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Hyderabad-based studio Rocksalt Interactive has announced its first game – Roadkill Xtreme. The 3D casual arcade game features fast-paced gameplay and is designed to be enjoyed in short bursts. Some additional features: Three levels with increasing difficulty, each with unique unlockables Store with 20+ items, upgrades and skins Interactive pedestrians …
Read More »Nautilus Mobile to launch NGF Award-winning Song of Swords on iOS
Mobile RPG Song of Swords, which was first release for Blackberry OS, is now headed to iOS, with a Windows Phone version also in the works. Song of Swords is the debut effort from Nautilus Mobile, a Hyderabad-based indie studio comprised of former Gameloft staff. The casual RPG features simple …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Magnus ‘Gordon’ Gardebäck, Simogo
Device 6 is one of the most unique gaming experiences you can find on the App Store, and you can say the same about pretty much every other game Simogo has made, from Bumpy Road to Beat Sneak Bandit to Year Walk. Magnus Gardebck – or Gordon, as he is …
Read More »Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail to skip NGDC 2013
Rami Ismail, one half of indie developer Vlambeer, will not be attending NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2013. Ismail recently underwent surgery and has been advised against long-distance travel by his doctors. His talk, titled ‘Indie marketing strategy’, was scheduled for day two of NGDC. I would like to super apologize …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Tanmay Chinchkar
Tanmay Chinchkar is barely out of college and his first game, which he created as part of a three-day development sprint, has already earned him a BAFTA Award nomination. Project Heera has come along quite a bit since it won Chinchkar first place at last year’s BYOG competition at the …
Read More »Simogo’s Magnus Gardebäck to speak at NGDC 2013
Magnus "Gordon" Gardebck, co-founder of Swedish indie studio Simogo, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developers Conference, the trade body has announced. Simogo is the studio behind successful mobile titles such as the atmospheric and contemplative Year Walk, and rhythmn-stealth mash-up Beat Sneak Bandit. Later this year, the studio …
Read More »Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail to speak at NGDC 2013
Rami Ismail, one half of influential indie developer Vlambeer, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. Vlambeer is the team behind the critical and commercial hit Ridiculous Fishing. The studio was also in the news a few months ago when its next game, Luftrausers, was cloned by a …
Read More »Volume PS4, PS Vita launch exclusivity lasts one month
Sony announced at its Gamescom press conference earlier today that games from several top indie developers would be console-exclusive to PlayStation platforms at launch. It now appears that exclusivity only lasts a month. Thomas Was Alone creator Mike Bithell is one of the developers that Sony has managed to swing …
Read More »Volume is Mike Bithell’s ode to Metal Gear
Mike Bithell, developer of award-winning platformer Thomas Was Alone, has announced his new game – Volume. Volume is an isometric stealth game featuring a yet unnamed protagonist who cannot kill. Instead, he must use distractions and evasion tactics to get around and steal. Over the course of the game, he …
Read More »Circulets is free today, update on the way
Tabletop multiplayer game Circulets is available for free today, developer Hashstash Studios has announced. The one-day promotion applies only to the iOS version of the game, and not on Android. The developer has also announced that the game is set to receive an update soon. No details were given, other …
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