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Steam Won’t Sell Your Game for You: An Indie Developer’s Warning About Launch Saturation
The success of a video game doesn’t just depend on its quality. Among the many success stories on Steam (or other platforms), there are also failures and projects that deserved more attention. A developer has reminded everyone that launching a game on Valve’s store does not guarantee sales. The developer…
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ID@Xbox Has Generated an Impressive Amount of Money for Indie Developers, Microsoft Reveals
The ID@Xbox program, Microsoft’s platform for supporting indie games, continues to thrive. Recently, the company shared the incredible amount of money generated by this initiative, which has gone directly to indie developers. Impressive Financial Success According to Microsoft, ID@Xbox has generated a total of $5 billion over the 11 years…
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Report: Switch 2 to See Strong Third-Party Support, Raising Concerns for Indie Developers
Journalist Christopher Dring has revealed that, based on information he has received, third-party support for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 will be significantly stronger than it was for the original Nintendo Switch. This shift could potentially marginalize indie developers, who benefited from a lack of big-name publishers supporting the original…
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Take-Two Sells Its Indie Games Label, Private Division
The gaming industry is facing significant challenges, with major companies like Xbox, Nintendo, and PlayStation making tough decisions amidst economic pressures. In a similar move, Take-Two Interactive, known for owning Rockstar Games, has decided to part ways with its indie games label, Private Division. Strategic Shift Towards Core Business Focus…
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Indie Developer Abandons Xbox Port After 14-Month Nightmare Due to Bugs
In a shocking turn of events, Blingame, the indie developer behind the acclaimed Metroidvania game, HAAK, has decided to abandon the Xbox port of their game after dealing with a 14-month-long battle with Microsoft’s backend bugs. What should have been a straightforward two-week porting process became a prolonged nightmare, as…
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Monster Energy is Attempting To Bully Indie Dev Over The Name of Their Game
Monster Energy is reportedly attempting to take an Indie Dev to court for using the word Monster in the game’s name. Monster Energy Attacking Monsters & Mortals Indie Developer Vincent Livings who is the Founder & CEO of Glowstick Entertainment has made a tweet claiming that Monster Energy is threatening…
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Deponia is Free to Keep from the Humble Store Until January 26
Get Deponia: The Complete Journey for FREE The award winning hand-drawn indie game Deponia: The Complete Journey is currently available for 85% off via Steam. However, the Humble Store has an even better deal, offering the game completely for FREE. That’s right! It costs absolutely zero dollars. Except of course,…
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Destraint Deluxe Edition is FREE to Keep from GOG Until Jan. 25
FREE Game from GOG In celebration of the launch of DESTRAINT 2, DRM-Free game store GOG is offering DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition for free. Once you add it to your GOG account, it is yours forever to keep. As usual, the copy is DRM free although it supports cloud saves and…
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Discord Unveils Initial ‘First on Discord’ Line of Exclusive Games
Exclusive Titles Available on the Discord Store Discord announced their game and app store two months ago. Just like Valve‘s Steam, the new platform is also getting their own launcher so users can access their collection directly from the desktop. The move follows Steam’s effort to copy Discord’s chat and incorporate…
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Indie Game Developers Feature Heavily At EGX 2018
Indie Game Developers Feature Heavily At EGX 2018 Being an independent games developer (indie developer) can be quite a tricky thing. It’s not necessarily making the game that’s the problem (albeit, that’s hardly simple) it’s getting the game ‘out there’ enough to get a real response from the audience. At…
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Nintendo Reveal Major Indie Game Plans For The Switch
Nintendo Reveal Major Indie Game Plans For The Switch Since it’s launching a little over a year ago, it’s pretty clear at this point that the Nintendo Switch has been a huge success. Whether it is big enough to have completely saved the future of Nintendo is debatable, but at…
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Terrordrome 2: Reign of The Legends Launches On Kickstarter
Terrordrome 2 Launches On Kickstarter You may recall once seeing, or at least hearing, about a little indie fan-made game. The game was based on classic horror characters in a beat-em-up style game. That game was called Terrordrome. Admittedly, the game itself wasn’t that great to play and didn’t look…
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QWOP Creater has Made a New Game and it Looks Even More Frustrating!
Do you remember QWOP? QWOP was a bit of a phenomenon when it launched nearly 10 years ago. For those unfamiliar with the game, you controlled an athlete attempting to run 100m. Sounds simple so far right? Well, the problem is that you control him and more specifically the individual…
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Check Out “Jump” the New Place for Indie Games
Jump When it comes to Gaming, there’s always been one champion when it comes to game libraries. Of course, we’re talking about Steam! Well, now there is a new kid on the block. Jump is a new games library that works just like Netflix. Giving new indie games a voice.…
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Steam Direct – Valve Finally Confirms Publishing Fee
Valve has announced that Steam Direct, the service intending to replace Greenlight will only charge $100 to self-publish a game. This represents a significantly lower figure than the company wanted. The price should, however, help indie developers moving forward. What is Steam Direct? Details at the moment are a little…
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