These Swedish game design students founded a company and cut a deal with Coffee Stain Studios to publish their first game, Story About My Uncle, to positive buzz a week before graduation. ...
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Lindsey Joyce on topics ranging from the food politics of Pokemon to the ramifications of Google's acquisition of Twitch. ...
NYU Game Center is launching an incubator program to give select Game Design MFA graduates resources and advice from industry veterans on turning their projects into commercial games. ...
"So let's help ourselves out. Don't let the numbers discourage you from sharing -- we're right there with you, and we're all striving together to build better games and better lives..." ...
"By using a hybrid system like this, that looks at the past, present, and future, rather than relying entirely on one of those, we are on track to create AI that will challenge players." ...
"Games are unique in this aspect. They can teach and entertain at the same time, whilst actively engaging the player. The player has to be involved or nothing happens." ...
Rami Ismail from Dutch game studio Vlambeer has put together a superb list of marketing tools, links and talks for indie developers looking to get the word out about their games. ...
The long-awaited upgraded UI system didn't quite make it into the latest 4.5 update, but it's almost ready -- enough to showcase it in a nearly half-hour long demo. ...
Bounden, Hohokum, and Double Fine's Hack N Slash are among the games that will be showcased at IndieCade's E3 pavilion in June. ...
"BitSummit is an unconventional gaming event held at Kyoto, Japan... [and] exploded into an overwhelming ray of hope and sunshine to the Japanese independent scene." ...