Bounden, Hohokum, and Double Fine's Hack N Slash are among the games that will be showcased at IndieCade's E3 pavilion in June. ...

"BitSummit is an unconventional gaming event held at Kyoto, Japan... [and] exploded into an overwhelming ray of hope and sunshine to the Japanese independent scene." ...

"In this gulf between the team's original authored intent and the player's experience, Dejobaan's Ichiro Lambe saw an opportunity to engage players' creativity in a subtle way." ...

YoYo Games today announced the launch of GameMaker: Studio version 1.3, a free update that includes lots of new features, including the possibility of exporting your GameMaker project to PlayStation 4 or PS Vita. ...

The two-year old Los Angeles studio has scored 9 million downloads for Egg Baby -- and now millions of startup dollars. ...

"As a one-man studio, tasks such as 'create a sexy and compelling video game trailer' can be quite duanting. This post details some unconventional ways of using Unity, and how I crafted a machinima trailer." ...

"There is no indie bubble. Is it going to be harder for developers as we go forward? Well, first we have to assume that right now the majority of developers have it easy and that's simply not the case." ...

On how inspiration from other media can unlock the key to making your game's design work: "Somewhere in between overhearing snippets of dialogue that day and waking up the next day I had my epiphany." ...

Why does a particular type of game start to dominate? "All art is shaped by the economics of a specific time and place. All standardized forms of art are but niches within a socioeconomic ecosystem." ...

Writer Michelle Clough examines how and why developers might craft desirable male characters and how they can create a more welcoming atmosphere for straight women, gay men and others during GDC 2014. ...