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MCV has teamed up with distributor Koch Media to kick off Independent Retail Month, starting with a list of 20 of the most successful UK indie games retailers. It may be tougher than ever being an independent retailer but there are still plenty thriving, from bricks and mortar chains to …

Former employees of the 277 closed GAME stores are interested in opening their own independent games shop. Game Guide and Complete EPOS chief Chris Ratcliff explains how they can do it… Suddenly there’s a gap in the market and the indies are making hay while the sun shines and enquiries …

Indie FPS still selling well after 2009 standalone release

Indie Fund-backed game sells 16,000 copies on Steam

Indie developers are being driven away from 'closed' platforms

Independent games retailers are in uproar having missed out on stocking the GAME-exclusive 130 edition of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The monthly subscription-based PC MMO developed by BioWare and published by EA hit stores as early as December 15th. The collector’s edition – featuring a statue, map, journal, metal …

As if hearing the call of indies bemoaning the rising trend in retail exclusives for the big chains, Tecmo Koei is releasing a limited edition that’s exclusive for indies. Independent stockists who order the turn-based strategy RPG Disgaea 4 on PS3, released last Firday (November 4th), will receive a collectable …

Leading independent online games retailer ShopTo.net has doubled its warehouse capacity as we enter the busy Q4 period. It means that in the region of 1,600 items are now available in its under five minute dispatch” offer. It says that system makes ShopTo the fastest dispatch company in the games …

But money concerns are putting people off, new data shows

Indies and start-ups flock to join GameSpy Open program