2026, it was also announced that PlayFab Foundation Mode is being rolled out for free to all Xbox developers and publishers, and ...
IEEE

Optimal Strategies in Multiplayer Reach–Avoid Games With Different Speed Ratios

Abstract: This article investigates reach–avoid games involving defenders equipped with capture radii, where both defenders and attackers have different speeds. The main challenge lies in using ...
GameSpot

Ghost Of Yotei: Legends Wasn’t Built After The Campaign--It Grew With It

After years of prototyping, the Legends multiplayer mode rapidly expanded once the rest of the Ghost of Yotei team joined the project.
Gematsu

Aniplex, tri-Ace, and Lasengle announce PvP social deduction game OCTOPinbs for PC

Publisher Aniplex, and developers tri-Ace and Lasengle have announced OCTOPinbs, a multiplayer firefighters-versus-arsonists social deduction game for three-to-10 players. It will launch for PC ...

Big Walk will be called 'friendslop' — but it's a totally new type of multiplayer game

The developers at House House, the studio behind Untitled Goose Game, were facing those same fears during the lockdown era.

Big Walk Preview: An Even Sillier Game from the Makers of Untitled Goose Game

After a very memorable first hour of playing Big Walk, the upcoming online co-op game from the makers of Untitled Goose Game, I’m absolutely sold on this as the next friendslop for my crew and I to ...