Indie developers are no match for big studios. But it’s ok, according to Valeria Castro, CEO & Founder at Platonic Games, a small dev team based in Madrid. At a recent event hosted by GameAnalytics, Valeria shared her experience entering the crowded hyper-casual scene.

The ROKiT Group of Companies, smartphone manufacturer and provider of wireless services, has launched ROKiT Games Limited. It’s a game development fund to support indie developers of mobile and console games. The size of the fund is $50 million.

Modus, a publishing division of Maximum Games focused on indie projects, breaks down typical steps that indie developers should take to approach a publisher.

Lion Studios, AppLovin’s publishing branch, has launched the second annual contest for mobile game developers called Ultimate Game Changers. $300,000 will be split between four top contestants.

Sony will not be seeking partnerships with indie or smaller developers as part of their strategy for PS5. Instead, the console holder will focus on big publishers and AAA exclusives.

A quirky balletic 2,5D shooter inspired by flash games was launched on June 20 and has by now cleared over 250,000 sales across PC and Switch.

Several indie developers have noticed abnormally high numbers of Wishlist deletions for their games.

On April 4th, a German indie studio called GrizzlyGames released Islanders, an atmospheric minimalist city builder. The game immediately got warm reception from critics and very positive reviews on Steam. Valve listed it among 20 top-selling games of April 2019.

Global Top Round (GTR) game accelerator is accepting applications from indie developers. Submission deadline is July 5, 2019.

Moonlighter, developed by Spanish studio Digital Sun, has become an indie hit on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, with over 500.000 installs and counting.

Launched last year, Indie Games Accelerator program is now accepting applications for class 2019.