In-Depth

Mike Pappas, CEO of Modulate, talks about ban evasion and how you can still foster a safe and inclusive community for your video game

Ahead of the release of physics puzzler Poly Bridge 3, we fired over some questions to technical director Alan Lawrance, hopefully to build bridges with the New Zealand developer (before our efforts inevitably tumbled into the river below)

Richie Shoemaker questions MY.GAMES’ CEO Vladimir Nikolsky about cutting ties with Russia and the future beyond its borders

Neuro-divergency in games was discussed at length at the inaugural UK Games Mental Health Summit last month and One Player Mission’s Kim Parker Adcock was taking notes

Fireshine Games might have had an unremarkable first year but for the unearthing of Core Keeper, a game that mines the best bits of Terraria and Stardew Valley without burying itself in the process. Richie Shoemaker picks at Garry Williams to see if there are other treasures likely to catch the light

Chris Charla tells Richie Shoemaker and Vince Pavey all about Microsoft’s independent developer initiative ahead of his ID@Xbox keynote session at the Develop:Brighton 2023 conference

Dan Ahern, QA lead at Radical Forge talks about social mobility in the games industry

Oliver Lewin, game director for GoodbyeWorld Games, tells Vince Pavey about the challenges of creating a video game controlled by blinking, as well as updating it for PSVR2

Factual reporting has shone a spotlight on a number of industry workplace issues, but there are shadows still to be illuminated. Richie Shoemaker spoke to the authors of Who Hunts the Whale to see if a healthy dose of fiction might better reflect the workaday reality of making games

Simran Whitham talks to Vince Pavey about Manchester’s big games industry night out