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The Little Acre developer signs to Curve Digital for Greenlit adventure game
Read More »Curve Digital to publish Charles Cecil’s The Little Acre
Greenlit adventure title The Little Acre has got itself a publisher, and one of the genre’s top producers. Industry legend Charles Cecil has been signed by Pewter Games as executive producer. Furthermore, Curve Digital will now publish the game, which will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC later …
Read More »Creative Assembly, Bossa, Rovio and more sign on for War Child charity games bundle
Help: The Game features titles created in six days during a global games jam and costs £9.99, with all profits going towards charity
Read More »Is the indie games scene doomed?
There have never been more indie games on the market. Free to use engines like Unity or Unreal, as well as software like GameMaker, mean that literally anybody with a computer and the will to make a video game can do just that. And thanks to open platforms like Steam …
Read More »Pitch your game to Curve’s business development manager in person at Interface
Newly-hired John Vega will be signing promising indie efforts at next week's event
Read More »Curve’s new business development manager will be signing indie games at Interface next week
Rising games publisher Curve has recruited John Vega as its new business development manager. Vega will be attending Interface next week, and is on the hunt for new indie games for Cuve to publish. Vega joins from Playjam where he managed publisher and developer relations. He acquired over 100 titles …
Read More »Green Man Gaming, Curve and Soedesco want to sign your games at Interface next week
Digital publishers join Mike Bithell, The Chinese Room, Team17, Sega, Channel 4, Unity, Playtonic, KISS, Edge Case and more at indie-focused conference and pitching event
Read More »Are we charging enough for indie games?
Since 2012 we have been spoilt with a near-constant stream of indie titles coming to digital store fronts. Each and every week, a plethora of smaller projects come to Steam, PSN, Xbox Live and Nintendo’s eShop. They’re even on Xbox and PlayStation’s stages at the likes of E3 and Gamescom …
Read More »‘We should be charging more for indie games’
The games industry is undervaluing indie games, say leading publishers. The majority of indie games are sold for 10 or less, but this year a number of high profile titles have broken that barrier, including Jonathan Blow’s The Witness (30, pictured) and Camp Santo’s Firewatch (15), which has sparked online …
Read More »Could Curve become Britain’s next Eidos?
Dominic Wheatley has a point to prove. The co-founder of Eidos – the Brit firm behind hits such as Championship Manager, Hitman and Tomb Raider – departed the company after it had floated. Years of uncertainty followed, as it passed through different owners before finally being acquired by Japanese giant …
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