Procedurally generated levels. Permadeath. Controller-smashing amounts of difficulty. Gamasutra asked several devs to single out some of the most instructive examples of the Roguelike genre. ...

Microsoft's E3 press conference is happening this afternoon in L.A. Watch its livestream here. ...

This week's top longform articles & videos include the design of Klei's Oxygen Not Included, a look at Nintendo's Arms, and much more. ...

"If you can feel like you discovered it on your own, that's the Holy Grail," Oxygen Not Included dev Johann Seidenz tells Gamasutra in a chat about teaching players. "That's what makes the game fun." ...

At GDC 2017, Night Dive cofounder Sean Krankel delves deep into the design decisions the Oxenfree team made in the course of making a supernatural teen thriller about exploration and communication. ...

The trailer for existence sim Everything has won a jury prize at the Vienna Shorts Festival, which means it now qualifies to be nominated for an Academy Award in the "Animated Short Film" category. ...

Apple has revealed the five games and seven apps that have been recognized for their design and innovation through this year's Apple Design Awards. ...

The Indie Megabooth has provided space for indie game developers to showcase their creations at major video conventions for half a decade, and now it plans to take that experience on the road. ...

"It's the layering that makes intense decisions. In Oxygen Not Included, the player must balance all the needs of their Duplicants simultaneously. Each need is not so difficult, but it's easy to let something slip." ...

"We're starting to see more of a fluid pattern recently," Platinum Games cofounder Hideki Kamiya tells IGN. "We can move people around and it helps us cover our projects with fewer people." ...