A feeding frenzy of game development activity with a cumulative impact that developers are only beginning to grasp — consoles, online services, independent games, handheld games, coffee break games, downloadable games, casual games, multiplayer games, gambling games,
indie game distribution, next gen, phone games, self funded games, and the return of shareware — mind boggling stuff, really, and all happening at once!
Not exact matches
Indie developer Zordix has partnered with publisher Bigben Interactive to handle the
distribution of the physical copies of its two new racing
games Aqua Moto Racing Utopia and Snow Moto Racing Freedom.
Swedish
indie developer ThreeGates has announced that the studio's first
game, an action - RPG named Legends of Aetherus, is now available on digital
distribution.
The new label will focus on Japanese
indie games, trying to build on the similar popularity shared by the North American audience for these
games and
distribution on the Nintendo Switch is hoped will help push the momentum of the Japanese
indie dev scene amongst players.
Released simultaneously on PC and Wii to much acclaim, the title also scored plenty of praise from
indie games festival judges, and also taught many a thing or two about digital
distribution; Carmel and Gabler ran a one - year - anniversary «pay what you want» offer which allowed players to choose their own price for the
game.
Founded in 2012, BitSummit has paved the way for global exposure of Japanese independent developers, resulting in greater
distribution and success in Western markets for Japanese
indie games.
Before we get started, a little history: Since being founded in 2012, BitSummit has paved the way for global exposure of Japanese independent developers, resulting in greater
distribution and success in Western markets for Japanese
indie games.
More information about the finalists can be found on Direct2Drive's D2D Vision Award website, and the digital
distribution site has concurrently released a «Best of
Indie» PC
game bundle of IGF nominees and winners from previous years.
Indie devs can now delegate
distribution protocol to Bigger
Games and push their
games into various smaller markets whilst maintaining focus on their Steam campaign which is the heart of their
game's
distribution.
Don't get me wrong I enjoy the convenience of digital
distribution especially as it relates to
indie games.
Bigger Boat does look like a great tool for
indie developers to cover all their bases when it comes to
distribution of their
games.
Nowadays, smaller
games, including bigger projects that got cut down, are easier to market through digital
distribution and a broad market of casual
gamers, «but in that period the market of digital
indie games was not taken seriously yet», Van den Wijngaarden explains.
30 January, 2018 — Digerati
Distribution, in partnership with Bootdisk Revolution and Nephilim
Game Studios, is delighted to announce that Bleed 2, the supersonic run - and - gun sequel to
indie smash hit Bleed, is coming to PS4 on the 6th (NA) and 7th (EU) February, and Xbox One on the 9th February.
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game.
Fourattic is partnering with
indie game label Devolver Digital on the marketing, promotion, and
distribution of Crossing Souls.
Today's
indie developers have a (sometimes alarmingly) large number of options for supplemental
distribution for their
games.
He believes we will continue to see a more
indie - friendly market, both in terms of partnerships with
distribution platforms and in terms of how the gaming audience feels toward independent
games in general.
This is important (to my mind, as IGF Chairman) because there's been plenty of
indie titles identified with the IGF and other
indie game festivals - but rarely is there such direct causation in the
game world between a public showing of an unreleased
game, and a bigger publisher /
distribution mechanism picking it up.
There have been some rising new trends in the world of
indie at the moment, and
distribution of
indie games has been a hot ticket of late.
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Since beginning operations in October 2011, our small team has localized and published 9
games for overseas users and we have the highest number of Japanese
indie games (7 titles) published on the world - leading Steam
distribution platform and presently have 2
games for consideration on Steam Greenlight.
Prepare for battle against Flesh Hounds, werewolves and other monstrosities with the upcoming console launch of Slain: Back from Hell, from the collaboration of independent
game publisher Digerati
Distribution & Marketing and
indie game developers Andrew Gilmour & 22nd Century Toys.
In a surprising move, Campo Santo, the developer behind
indie hit Firewatch, has recently been acquired by Valve, the monolithic
game company behind the digital
distribution platform Steam and critically acclaimed titles such as Half - Life and Portal.
Ynnis Interactive: A new
indie video
game publishing company with a team of five and active in production and
distribution of
indie games with strong «Japanese culture» or «trans - media» components.
This week, the VHX website got a whole new look — instead of bringing users directly to its social video community, the home page now lays out VHX's digital
distribution services, first seen bringing Aziz Ansari and
Indie Game: The Movie directly to consumers.
FDG Entertainment, the publisher behind the adorable
indie adventure, has announced that the
game sold double the amount in one day on Switch versus the lifetime sales over on Steam; keep in mind that Blossom Tales released back in March for the digital
distribution platform.