Sony introduces PlayStation Indies program
PlayStation’s Shuhei Yoshida announced the launch of the PlayStation Indies initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to support indie devs capable of advancing the medium though risky untested concepts.
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LUNA The Shadow Dust developer Beidi Guo on how lore and environmental storytelling increase replayability in puzzle games
LUNA The Shadow Dust is a hand-animated point-and-click puzzle adventure that came out on February 13. It is the debut title of the Chinese team called Lantern Studio. We sat down with Beidi Guo, art…
Underwater survival Subnautica clears 5 million copies sold
Unknown Worlds has sold more than 5 million copies of Subnautica. This does not include free downloads from the Epic Games Store.
IndieDB: Indie of the Year 2019
IndieDB named the best indie games from the past year. There are two parrallel rankings: the best games across 11 categories selected by the IndieDB editors and 10 best games chosen by players.
One of 2019 biggest indie successes: Untitled Goose Game surpasses 1 million copies sold
It took indie hit Untitled Goose Game three months to sell 1 million copies. The news was proudly conveyed by Cabel Sasser, co-founder at Panic, the game’s publisher.
2019 in video games: Deck13’s Jan Klose on The Surge 2, cloud gaming, and subscriptions
The Surge 2 from Deck13 became one of this year’s top releases on Steam. With 2019 almost over, Jan Klose, co-founder and managing director at Deck13, as well creative director on The Surge 2, reflects on the…
Nintendo names this year’s bestselling indie games on Switch
Nintendo revealed top indie games by revenue on Switch.
2019 in video games: Spiders’ Jehanne Rousseau on GreedFall, Google Stadia, and AAA auteur games
It’s that time of year again. With Christmas and New Year’s just around the corner, we caught up with Jehanne Rousseau, CEO at French indie studio Spiders, to reflect on what 2019 meant for the company and its latest…
Tiny Money Studio on stop motion games, world of finance, and gaming conferences
Tiny Money from two Israel-based artists, Dor Bar and Shachar Peters, is a stop motion clay animation game in the vein of 1998 classic The Neverhood. The game is still in development. We caught up with Dor Bar to discuss the…
BioWare veteran starts indie studio in Australia
Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age writer David Gaider became the co-founder of Summerfall Studios. It is located in Australia and is about to unveil its first project.