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How economic sanctions and piracy shape how people in Iran make and play games. Read the full feature here: http://is.gd/nZps3R Subscribe to Polygon Longform to get every episode as soon as it's released: - iTunes: itunes.com/polygonlongform - RSS for your podcast player for choice: feed://feeds…

In January 2010, Donald Mustard was sitting on his couch when he made a decision that would change his life, the course of his company and send him on a collision course with Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams. And it was kind of an accident. Read the full feature here: http://is.gd…

With remasters in vogue and ports in the spotlight, we look at the art of transferring games to new hardware. Read the feature here: http://www.polygon.com/e/9554069

Blizzard wraps up StarCraft 2 on Nov. 10. But that isn't the end for the franchise. In Polygon's latest cover story, we speak with those behind the real-time strategy series, who look back on the past and forward to the future. Read the feature here: http://www.polygon.com/e/9434217

The story of how Trion World is creating Atlas Reactor — and the things its developers are learning along the way. It started with a pitch jotted down in stream-of-consciousness on a piece of paper. It wasn't a very good pitch. Read the feature and see the game in action here: http://www.polygon.c…

How Shahid Ahmad breathed new life into the PlayStation Vita and prepared the company for the PlayStation 4. Read the full feature here: http://www.polygon.com/e/9173738

We explore the fascinating technology behind Apple TV's apps. Read the full feature here: http://www.polygon.com/features/2015/10/26/9604068/apple-tv-app-size-limit-technology-slicing-tags-200-mb

With a hit under their belts, the makers of Gone Home are setting up a different kind of studio. Read the full feature here: http://www.polygon.com/features/2015/10/1/9416219/tacoma-and-the-new-world-of-making-games

When someone at some point in the chain doesn’t want you to know who made a game, and why. Check out the full feature here: http://www.polygon.com/e/9158396