For the next year, developers will be able to publish games on the Xbox 360's indie marketplace -- and in two, it will be shut down for good. ...

"I've lost pretty much all confidence in the possibility of reliably making a living with indie games. I had never put a whole lot of stock in it, however at the moment I see it as a risk that's simply not worth taking." ...

"Everyone, from the grizzled professionals to independent game makers to college graduates is finding themselves in search of the industry they thought they knew, thought they recognized." ...

"Have you ever thought about in how levels are ordered in a game? How you get (or don't) the feeling of an increasing yet 'wall-free' challenge?" ...

"The hot topic for independent developers these days is the so-called 'indiepocalypse.' It's the notion that indies are going to have an increasingly difficult time making a living now." ...

Game industry veteran and former White House advisor Mark DeLoura speaks at GDC 2015 about how games can and are being used to improve the state of education, healthcare and scientific research. ...

"Did you know any class deriving from ScriptableObject can be serialized and rendered in a custom Editor with a just a few lines of code? As it turns out, it is really easy." ...

The GDC 2016 call for lectures and panels for topic-specific Summits and the all-new Virtual Reality Developers Conference is open now through Friday, October 2nd. ...

"Our Early Access launch has not only helped us polish and improve the game, but it's also been an incredible way to improve our PR and marketing skills as well." ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from the critical backlash to Playing History 2's 'Slave Tetris' to an unexpected Street Fighter 5 meme. ...