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Ultima's Robert Garriott was worried about there being too many PC games on the market… 37 years ago

By Wes Fenlon Published

News "The consumer doesn't really know what to buy for their computer," Garriott said in 1989, while also pointing to the popularity of Nintendo's newfangled game console.

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Arc Raiders: A screenshot from the original reveal trailer showing a character flying in the air after using a jump pad, holding a grenade in their hand.
Arc Raiders once had jump pads and the Snap Hook made you 'like Spider-Man' before its extraction shooter pivot: 'It was much more heroic'

By Rory Norris Published

News Jump pads and unrestrained Snap Hooks didn't stick the landing, but I can't say I don't want to see them return.

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Arc Raiders: Key art of a raider looking over their shoulder in a forest to look at another raider aiming at them in the distance.
Arc Raiders' devs didn't expect such a passionate PvE-only crowd

By Rory Norris Published

News "It's quite challenging because we have these two, quite polar [types of] fans."

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Arc Raiders Expeditions: A raider reloading while looking up at a large, spider-like ARC robot that's about to attack them.
Arc Raiders' old machine designs sound so diabolical, it's no wonder they were reworked or removed after poor playtest feedback: 'At that time, they didn't fit with the game very well'

By Rory Norris Published

News "There's still interesting gameplay to have with them," so never say never.

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Mr Whiskey, a guy in a mascot suit, pours a measure of Jack Daniels into a cup of coffee in Dispatch.
'We are definitely not doing QTEs', said Dispatch's creative director before doing QTEs: 'We just needed it to not suck'

By Rory Norris Published

News What came first? The dispatching minigame or the Z-Team?

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Japanese video game designer Hideo Kojima poses on the red carpet upon arrival to attend The Game Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, on December 11, 2025. (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP via Getty Images)
Hideo Kojima pulls out of GDC at the last minute

By Andy Chalk Published

news Kojima was set to deliver the first GDC keynote in five years, but announced today that he'll be unable to attend.

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US President Donald Trump listens during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
Nearly one-third of non-US game developers have cancelled plans to travel to the country because of immigration and gender identity policies

By Andy Chalk Published

news GDC's 2026 State of the Game Industry survey says that number jumps to nearly half among LGBTQ+ devs.

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Marvel Rivals codes - Venom and other heroes
'A developer who actually listens': Marvel Rivals' devs fix accidental Peni Parker nerf just 9 short hours after saying they would

By Elie Gould Published

News "We recognise this as a bug."

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TF2 Heavy giving the Bret Rambo thumbs up
'PC development has skyrocketed,' GDC survey finds: 80% of developers are now making games for PC, more than double the number working on PS5 or Xbox games

By Andy Chalk Published

news Interest in PC game development is higher than ever.

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Marvel Rivals units - Three superheroes
GDC's annual State of the Game Industry survey reveals 1/3 of 'triple-A developers' are working on live service games

By Andy Chalk Published

news It doesn't seem like big publishers are ready to give up on the live service chase just yet.

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