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The co-founder of mobile indie studio Rodeo Games Ben Murch shares five ways in which you can help make your company a success. I hate flying. More specifically, the take-off part. I wish I was one of those people who could rationalise aircraft failures into the tiny percentage of them …
Read More »ID@Xbox comes of age
Right now, most major publishers are chasing the booming indie market and Microsoft is no different with its ID@Xbox programme. The firm is coming off a busy few months. Earlier this year at GDC it announced that it was planning on having games from the scheme appear on both Xbox …
Read More »A PC developer’s tale – William Pugh on making The Stanley Parable
In October 2013, an experimental game from a developer called Galactic Caf emerged on Steam. It was The Stanley Parable – a fullly fleshed-out version of a Source Engine mod of the same name. The title was developed by two-man team Davey Wreden and William Pugh. But Pugh wasn’t always …
Read More »50 games studios looking to get signed at Interface this week
A brand new London event will this week see 50 games studios ready to present their games to publishers. Interface takes place on May 14th at the Candid Arts Trust in central London, and is organised by the teams behind MCV and its sister title Develop. Various parts of the …
Read More »Ten ways to make your indie game stand out – Simon Byron offers his PR and marketing advice
The indie game space is becoming more crowded by the day, with developers and publishers not just competing with each other, but triple-A releases, too. Curve Digital publishing director and PR guru Simon Byron offers his tips on getting the word out there about your indie title. What advice would …
Read More »Opinion: There’s a huge opportunity for indie games merchandise
There seems to be a small mountain of merchandise for most triple-A releases at the moment, but Insert Coin’s Dan Long believes there is also a real appetite for indie game merchandise. When it comes to merchandising for video games, people often only stop to think about the big hitters …
Read More »Insight: 2015 is the year of the publisher
In an age where any developer can be a games publisher, Sold Out boss Garry Williams discusses why studios are increasingly teaming up with sales and marketing specialists. Longevity in the games business has seen us witness numerous ‘life changing’ gaming ideas and emerging business models. With the latest disruption …
Read More »Indigo Pearl’s Robbie Paterson on the Wild West of indie games PR
Indigo Pearl PR Robbie Paterson has worked with a number of indie developers and publishers including infamous Hotline Miami firm Devolver Digital. Here he shares some of the lessons he has learnt about doing PR for these smaller titles. Welcome to my bid to educate the nation on the finer …
Read More »Goat Simulator borrows a page from DayZ this week with GoatZ DLC
Goat Simulator is primed to receive a zombie survival game mode with the release of the DayZ-inspired GoatZ DLC later this week. Tongue planted firmly in cheek, developer Coffee Stain Studios boasts that GoatZ is the only survival game on Steam that isn’t in Early Access.” Though the claim isn’t …
Read More »Giving indie games the ‘special edition’ treatment
Indie games might be hugely popular as digital products, but few of them make the transition to being physical packages. But in March of this year, Eurogamer parent company Gamer Network announced it would be producing direct-to-consumer physical versions of indie games with its Gamer’s Edition brand. The first games …
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