Author: CtrlQueen

After five exhausting, exhilarating days at the Moscone Center, the 40th edition of GDC has officially wrapped. From massive Xbox reveals to taking over Oracle Park, here is everything we saw, played, and learned. If my feet could talk, they would be screaming for mercy. But honestly? It was worth every single blister. The Game Developers Conference has officially concluded its massive 40th edition, and this year marked a monumental shift for the legendary industry event. Rebranded as the GDC Festival of Gaming, the week-long takeover of San Francisco’s Moscone Center was a masterclass in merging every sector of the…

A serendipitous meeting in the West Hall revealed Sip Sip Soup’s debut project: a haunted-mansion dungeon crawler in which keeping secrets from ‘The Vessel’ is the only way to survive. Sometimes the most exciting games at the Game Developers Conference aren’t found underneath the blinding lights of the main expo floor. Sometimes, they find you while you are just trying to catch your breath. After wrapping up a meeting and grabbing a seat in the common area of the West Hall, a young developer named Noemi sat down next to me. She was quietly observing a conversation happening at our…

From deeply strategic deckbuilders to hand-drawn roguelites steeped in folklore, the Brazil Games indie scene is bringing serious heat to the GDC expo floor. The Game Developers Conference is a global melting pot of talent, but some of the most exciting innovations consistently come from regional showcases. During our time on the GDC expo floor today, March 12th, our team made it a priority to stop by the massive Brazil Games booth. Serving as a hub to highlight and support independent titles emerging from the rapidly growing South American development scene, the booth was packed with upcoming releases. We spent…

Matrioshka Games and Wandering Wizard are bringing explosive physics and chaotic cave-ins to the co-op scene. Just don’t let the bomb roll backward. The digging game genre has experienced a massive renaissance over the past year. From titles that task you with tunneling out of a high-security prison to bizarre simulators where you quite literally try to dig your way to Chinatown, players love destroying voxel environments. During the GDC Expo on Thursday, March 12th, our team stopped by the Snail Games booth to sit down with the developers of a brand-new entry into this destructive genre: Gobby Gang. Developed…

Sandfall Interactive’s breathtaking dark fantasy RPG swept the ceremony at GDC, taking home Game of the Year alongside four other major honors. Here is the full list of tonight’s winners. As the GDC Festival of Gaming begins to wind down here at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, the industry gathered tonight for its most prestigious peer-recognized celebration: the 26th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA). While the year was packed with incredible releases, tonight belonged entirely to one game. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the stunning debut title from developer Sandfall Interactive and publisher Kepler Interactive, absolutely dominated the ceremony,…

Mad About Pandas’ latest adventure lets you “copy and paste” the physical properties of the world around you. Releasing this May on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Have you ever looked at a solid brick wall and wished it had the physical properties of thin air? Or perhaps looked at a coffee table and wished it possessed the bouncy elasticity of a trampoline? During the Future Games Show Spring Showcase, publisher Focus Entertainment and Berlin-based developer Mad About Pandas revealed a game built entirely around that mind-bending premise. Titled Yerba Buena, this surreal new puzzle-platforming adventure is officially launching…