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By Artem Shkafenko, Head of Marketing at Upscale Studio. There is a growing trend among indie developers to skip publishers and self-publish directly to consoles. I work in console publishing, and I often see solo developers asking: “Why should I share revenue with a publisher? I can just buy a …

"We hope to use this capital to strengthen our foundation as a business and expand from game development into exploring self-publishing"

Developer OtherSide hasn't ruled out self-publishing yet, though

Rage 2, a new studio in Malmö, the acquisition by Nordisk Film, Just Cause 4 leaking and now self-publishing: it looks like things are getting more and more busy at Avalanche

Microsoft’s ID@Xbox program has come a long way since it first started in 2013. While the curated self-publishing program’s first titles included smaller indie games such as Drinkbox Studios’ Guacamelee and Nicalis’ 1001 Spikes, it’s now home to some of the biggest and most ambitious independently developed titles the industry’s …

Sniping games are one of those peculiar genres that are almost always praised by their players but mauled by the critics. And the Sniper Elite franchise is no exception to the rule. Critics may not have always backed the series, but it has built a massive community eagerly waiting each …

Studio recently appointed ex-Disney and Bandai Namco staffer Sean Walsh as marketing and PR manager

Disney Infinity 3.0. Crackdown 3. LittleBigPlanet 3. Forza Horizon 2. F1 2011. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Dead Island 2. Xbox Fitness. Dead Space Ignition. And that’s not even the half of it. That’s as diverse a line-up as you’re ever likely to see, and it all comes from one …

Nearly 300 staff laid off at creator of toy-to-life series, with Disney Interactive to no longer self-publish games

‘I believe there are still many foreigners that would like to have a shot at Japanese-style creativity, says president and CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama