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Indie Royale May Hurray Bundle Revealed

Indie Royale has just revealed a brand-new bundle of great independent games, in the form of the May Hurray one, which includes Dungeon Defenders, Weird Worlds, Containment: The Zombie Puzzler, Data Jammers: Fast Forward, and Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity. We’ve been treated to quite a few independent game...

4 May 2012
04:29 GMT

Robert Bowling Says He Left Call of Duty Team in Order to Pursue His Passion

Robert Bowling, the chief creative strategist at Infinity Ward and now leader of his own development studio Robotoki, told Gamasutra that, “When I made the decision to resign from my previous position at Activision, I only knew one thing for certain. I knew what I didn't want to do, but that eventually led...

25 April 2012
05:56 GMT

Indie Royale’s Spring Bundle Includes Unstoppable Gorg, Depths of Peril, and More

Indie Royale has arrived with a brand-new deal, called the Spring Bundle, which includes six great independent games in the form of Unstoppable Gorg, Depths of Peril, Tobe’s Vertical Adventure, Inferno, Slydris, and Ballistic. Indie Royale has gotten bargain hunters used to some great deals in the last few mon...

19 April 2012
03:51 GMT

Fez Review (Xbox 360)

Few independent games have been as eagerly awaited as Fez, the recently launched puzzle platformer from Polytron, which arrived on the Xbox 360 console, via the Xbox Live Arcade service, only last week. After spending quite a few years in development, during which it earned lots of awards and praise for its novel pr...

18 April 2012
09:41 GMT

Minecraft Reaches 5 Million Units Sold, Rakes in Lots of Money for Mojang

Minecraft, the hit independent game made by developer Mojang, has been downloaded by over 25 million people, managing to rake in around $80 million (€60 million) for the small indie studio. Minecraft started out as a small project made by a single developer, Markus “Notch” Persson, but it quickly ex...

27 March 2012
03:11 GMT

Indie Royale's Valentine's Bundle Includes Zeno Clash, Hoard, Lume, and Soulcaster

Indie Royale has finally unveiled what games are included in its current Valentine's Day bundle, which brings together Zeno Clash, Hoard, Lume, and the first two Soulcaster games for a very low price.We've been flooded with independent game bundles in the last few months, and Indie Royale has been the most ...

11 February 2012
03:41 GMT

Indie Royale’s Valentine’s Bundle Now Up for Pre-Order

Indie Royale is preparing a brand new independent games bundle, just in time for Valentine’s Day, that can now be pre-ordered even if the actual titles that are included in the package haven’t been announced. We’ve been flooded with many indie bundles in the last few months, as services like the Hu...

8 February 2012
05:24 GMT

New Indie Gala Bundles Offer Great Games and Music Albums for Low Prices

The independent game bundles just keep on coming these days, as the Indie Gala service has now published its second offer that brings together not just impressive games, but also some great music albums. After Indie Royale’s special Serious Sam offer and Humble Bundle’s Android-focused package, the Indie...

6 February 2012
12:31 GMT

New Humble Indie Bundle Brings Great Games to PC, Mac, Linux, and Android

The Humble Bundle team has just revealed a brand new offer, this time with indie games not just for the PC, Mac, and Linux platforms, but also for the Android mobile operating system. We’ve been treated with quite a lot of great bundles that brought together impressive independent games for a very low price in...

1 February 2012
05:36 GMT

Here Are the Best Selling Indie Games on the PlayStation Network

The PlayStation Network saw the release of a large variety of independent games in 2011 so, in order to help people sort them out, Sony has made a few lists of the best selling indie titles on the online network, including those that were published by the studios themselves or with the help of the Japanese company.So...

15 December 2011
03:13 GMT

Humble Indie Bundle 4 Now Available, Includes Shank, Super Meat Boy, and Much More

We’re certainly being flooded with indie game bundles nowadays, as after last week’s Indie Gala promotion and the Indie Royale Xmas Bundle at the beginning of this week, we now have the Humble Indie Bundle 4, which once again brings an array of high quality downloadable independent games for whatever pric...

14 December 2011
06:01 GMT

New Indie Royale Xmas Bundle Packs Together Six Great Games

After gamers were treated with yet another indie bundle last week, from the guys at Indie Gala, this time the Indie Royale website kicks off its holiday efforts with the Xmas Bundle, which packs in quite a lot of interesting games that span across multiple genres and can be had for a low price.Indie Royale is probabl...

13 December 2011
04:20 GMT

The Indie Gala Bundles Together Great Games For Whatever Price You Want

Another day, another bundle of independent games, as a brand new service, the Indie Gala, follows in the footsteps of already established programs like the Humble Indie Bundle or the Indie Royale one, by offering seven great games for whatever price the user feels like paying.Independent game developers have started ...

7 December 2011
06:01 GMT

The Really Big Bundle on Indie Royale Is Now Available

Indie Royale, the website that treated gamers with a couple of high quality bundles recently, has just deployed another collection of great independent games that can be yours for whatever price you want to pay for them.The new collection, called the Really Big Bundle, includes four games as well as a bonus title, in...

30 November 2011
04:58 GMT

Minecraft Reaches 4 Million Copies Sold Ahead of Final Version's Release

Indie hit Minecraft has crossed the 4 million units sold milestone, just as the development team at Mojang, led by Markus 'Notch' Persson is getting ready to deploy the final version of the game. Minecraft started life as an early alpha but quickly impressed legions of gamers with the huge array of possibi...

9 November 2011
02:41 GMT

Indie Royale Bundle Series Kicks Off By Offering Sanctum, Nimbus, Gemini Rue and More

More and more independent game developers are realizing the importance of bundling up their titles with others to get a better deal and more money, so a special Indie Royale Bundle website has been set up to allow new developers to get their titles into the hands of more players, and for gamers to get a taste of new ...

27 October 2011
04:49 GMT

The Xbox Live Indie Games Summer Uprising Chooses Its Headliners

Microsoft is always keen on expanding its Xbox Live Arcade service with new downloadable games, and the upcoming Indie Games Summer Uprising will harvest some of the most interesting ideas from the independent community and see them released on the online service. Microsoft isn't shy about promoting in high-q...

19 July 2011
18:21 GMT

Minecraft Gets Official Release Date

Mega indie hit Minecraft has finally received an official release date, with Mojang, its developer, confirming that the game will get out of its current beta stage on November 11 of this year. Minecraft, in case you haven't been following the PC independent game scene, is a rags-to-riches story, being the bra...

8 April 2011
14:21 GMT

Nintendo Clarifies Stance on Independent Developers, Wants Experience from Them

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime clarified his earlier statements about independent developers, saying that he and his company want proper studios not just garage devs with no experience in the business. Fils-Aime revealed last week that Nintendo, when it comes to allowing developers to work on its new 3D...

30 March 2011
03:05 GMT

Nintendo Doesn't Want to Work with ‘Garage Developers’

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime revealed that the company doesn't want to work with so-called "garage developers" but does want to attract independent game designers onto its platforms. Mobile gaming platforms like smartphones, including the iPhone or various Android-powered handsets, are providing ...

23 March 2011
04:05 GMT

Minecraft Close to 1 Million Copies Sold, Update Coming Soon

Hit PC independent title Minecraft is getting close to reaching the 1 million units sold milestone, according to its lead developer, Markus "Notch" Persson. Minecraft was released into alpha stage around the middle of the last year, and quickly captured a cult following thanks to its simple mechanics and due to th...

5 January 2011
03:20 GMT

Braid Would Have Featured Remakes of Old Games, Says Creator

Everybody loves a good platformer, whether you are jumping around on ledges trying to navigate your way onto the top of something or jumping down on enemies as made famous by the Mario franchise from Nintendo. Independent game developer Jonathan Blow counted on such a thing when he created Braid, a platformer much l...

27 May 2009
13:01 GMT

Braid Hits PCs for Just 15 Dollars

Innovation plays a big part in the creation of games these days, as a lot of people have gotten bored of the same old tried-and-true method of creating titles, filled with stereotypes for every game genre. That's why the phenomenon of independently developed titles has become so big, with small games such as Wor...

19 February 2009
12:01 GMT

Become the Last of the Patriots

It is not a secret that independent game developers sometimes manage to bring great concepts to the market - concepts that can change, in a good way, the way bigger companies treat their game development process. And Last of the Patriots II is one of the titles that tries to bring new ways of telling a story (or, to ...

31 March 2008
02:19 GMT

iTunes Store Opens Up for Independent Video Producers

iTunes has taken yet another great step towards becoming the absolute online media shop. After several heavy names for the entertainment industry announced partnerships with Apple's iTunes online store, the Cupertino-based company made a step towards listing independent, low-profile productions in their catalog....

1 March 2007
10:16 GMT


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