[ad_1] Throughout all of this, Ismail was traveling the globe, speaking at gaming conferences and telling Vlambeer’s story to other developers. Conference organizers at one show would see him speak and offer opportunities at other events, and Ismail saw first-hand how powerful this brand of marketing could be. Every time he spoke, not only was […]
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Caught between Epic, Apple and Google, indie devs watch and wait
[ad_1] “In the end, it’s likely mostly one or multiple of the giant multi-million and billion and trillion corporations will win big,” Ismail said. “The question is how much ‘collateral’ damage is done to the small developers on the way.” After baiting Apple and Google into removing Fortnite from their mobile storefronts this month, Epic […]
‘Untitled Goose Game’ will get a two-goose mode in September
[ad_1] ● New goose, new honk, still horrible ● Play through the entire game with two players ● Work together as two geese to make even bigger trouble ● A free update for all owners of Untitled Goose Game The update will hit Steam, Itch, the Epic Games Store, Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One […]
Stylish PC roguelike ‘Hades’ heads to Switch this fall
[ad_1] Hades has been a staple of Engadget’s living list of the best PC games, and it stands out as the only Early Access title to make the cut. It’s a roguelike romp through the bowels of Greek mythology — you play as Zagreus, son of Hades, in an attempt to escape the Underworld (and […]
A ‘Firewatch’ movie is in the works, again
[ad_1] In a match made in indie heaven, the independent production house behind movies like Blindspotting and Little Monsters has acquired the movie and TV rights to 2016’s Firewatch (via The Hollywood Reporter). This is the second time there’s been news of a possible Firewatch film adaption. In 2016, developer Campo Santo announced a deal with Good Universe (Last Vegas, Desperados) to make a film based […]
Nintendo will show 20 minutes of indie Switch games tomorrow
[ad_1] Although it’s been almost a year since the last full-blown Nintendo Direct, the company has run a number of smaller digital presentations since then. The latest is another Indie World Showcase, which Nintendo will stream at noon ET on Tuesday. It’ll include about 20 minutes of details on indie games that are coming to […]
‘3 out of 10’ is a free, interactive sitcom out today on the Epic Games Store
[ad_1] “Given the fact that this is a show basically made from start to finish in Unreal, you can see why Epic perked their ears up,” Mirabello said. “They were pretty intrigued, also because there’s no video content. You know that 90-second trailer that you saw? This entire episode is actually a smaller download footprint […]
Respawns won't save you in 'Weird West'
[ad_1] Weird West isn’t a horror game, but it has at least one narrative arc involving cannibalism. In some scenes, citizens in quaint Old West towns lay dead in the streets for mysterious reasons. In others, red-soaked pentagrams are etched into the dirt,… [ad_2] Source link
Indie history: How shareware helped build Epic Games
[ad_1] Present May 4th marked the 20th anniversary of GodGames’ acquisition by Take-Two. Wilson, Miller and Sweeney have all trod their own paths in the video game industry, and they’re all still active today. They started out in the undefined, pre-internet, post-shareware fog of the early 1990s, where they learned plenty about large-scale business and […]
The Gateway Trilogy | Engadget
[ad_1] There are six episodes in The Dream Machine, all released between 2010 and 2017. It feels like the game that Gustafsson used to fantasize about building, mechanically complex and narratively rich. It’s infused with surreal imagery and paranoid conspiracy, following a newly married man on a journey through the psychedelic landscapes generated by his […]