Games lawyer Chris Reid returns to the stage at GDC 2018 to try and break down everything indies should know about intellectual property law (esp. copyrights and trademarks) in the game industry. ...

Kadokawa, the Japanese studio behind the RPG Maker engine, recently announced Pixel Game Maker MV as the newest entry to its Maker software series. ...

Kadokawa, the Japanese company behind the RPG Maker engine, recently announced Pixel Game Maker MV as the newest entry to its Maker software series. ...

Boss Key Productions founder Cliff Bleszinski has announced that the studio is "effectively no more," noting that the studio's efforts to recover after the decline of LawBreakers was "too little too late." ...

Nanali Studios from Seoul, South Korea explains the process of bringing its mobile game with over 500K downloads to VR. ...

This week's game writing, audio & video highlights include a podcast with Jason Rohrer on One Hour One Life, as well as analysis of the acclaimed Frostpunk and lots more besides. ...

Notable Japanese game devs speak to the state of the Japanese game industry, and the factors behind its recent renaissance of flashy, well-received games, in a fascinating new Archipel documentary. ...

"We're less interested in creating a character that players will empathize with than we are in creating a character whose empathy is core to her strength," says NeoCab dev Patrick Ewing. ...

"We're less interested in creating a character that players will empathize with than we are in creating a character whose empathy is core to her strength," says Neo Cab dev Patrick Ewing. ...

Lead designer Kiva Maginn digs into the details of how Harebrained Schemes' new giant robot strategy game reliably dishes up procedurally-generated side missions that are believable and challenging. ...