The 2014 Game Developers Conference Europe kicks off next week, so we're taking a moment to highlight some of the events and guidelines you'll want to know about before you get to the show. ...

"At the end that's how Duskers got funded, not by my clever orchestration, but by indies that want other indies to succeed and have built a structure to do just that." ...

"I remember about 3 years ago, we got around 5,000 downloads on Google Play alone. Now combining all the markets' download data from 30 days together, you won't reach that number." ...

The likes of Gone Home, Device 6 and Hitman GO have received multiple nominations in this year's Unite Awards, held by popular game engine Unity. ...

"Colorblindness settings come into play when information is vital and the player needs to be able to quickly differentiate two colors." Want to help everyone enjoy your game? Here's how. ...

Learning how to play a real-time strategy game takes dedication. And so does developing one, particularly when your goal is to make "the first great gamepad RTS." ...

Video streamers have to deal with two new restrictions in the popular streaming site's rules -- as rapid-fire terms changes come to the oft-rumored Google acquisition target. ...

GDC organizers debut talks from industry veteran Simon Cox and Super Comboman developer Justin Woodward for the future-focused GDC Next show, which will be held in Los Angeles this November. ...

Leigh Alexander spends time with Ledoliel, an often-intimate, often-violent alien negotiation app -- and looks into the distinctive world of its multidisciplinary creator, Devine Lu Linvega. ...

"I am deeply unhappy with stories in games. There is almost never room for me in there. I'm a thirty-something with a male body, I identify as male, and I'm even, you know, heterosexual." ...