Indie
Soundtrack as Marketing
A killer soundtrack does not just enhance your game; it sells it to people who have never even played it.
Iconic Games
Dino Crisis
Resident Evil with raptors, which is exactly as useful a pitch as it sounds.
Technology
Profiling and Optimization
Measure first, optimize second -- guessing where your game is slow is almost always wrong.
Horror Games
The Coma 3: Bloodlines
The Korean horror series continued its school-nightmare lineage with another survival entry.
Engines
Unity
The cross-platform engine that powers most indie and mobile games — and torched its developer trust with one pricing announcement.
Based on infomaxxxing codebase