Smartphone dev Jeremy Alessi makes friends with a musician and creates a game for the launch of his album -- but finds the collaboration trickier than expected, particularly when Apple gets involved. ...

"'Developers need a new support funnel' to prevent the 'race to the bottom,' says James Morgan, president of the Orlando, Florida-based IndieBox, a service which days ago shipped its first mystery game." ...

"Rain as a company is a bit different form what one would normally expect. Rain is owned by its employees, and regular adjustments make sure that it stays that way." ...

A look back at the development of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs from the perspective of The Chinese Room, and which focuses on not just its development but the collaboration with series creator Frictional Games. ...

Indie developer Teddy Diefenbach's comfort project while he works on Hyper Light Drifter is a four-player brawler inspired by games like Power Stone, Bushido Blade and Earthbound. ...

"Looking back on our experiment of releasing our local multiplayer-only game Spin Wars on seven platforms with five different revenue models, why we did it, and what we learned from it." ...

"Few professions are as maligned as marketing. But here's the question: What IS marketing? Do you really know? Marketing isn't just advertising. It isn't just focus groups and lowest common denominator bullshit." ...

The Nordic Game Program has announced the batch of developers who will receive cash grants, including the team behind the PS Vita version of LittleBigPlanet, and The Ball developer Teotl Studios. ...

Cartoon Network and Adult Swim already share a channel, so it makes sense that their video game exploits are criss-crossing and learning from one-another too. ...

"No matter what methodology you use, describing your goals in terms of how they affect your target user is a great way to achieve direction for both your team and your game." ...