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Mark of the Ninja

How would you take established stealth game mechanics and make them work in a 2D game? Klei Entertainment founder Jamie Cheng and lead designer Nels Anderson explain just that in this month's postmortem.

Roundtable: Triple-A, Free-to-Play

Game Developer talks to the devs behind core free-to-play titles MechWarrior Online, Planetside 2, and Tribes: Ascend to find out how they tackle monetization design, "pay-to-win," and other challenges.

Let's Talk About Touching

Designing a game for a touchscreen means more than grafting on a gamepad overlay. Action Button Entertainment founder Tim Rogers explains how Pong, Angry Birds, and Mac OS X inform his touchscreen-control design.

What Magic: The Gathering Can Teach Game Devs

Collectible card games have much to teach game devs—especially because they've been building steam on mobile. Let's study the game that started it all.

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