XNA Game Studio 2.0 Released, now with Newwork support, tutorials available
New Gamasutra section for XNA games, just starting.
Dream Build Play AI Warm-up Challenge, this contest is focused on Artificial Inteligence. The submission entry period is from December 20, 2007 to January 27, 2008

I've seen on www.gamecareerguide.com an article about the 10 Indie & student game competitions that anyone should consider. If you want to enter into the videogame industry, this is your chance.

More info here: http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/ 476/10_indie_student_game_.php

An easy to understand multilanguage tutorial, which describes the fundamentals of the A* (A-star) pathfinding algorithm.

More info here: http://www.policyalmanac.org/games/aStar Tutorial.htm

Transciption from the Will Wright speech at SXSW conference. Wright spoke about storytelling in games, compared to the one in cinema, and how to alter the linearity of story. He pointed Groundhog Day ('Atrapado en el tiempo' in spanish) as an example of a movie that is like a game, every day is a game restart.

More info here: http://www.3pointd.com/20070313/sxsw-xcr ipt-will-wright-keynote/

The Game Developers Conference continues its tradition of facilitating the sharing of ideas and information through out the development community
The sessions from the last GDC are available(most of them) following the next link.

More info here: https://www.cmpevents.com/GD07/a.asp?opt ion=C&V=1&SB=4

Dice Wars is a turn based strategy game. Your armies are made of dice, an when you attack you throw is compared to the one from your opponent. Of course, the more dice you have the greater is the chance to win. Be careful, or else you are gonna play it for hours.

More info here: http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/dice/dice .html

In this article, one button is the limitation on interaction. Very interesting for designers with a particular interest in the low-level mechanics of basic actions. A button has only two states, pressed and released, but unlimited possibilities.

More info here: http://www.gamasutra.com/features/200506 02/green_01.shtml