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After nine years in development, D-Pad’s 2D pixel art platformer Owlboy finally released in November. Alex Calvin catches up with programmer Jo-Remi Madsen to find out about this adventure nearly a decade in the making
Read More »Google Play announces finalists for European leg of its Indie contest
Finalists being shown at London's Saatchi Gallery in February
Read More »Finalists for 19th IGF awards are announced
Multiple nominations for Hyper Light Drifter, Virginia, Inside and Event[0]
Read More »‘We built a team that just won’t die’ – The story of Dreamloop
After legal threats, a government policy change, a failed Kickstarter and a merger, Dreamloop's indie journey has been a difficult one. But now the Finnish studio is finally making the game it has always wanted
Read More »Microsoft and Creative England put £250,000 in to UK Indie Development Fund
We speak to Creative England's Rob Crossley about the Greenshoots indie development project
Read More »Writers’ Guild Awards reveals nominations for Best Writing In A Video Game
Indie and sports games get recognition.
Read More »Koch Media on its Superindie distribution label and the state of the indie retail sector
Only 4.7 per cent of UK physical sales of games are generated through indie retailers, according to Kantar Worldpanel’s annual survey. Competing with High Street giants such as GAME and online behemoths like Amazon: that’s the daily struggle of indie retailers. Which is why distributor Koch Media decided to launch …
Read More »Simplygon made free to indie, educational and non-commerical developers
The real-time 3D Data software to become "accessible across industries."
Read More »Day of the Devs returns on November 5th
Indies have one week left to apply for exhibition space
Read More »ID@Xbox turns three: How has Microsoft’s indie revolution fared?
When it launched in August 2013, Microsoft’s ID@Xbox initiative marked a bold commitment to independent development by the platform holder. Three years on, what’s next for the programme?
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