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Prominent independent developer Mike Bithell has hired a chief operating officer to help run his company, Bithell Games. Announcing the hirevia his blog, the developer named formernews content director at the now-closed Joystiq Alexander Sliwinski as his new COO. It’s time to start some new things,” writes Bithell. It felt …
Read More »Mike Bithell hires COO
Volume dev welcomes former Joystiq writer Alexander Sliwinski because “boy do I suck at operations”
Read More »Volume is getting a PlayStation VR expansion
Mike Bithell’s PlayStation and PC stealth outing Volume is to receive a free expansion designed for Sony’s virtual reality headset PlayStation VR. Volume: Coda takes place after the events of the main game, with players controlling a brand new character. It boasts 30 levels, a new cast and a new …
Read More »Made in Britain: The UK digital games renaissance
To truly call something a trend, at least three things along a similar theme need to occur. This proves that individual events were not simply random. And one trend this summer is that British indies sure know how to make a digital smash hit. Over just a few weeks we …
Read More »Apple TV: The Developers’ Reaction
We ask studios what they think of Apple's new device and its potential for games
Read More »Indies speak out as more games miss out in digital charts farce
Two major British indie releases would have entered the All-Formats charts this week if digital figures had been counted. Volume, the new game from Mike Bithell, would have at least made the Top Ten, according to MCV sources. It comes a week after Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, the PS4 …
Read More »How Mike Bithell’s never-ending crunch on Volume sent him to hospital
'I changed things around, grew up a bit. I think if you don’t have those moments it can spiral. It was a wake up call'
Read More »Volume PS Vita release delayed ‘a couple weeks’
Volume developer Mike Bithell has announced a slight delay for the PS Vita release of the forthcoming stealth adventure title. A post by Bithell on the game’sofficial sitereveals the game will arrive a couple weeks” after launch on PS4 and PC later this week. It’s so very nearly ready, but …
Read More »Volume has a release date
The next game from the creator of Thomas Was Alone has a summer release date. Volume will be released on PS4, Vita and Steam on August 18th. It will support Cross Buy on the consoles. It had been suggested previously that the game would hit PlayStation around a month before …
Read More »What next for indies?
The indie revolution is hitting its next phase. Develop asks what the future holds for gaming’s most creative element
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