The faces of the industry make it easy to forget games can be a team effort

There are few famous faces in the games industry. Many studios are too large to give everyone their own time to express their love for what they do on behalf of where they work or what they’re working on. It

Entitled, Insatiable Whiners. Yea, I'm Looking at You Gamers

Gamers, that most thankless sub-culture of righteous, misanthropic critics. We are never pleased, often discontented, and consistently better informed (or so we like to think) than our video game loving counterparts in every other part of the industry proper. Who could love

Valve's Steam Voted Easiest Platform for Indies

In a recent survey of 100 indie studios, 64% said that Valve’s Steam service was the easiest to develop for, thanks to both the tech itself and the support from Valve. However, 28% claim developing for Steam was “so-so” while

David Cage: Games should be more than fun, are niche

Fun. Any of the writers here at Nightmare Mode will tell you that we have a serious problem with that word. It could mean anything, and yet it’s often considered the most important metric when judging games. Aside from this,

Social Gaming Booms As Japanese Women Turn to Dating Sims for Prince Charming

News from Japan! GREE Inc., the biggest Japanese social network you’ve never heard of, is reporting that it’s shares have now doubled in value, thanks in no small part to the growing demographic of female users attracted to the otome

David Cage Would Have Left the Industry If Heavy Rain Hadn't Been A Commercial Success

Yes, seriously. In an interview with Games, David Cage reveals this shocking fact: If Heavy Rain had been a commercial failure, I would certainly have had to go back to more standard types of games…actually, I would probably have left