TL;DR: Unity's upgraded AI, launching in beta at GDC, enables developers to create full casual games using natural language prompts without coding. Leveraging advanced models from OpenAI and Meta, ...

Educational games have come a long way from the flash-based days of the early internet. Today’s learning platforms mix fun, challenge, and curriculum-based content in ways that genuinely keep kids ...

Strip the types and hotwire the HTML—and triple check your package security while you are at it. JavaScript in 2026 is just getting started. I am loath to inform you that the first month of 2026 has ...

A veteran’s shortlist of tabletop games that help you come down to baseline, reconnect with the people at your table, and make downtime feel like actual decompression. I’m a veteran, and like a lot of ...

The Epic Games Store is once again giving away a free PC game every day for the holiday season. Every day at 11am Eastern, a new title is unlocked, which is only available for free for 24 hours and ...

Who hasn’t thought to themselves, I’d really like to play something new again, but unfortunately my wallet looks so empty. These days, a full-price game costs at least $70–sometimes even more. There ...

Autobiographical stories and mystery games resonated in a chaotic year. By Yussef Cole In its struggle to understand and make sense of life, art has a way of remaining relevant even when, in chaotic ...

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As ever, it's been a busy week of new games arriving and details of upcoming releases emerging. Before we get to some of those ...

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The farming simulator Rusty’s Retirement and other games that carve out space on your desktop may actually help people focus. By Nicole Carpenter There is an emerging genre of video games that sits ...