Nearly all games need some amount of artificial intelligence — most commonly to give the player non-human opponents. But conversations about good AI in games are still dominated by Façade, Black & White, The Sims,…

Facebook is working on a cloud-streaming service that will grant instant access to select titles via the Facebook app or in-browser. The service will be integrated with Facebook Gaming, and is already available in beta form for…

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What's the state of Nintendo's indie program? Earlier this year, Dan Adelman -- who had long been the company's most prominent booster of independent developers -- left Nintendo after a long period of public silence.…

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There has always been a kind of God/creation relationship between developers and players. The developer creates a world, filling it with life and shaping challenges in it for the player to overcome. The developer then…

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