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Change the price man, $20 is too much. $15 is perfect for this game.” That indie games should by default be ‘cheap’ is a belief that a lot of smaller studios have to contend with. And one developer has chosen to explain precisely why 14.99 is fair price for its …
Read More »Bithell: What indiepocalypse? Without data we are clueless
Thomas Was Alone dev Mike Bithell has said that we don’t have the data needed to accurately assess the health of the digital games market. One school of thinking is that the boom of digital indie games has now led to bust. This supposed phenomenon is called the ‘indiepocalypse’. Others …
Read More »Five Nights at Freddy’s novel arrives next week
Five Nights at Freddy’s creator Scott Cawthon has announced a novel based on the hit horror series will arrive next week. In a post on the franchise’sSteam forums, Cawthon revealed Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Untold Story will release on Amazon Kindle first, with a physical release to come after. …
Read More »ID@Xbox: ‘There is no indiepocalypse’
Microsoft’s Agostino Simonetta says despair within the indie scene is a case of unrealistic expectations
Read More »How do you find the right publisher for you?
With evermore publishers vying to sign a deal with you for your game, Craig Chapple uncovers just what developers should look for when identifying a partner, and how they can go about making the perfect pitch
Read More »New indie deals signed at Interface
Indies flock to London for MCV and Develop event
Read More »IndieCade co-chair John Sharp departs
Annual indie games festival IndieCade has lost one of its co-chairs. John Sharp shared the news on hispersonal website, explaining in depth that his decision to step away was due to a realization that conferences like IndieCade aren’t helping marginalized devs like they should. "For me, a big motivation for …
Read More »Prison Architect earns $19m in Early Access
Introversion has revealed its popular in-development sim Prison Architect has made $19m in sales ahead of its official release. Founding director Mark Morris toldEurogamerthe game has sold 1.25m units as of September 26th– with official launch scheduled for today, October 6th. Introversion initially put an early alpha version of Prison …
Read More »Soma approaching 100,000 sales
Frictional Games’ latest horror release Soma has sold nearly 100,000 copies since its launch late last month. A post on the developer’s blog reveals the game has sold 92,000 units across all platforms – finishing sixth on Steam’s top ten list last week in the process. It took Frictional’s previous …
Read More »Among the Sleep arrives on PS4 this December
Krillbite has announced the console release of its horror game Among the Sleep will launch on PS4 this December. In a post on theUS PlayStation Blog, the studio’s chief of marketing and community Kristina Halvorsen revealed the indie title will release on December 10thfor Sony’s hardware. No word on the …
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