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Independent game publisher Curve Digital has revealed its new game bundling service: The Indie Mixtape. The scheme is specifically for up-and-coming indie developers, instead of more established names. Curve aims to have the first collection out in early April. It will be priced at 6.99 and sold globally over Steam. …

Activision's indie label bringing arcade shooter Velocity 2X to Xbox One and PC this summer

Publisher to fund development of two new titles

Metacritic data has shown that Nintendo titles had the highest average review score in 2014. Games by the platform holder averaged 76.5 per cent with critics. That placed them ahead of Ubisoft in second (74.1%), EA in third (74.5% – see below for the reasoning behind that positioning), Sony in …

Japanese publisher and developer Idea Factory has set up shop in Europe. The firm has opened an office in Croydon, and will be handling the marketing and PR of its games at European retail, including the UK. Prior to this, Idea Factory’s games were published in Europe by companies such …

Crowdfunding record-breaker Star Citizen represents a change not only to how games are funded but also how they are handled post-release. That’s according to RSI boss Chris Roberts who, in his latest update, has said that there will not be a date on which the game will be released and …

Rise of the Tomb Raider will be published by Microsoft, presumably on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. That’s according to Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg. Square Enix’s game rocked Gamescom in 2014 after it was unveiled as an Xbox exclusive. In the hours and days that followed non-Xbox owners …

Chilled Mouse will release its first game this month

The InXile boss discusses the difficulties of being independent and why Metacritic scores shouldn't matter

As the mobile publisher ramps up its publishing plans, president Dan Sherman tells us why its reaching out to indies