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Indie game investor group Indie Fund has announced the addition of a host of new partners, as well as its backing of Steam Early Access release Armello. Indie Fund was founded by seven members in 2010, including World of Goo developer Ron Carmel and Braid creator Jonathan Blow. Five years …
Read More »Desura, Indie Royale parent company Bad Juju files for bankruptcy
Bad Juju – the parent company of digital game distribution network Desura and game bundle seller Indie Royale – has filed for bankruptcy. Speaking withGamasutra, Bad Juju’s head of developer relations Lisa Morrison expressed her surprise regarding the news. I asked Tony [Novak, CEO of Bad Juju] for confirmation and …
Read More »Sci-fi horror SOMA heading to PS4, PC in September
Horror-focused indie studio Frictional Games has announced its upcoming sci-fi release SOMA will arrive this September. The game has been in development at the studio for nearly five years, and will be Frictional’s first release since its hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent in 2010 (its 2013 sequel A Machine for …
Read More »Among the Sleep heading to Xbox One this year
Indie horror hit Among the Sleep is now getting an Xbox One release on top of its upcoming PS4 version, developer Krillbite Studio has announced. A post from the developer on Twitter reveals the title will arrive on Microsoft’s console sometime later this year. The previously announced PS4 edition of …
Read More »Winners of The Barbican and TIGA’s indie competition revealed
Chosen games will be exhibited at Newcastle’s Life Science Centre for six months
Read More »Giving indie games the ‘special edition’ treatment
Indie games might be hugely popular as digital products, but few of them make the transition to being physical packages. But in March of this year, Eurogamer parent company Gamer Network announced it would be producing direct-to-consumer physical versions of indie games with its Gamer’s Edition brand. The first games …
Read More »Chip’s Challenge and unreleased sequel land on Steam this month
Chuck Sommerville’s 1989 release Chip’s Challenge is heading to Steam later this month, along with its unreleased sequel. Following nearly two decades of off and on negotiation with the trademark owners, Chip’s Challenge 2 will be released in its original form. When I couldn’t release Chip’s Challenge 2, it hit …
Read More »Introducing: Indie games month on MCVuk.com
MCV will be publishing daily online articles dedicated to indie games development and publishing. Our indie games month will feature some of the biggest names in the sector, discussing development, publishing and financing independently-created video games. It begins today, with an interview with Yooka-Laylee creators Playtonic, while Futurlab owner James …
Read More »Invisible Inc for PS4 in the works, full Steam release lands next month
Klei Entertainment has pinned an official release date on its Steam Early Access stealth title Invisible Inc., revealing the game is in development for PlayStation 4 as well. The PC, Mac and Linux versions of the game will leap from Early Access to 1.0 status on Steam May 12th, according …
Read More »Former Battlefield producer co-founds new indie firm
Ex-DICE dev and former Paradox mobile VP create ‘unpublisher’ for indie games
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