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Maia developer Simon Roth dispels the idea that indie developer success stories are entirely built on luck

Sitting in the cockpit of a spacecraft, trapped in an underwater cage surrounded by sharks or trapped in a dark house with a silent pursuer. It’s not hard to conjure a list of experiences that when coupled with virtual reality will become almost magical. Anyone who has tried VR will …

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A follow-up to last year’s Shadow Warrior reboot is on the way. Published Devolver Digital and developer Flying Wild Hog have announced that Shadow Warrior 2 is in development. The action title is set for a 2016 release, and features four-player online multiplayer. The game will be on show at …

RedBedlam’s quirky first person shooter Bedlam is coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC this August. The shooter takes players across genres and references classic games, and is set for an August 13th release. Bedlam is based on the novel by Christopher Brookmyre. The game has been shown off as …

Failed Kickstarters, take note – not fulfilling your commitments is no longer consequence free. The Federal Trade Commission in the US has for the first time taken action over a failed Kickstarter campaign – a board game called The Doom That Came to Atlantic City. In 2012 creator Erik Chevalier …

Long-running indie studio Spiderweb Software is going to once again release games on iOS, after abandoning Apple’s platform in April. The founder of the developer, Jeff Vogel, pulled the outlet’s latest mobile effort, Avernum 2: Crystal Souls, earlier this year, citing an update to the iOS operating system that caused …

Virtual reality specialist Oculus is taking new steps to attract smaller developers to its Rift platform. As part of its pre-E3 press conference, the company said that it would be pouring an additional $10 million into ‘accelerating’ support for indie studios working on content for the VR headset. (via Polygon) …

Oculus has unveiled the consumer version of the Oculus Rift headset, along with a new motion controller prototype dubbed Oculus Touch. At its Future of Oculus event held earlier today, CEO Brendan Iribe explained the company aims to deliver the magic of presence” with its hardware – moving gaming away …