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News Dec 15th, 2022

Private Division rolls out Development Fund

Venture provides guidance and finance to smaller studios

News Oct 5th, 2021

Konami is letting indie devs pitch to use its IP

Firm opens up competition for studios to make games using its dormant IP

Facebook rejected ad for indie title Road 96 over political concerns

News Aug 2nd, 2021

Facebook rejected ad for indie title Road 96 over political concerns

Social media giant says that marketing featured "images, statements or slogans about social issues, such as the economy, environmental policy, or civil and social rights."

Josef Fares promises anyone who gets bored of It Takes Two $1k

News Feb 18th, 2021

Josef Fares promises anyone who gets bored of It Takes Two $1k

"I’ll give it to everyone who gets tired. But they have to be honest about it.”

Thunderful Group snaps up indie firm Coatsink

News Oct 6th, 2020

Thunderful Group snaps up indie firm Coatsink

Deal could be worth up to $85.1m with earn outs

Hello Games working on a new project

News Sep 3rd, 2020

Hello Games working on a new project

Studio founder Murray not exactly forthcoming on details

ID@Xbox games have made more than $1.4bn to date

News May 29th, 2020

ID@Xbox games have made more than $1.4bn to date

$200m increase in the last 14 months

IGDA launches Indie Collective group to help smaller studios

News May 26th, 2020

IGDA launches Indie Collective group to help smaller studios

"As an indie developer, it can be difficult to navigate all of the challenges a development team faces"

No More Robots' Mike Rose says Steam devs are pricing games too low

News Sep 11th, 2019

No More Robots' Mike Rose says Steam devs are pricing games too low

Median revenue for a new release has halved in the last year

Night In The Woods creators set up workers co-op The Glory Society

News Mar 5th, 2019

Night In The Woods creators set up workers co-op The Glory Society

Two NITW developers team up with an artist-musician to create new works without bosses

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Solo-developed cyberpunk sim Spinnortality earned $90,000 in its first month

News Mar 4th, 2019

Solo-developed cyberpunk sim Spinnortality earned $90,000 in its first month

Developer James Patton feels the current indie space is tough, but not insurmountable

Stardew Valley creator is putting a new band together to work on future farming content

News Dec 17th, 2018

Stardew Valley creator is putting a new band together to work on future farming content

But ConcernedApe’s new game has been put on hold to focus on Stardew Valley updates

News Oct 26th, 2018

Ex-Torchlight developers form new studio Monster Squad

After Runic’s shutdown, the new studio has formed to create an unannounced co-op title

Roll7 taking break from game development after handing Laser League development to 505

News Aug 29th, 2018

Roll7 taking break from game development after handing Laser League development to 505

Title has had a hard time finding an audience

Gamescom 2018 - Velocity tweets "not a cry for help" says FuturLab's Marsden, studio not in trouble

News Aug 21st, 2018

Gamescom 2018 - Velocity tweets "not a cry for help" says FuturLab's Marsden, studio not in trouble

Developer says intention is to communicate what is going on to fans of the series

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