Don't look to these in-game tutorials for help; despite their initial impressions, you'll soon realize that they were lying ...

A decade after its launch, Jonathan Blow’s puzzle game remains a masterclass in silent teaching, and a reminder of how incredible player-led discovery can be.

In bedrooms and living rooms where video games often compete with homework for attention, a surprising new wave of research is upending years of discouragement and worry, revealing that all those ...

Lights off. Headphones on. This is how I usually play horror games and enjoy giving myself some genuine scares. From Resident Evil 7 to the recently launched Silent Hill, I have played many horror ...

Randy Pixler is old school. He is not sure if it was his birthday or if it was Christmas. What he does remember is opening a ...

AI in gaming is revolutionizing how players experience virtual worlds. From AI NPCs that remember past actions and adapt to player behavior to procedural generation creating endless quests and dynamic ...

Wizards of the Coast has hired longtime Dungeons & Dragons writer James Haeck as a senior game designer, bringing one of 5th edition’s most prolific contributors fully in-house as the D&D team ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. There are dozens of video game books in Amazon's Black Friday and B2G1 Free sale, so to help you navigate the discounts, we've rounded up the best ...

Centuries before Monopoly, there was Patolli, a high-stakes Mesoamerican game of strategy and luck where players wagered crops and wealth as they raced their opponents around a cross-shaped board. The ...

In the main square of the Tuscan town of Lucca, Japanese games designer Hideo Kojima stands on the balcony and receives the kind of fevered welcome reserved for rockstars from the crowd below. Lucca ...

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is expanding into video game development, seeking candidates with game design experience. On Thursday morning, Musk shared a post on X from the account @techdevnotes that ...