What happened to John Marston

By Patrick Stafford at 12:01p 06.19.13

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Rob Weithoff played John Marston in the hit game Red Dead Redemption. Then he walked away from the industry for good.

MMO Anomaly: Behind the scenes with the world builders of Firefall

By Russ Pitts on Jun 18, 2013 06.18.13

How the writer of Spec Ops: The Line and a handful of 38 Studios vets plan to reinvent the MMO.

Dying Light: Techland finds life after Dead Island

By Philip Kollar on Jun 14, 2013 06.14.13

Dying Light may look familiar, but it's not the same old game.

The Division: A Massive step forward

By Danielle Riendeau on Jun 14, 2013 06.14.13

How Massive Entertainment is proving itself with a hugely ambitious next-gen project.

The team reviving Wolfenstein

By Matt Leone on Jun 14, 2013 06.14.13

We track MachineGames' path from working at Starbreeze to forming a new studio to creating a new Wolfenstein.

Defending Killer Instinct

By Matt Leone on Jun 14, 2013 06.14.13

Microsoft and Double Helix explain how Double Helix got the job and how the free to play business model works.

Bungie unveils its Destiny

By Russ Pitts on Jun 13, 2013 06.13.13

A deep look at the first game in a planned multi-part series from the creators of the Halo universe.

Super Mario 3D World: Keeping Mario weird

By Danielle Riendeau on Jun 13, 2013 06.13.13

How Post-it notes and a continual sense of wonder help Nintendo keep Mario interesting.

Titanfall: Respawn's 'second skin'

By Arthur Gies on Jun 12, 2013 06.12.13

Respawn emerges from its turbulent past to steal the show at this year's E3.

A tale of two Batmen: the dueling philosophies of WB Montreal and Armature Studio

By Philip Kollar on Jun 12, 2013 06.12.13

Rocksteady set the scene for the Batman: Arkham series, but WB Montreal and Armature Studio are splitting responsibility on where it goes from here.

Call of Duty: Ghosts: The Return of Infinity Ward

By Michael McWhertor on Jun 12, 2013 06.12.13

After a public collapse and a hard-earned recovery, Infinity Ward is back with Call of Duty: Ghosts.

ChicagoQuest: Teaching with games in Chicago's Cabrini-Green

By Charlie Hall on Jun 12, 2013 06.12.13

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A middle school where board games, card games, Minecraft and Portal all make space for students to learn

Fantasia Lets You Make the Music

By Russ Pitts on Jun 11, 2013 06.11.13

Harmonix brings the magic of the classic Disney film to Xbox One.

Ryse: Son of Rome's seven-year road to E3

By Matt Leone on Jun 10, 2013 06.10.13

The studio behind Far Cry and Crysis opens up about the development history behind its next big thing.

World of Tanks Xbox 360 Edition: Wargaming's phenomenon comes to the console

By Charlie Hall on Jun 10, 2013 06.10.13

Chicago's Wargaming West is bringing free-to-play to the Xbox 360.

Making Games and Breakdancing in the former USSR: The story of Contre Jour

By Charlie Hall on Jun 05, 2013 06.05.13

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The man behind puzzle smash hit Contre Jour opens up about making games in a former Soviet state.

Love and darkness: A series of letters on relationship games

By Leigh Alexander on Jun 04, 2013 06.04.13

Leigh and Quinns talk about love ... and fur.

The fall of Game Republic

By Matt Leone on May 30, 2013 05.30.13

Former Capcom icon Yoshiki Okamoto opens up about the collapse of developer Game Republic.

The birth and re-birth of Klei

By Chris Plante on May 29, 2013 05.29.13

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How the creators of Mark of the Ninja and Don't Starve built their family-friendly studio.

The rules of the playground have changed: Taking time with SiSSYFiGHT designer Eric Zimmerman

By Michael Brown on May 28, 2013 05.28.13

A game development veteran is trying to revive one of the industry's first social games.

Just making things and being alive about it: The queer games scene

By Brendan Keogh on May 24, 2013 05.24.13

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How a growing group of independent developers is using video games to share the reality of their lives.

Anamanaguchi: The Ninja Turtles of Rock

By Sam Machkovech on May 22, 2013 05.22.13

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The chiptune quartet gets ready to unleash its Endless Fantasy.

Xbox One: What we know

By Polygon Staff on May 21, 2013 05.21.13

This morning, in a tent built atop a soccer field in Redmond, Wash., Microsoft unveiled its...

Born Unequal: The Story of Incredipede

By Tracey Lien on May 16, 2013 05.16.13

How a world traveling game design duo plans to change the world with a video game.

Unity of Command: The unlikely origin of a modern wargame

By Charlie Hall on May 14, 2013 05.14.13

After years fighting the music industry, Tomislav Uzelac turned to an easier task — taking Stalingrad.

Gaming's new frontier: Cancer, depression, suicide

By Colin Campbell on May 09, 2013 05.09.13

How "empathy" games are striving to make powerful emotional connections

Eight Arms to Hold You: The unlikely family behind Octodad

By Charlie Hall on May 07, 2013 05.07.13

The time for startup Young Horses is now, and its fate is resting on the success of a "secret octopus."

Anatomy of a Cosplayer

By Alexa Ray Corriea on May 07, 2013 05.07.13

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How a love of making things and the US Air Force inspired Ger Tysk to cosplay.

A tale of two cities: How the City of Heroes community is creating a successor

By Megan Farokhmanesh on May 02, 2013 05.02.13

Before City of Heroes closed, Kaylan Lyndell-Lees used it as speech therapy for her children. Now she's working to help fill the void.

Test Drive: From Gamer to Racer

By Jeff Dunn on May 01, 2013 05.01.13

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The ballad of Bryan Heitkotter, a man who turned Gran Turismo into a dream job
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