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Alongside Tomb Raider, Halo and Quantum Break on stage at Microsoft’s Gamescom 2014 press conference was a pixel-art title called The Escapists. It’s an indie game set in a prison and has been developed by one-man studio Mouldy Toof, aka former roofer Chris Davis. Having my game shown to the …
Read More »Ex-Westwood dev on going indie, procedural generation and the multiplayer risk
Indiegama's Tom Spencer-Smith talks us through the development of his upcoming action-strategy game Army 21
Read More »Execution Labs reveals accelerator cohort studios
Five indies from around the world embark on three-month Canadian program
Read More »TIGA and The Barbican team up for indie competition
Devs given the chance to showcase their game at Game On 2.0 exhibition later this year
Read More »2014: The Developers’ Post-Mortem
Notable names discuss the leading trends of an eventful year for games developers
Read More »DeltaDNA slashes costs for indies
Package for analytics tool available for up to 200,000 MAUs
Read More »Marmalade hosting free indie dev day next month
#include will take place at UKIE's London HQ on Thursday, December 4th
Read More »Execution Labs secures £3.3m in funding
Organisation now offering Pre-Production Accelerator and Finishing Fund for indies
Read More »Tilting Point’s hunt for indies
As the mobile publisher ramps up its publishing plans, president Dan Sherman tells us why its reaching out to indies
Read More »Microsoft’s indie parity clause is flexible, designed to make Xbox One owners feel ‘first class’
The policy which demands that indie games for Xbox One do not arrive on other platforms first isn’t concrete. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has told the Inner Circle podcast, as reported by Eurogamer, that developers whose resources don’t stretch to making games for assorted platforms simultaneously can often be accommodated. …
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