Red Hook Studios' Darkest Dungeon illustrates how a game's narrative doesn't need volumes of lore to be meaningful to players, says columnist Katherine Cross. ...

When Sid Meier spoke at GDC one year about the virtues of borrowing ideas from other games, Michael Lyanshenko asked him if he could "copy" Sid Meier's Pirates!. Meier said yes, so he did. ...

"It's my belief that while small game studios can't -- and shouldn't -- emulate the marketing strategies of the AAA houses, we can still learn from whatever campaign happens to be rolling out all over the internet." ...

Lars Doucet shares details on the work that'll let games like his Defender's Quest and the award-winning Papers, Please onto consoles. ...

We talk to Question, made up of Jordan Thomas, Kain Shin and Stephen Alexander, about The Magic Circle, and how it exposes the frustrations of game development. ...

Examining the potential, unintended effects of the new Refund system: "It appears that the refund system is going to impact the design of games on Steam." ...

The government agency wants people who play games for pay in streams and videos to be very clear about when they're paid to do so. ...

Here's the 37-game lineup IndieCade is bringing to E3 this year, the ninth year in a row the organization has carved out a space on the show floor to showcase the work of indie developers. ...

At GDC 2013, veteran dev Chris Hecker takes a measured look at the complicated challenge of standing out in the game business -- even with something "highly anticipated" like his upcoming SpyParty. ...

Indie dev Robert Fearon on Steam's new refund system: "Whilst refunds were difficult or felt impossible to obtain we've been spending the past few years increasing the levels of risk that we expect the buyer to take." ...