GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

This week, we discuss the reported troubles at Take-Two with claims that indie-focused label Private Division, Rollerdrome developer Roll7 and Kerbal Space Program 2 studio Intercept Games were all affected (and, in some cases, closed) by the planned 580 layoffs.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

Now that Mordhau has arrived on both PlayStation and Xbox , console players finally get the chance to hack & slash their way through medieval battlegrounds. The console version supports 64-player online matches with crossplay exclusively for console players. So, we had to be smart and make everything dynamic.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

But the Dutch industry is also home to a vibrant community of indie game developers. Dutch Indies Like Paladin Studios. by Paladin Studios Another indie you will find at the Netherlands Lounge is Linx Interactive. But we are considering expanding to consoles and VR as well.”

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Developed by UK indie Rubber Band Games, the game has been dubbed 'GTA meets Human: Fall Flat' and has sold over one million copies across PC and consoles already. And, of course, that's something that can translate well to sales, as we have seen with Human: Fall Flat , which now boasts more than 45 million players globally.

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Indie Game Dev Fund Just Launched If you are an indie game developers, with a PC or Console game in development with at least a playable demo, the just launched Game Dev Fund might be ideal for you.

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

What makes it special is that it is well-liked among indie designers and large studios. Advantage A faster learning curve allows quicker game development, which is ideal for startups & indie developers. Unreal Engine Supports multiple platforms but is more suited for console and PC-level graphics.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Developed using Epic Games Unreal Engine, the game is available for PC as Early Access on the Epic Store, with Steam access and console support coming soon. To ensure the best scalability and address player friction, its team is co-developing a gaming-dedicated Layer 3 blockchain called TOY Chain, which supports indie through AA games.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 27, 2023

Hiwarp is an indie game studio based in Spain, run by solo game developer Elwin Gorman. When I discovered the indie movement, with games like Machinarium, Braid, Fez, Limbo, I saw that there was a way to achieve this. I started to follow indie developers I admired on Twitter. His next game is called Naiad.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 10, 2023

Canadian indie game development studio Excellent Rectangle just launched their debut title Tape to Tape on Steam Early Access. We’re hoping for an awesome release on Steam Early Access and for a great year of development while preparing the game for home consoles”, says Julien. “We

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 12, 2023

The label will be focusing on indie titles releasing on PC and console, with its debut title being turned-based RPG Fretless – The Wrath of Riffson from developer Ritual Studios. Playdigious has announced the creation of a new publishing unit called Playdigious Originals.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

This conversation painted a nuanced picture of the current market, particularly the PC/console segment, and offered a glimpse into its future trajectory. Console Gaming Stagnates: Console gaming is anticipated to decline by 1% due to a weaker slate, with the Xbox platform showing weakness.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 24, 2018

The argument that players don’t want to play point-and-click on a console doesn’t hold water given how well we did on Xbox. For indie devs that don’t have money to advertise, you’re at the mercy of the platforms, and this goes for Steam, GOG and the others.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 25, 2018

The argument that players don't want to play point-and-click on a console doesn't hold water given how well we did on Xbox. For indie devs that don't have money to advertise, you're at the mercy of the platforms, and this goes for Steam, GOG and the others. Given the large installed base of PS4, it's a tad confusing.

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Indie DB

MAY 24, 2023

This homebrew management indie announces upcoming console releases

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 12, 2024

The studio faced numerous challenges, including repeated rejections from major console makers. After reviewing Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan, Xbox offered to port the title to their console. “I I remember an Xbox developer helping me to understand the console framework for free on Discord , teaching me the optimization, etc.

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Game Development News

APRIL 3, 2025

NEOWIZ has unveiled a new indie game development program called NEOWIZ Quest

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Game Development News

APRIL 3, 2025

A new UK-based indie games publisher called TheCoLab has officially launched

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Game Development News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Private Division’s Michael Worosz and Blake Rochkind sat down with Vince Pavey to tell him all about Take-Two’s independent - but not indie - developer label

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Big Games

JANUARY 12, 2025

For instance, high graphics games with photorealistic visuals, intricate environments, and lifelike physics can now run seamlessly on budget smartphones, providing console-like experiences to mobile gamers. This advancement allows developers to compete with PC and console games in terms of visual fidelity and performance.

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Yobob Games

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Harvest Island Indie Game Marketing Struggle. Indie Game Analysis. ” There are two games that caught my attention as an indie developer. I’ll start with the first tree and what he did to become a successful indie developer with his marketing approach. The First Tree - Indie Game Marketing.

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Game Development News

MARCH 27, 2025

Pantaloon has announced The Pantaloon Label, a new indie publishing imprint for 'misfit games'

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox GameMaker has announced that it will be free for non-commercial use on all non-console platforms. Read more

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Game Development News

JUNE 13, 2023

Tandem Events has announced the shortlist of finalists for the Develop:Brighton 2023 Indie Showcase competition - MCV/DEVELOP

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Indie DB

APRIL 2, 2023

This cartoony puzzle indie makes its release onto consoles

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 21, 2024

Additionally, Hollow Home will be at Gamescom, as a part of the Polish Indie Booth, Hall 10.2, With the game Hollow Home , Ukrainian indie studio Twigames shows what it means to live in an occupied city. The team consists of 20 people that provide full-cycle development for mobile, PC, consoles, VR/AR platforms, and porting services.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 10, 2024

Kevin Brock , founder of indie game studio Pastaspace Interactive , is the creative mind behind Underspace. Multiplayer and console Now, after all the years of hard work, Underspace is released in Early Access today. Console players need to be patient though. It’ll be cool to see what players figure out what triggers what.”

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Ask a Game Dev

JULY 19, 2024

Steam could do that, but that would make it a much more strongly-curated platform similar to the game consoles. This would ultimately result in games that had a higher quality bar, but also a lot fewer games in general because there's no way to automate testing games like that.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 31, 2024

The indie game that does this especially well is A Space for the Unbound by Mojiken Studio. In the years that followed the team evolved into a game development studio, initially making games for Flash, HTLML5 and mobile, but now expanded to console development as well. And we think cats are something universally loved and known.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 10, 2024

With the game Hollow Home , Ukrainian indie studio Twigames shows what it means to live in an occupied city. The team consists of 20 people that provide full-cycle development for mobile, PC, consoles, VR/AR platforms, and porting services. When the full-scale invasion began in February 2022 we decided to temporarily leave Kyiv.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

The indie duo feels relieved and a little bit anxious. Most indie studios don’t survive long after their first release. .” Now, after years of hard work, The Brew Barons is finally released.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 8, 2024

Today, his award-winning studio, just a year old, has been a part of the prestigious Google Indie Games Accelerator and the Creation Africa Program. We lived in a complex in Durban, and I was lucky enough to have my big cousins as neighbors with games and consoles. Growing up, I was a really mischievous kid,” Sithlu recalls.

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Game Development News

JANUARY 30, 2024

New indie publisher Raftur Games was set up late last year, partly in response to the layoffs that were blighting the industry. As well as funding, the proudly neurodivergent co-founders hope to offer unrivalled marketing and business support that will help get developers back on their feet. CMO Malize Evans told us more

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We aren't "moving" towards 3D, we firmly set up shop there years ago and have been here for the past four console generations. This makes 2D development easier for hobbyists and indies to get something stood up and working.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The following year, the Norsfell team submitted their concept to the Montreal Ubisoft Indie Series annual competition for local independent game studios—and won. Tracing origins Envisioned as a colorful Viking experience that mixed action roleplaying game (RPG) and survival elements, the idea behind “Tribes of Midgard” was sparked in 2016.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. The common point is that both were the co-founders of the indie games company Scuttlebutt Games. What can we expect from this team?

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Rampant Games

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Apparently, I don’t buy game consoles unless I have written games for ’em. Well, the expense, and the shelf space, as Mrs. Rampant Coyote regularly complains about these consoles I rarely play taking up space under the TVs. I’m a PC gamer at heart, still. So I never picked up a PS3 or PS4. Good times.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2023

The indie game that does this especially well is A Space for the Unbound by Mojiken Studio. In the years that followed the team evolved into a game development studio, initially making games for Flash, HTLML5 and mobile, but now expanded to console development as well. And we think cats are something universally loved and known.

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