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How super-indie Supergiant Games is following the success of Bastion with Transistor (interview)

Indie game studio Supergiant Games became an indie sensation with Bastion, a stand-out hit that debuted on Xbox Live Arcade in 2011 and then spread out to a bunch of other platforms. It was a rare case where an indie game company carved out its success on the consoles. Supergiant did that with just seven employees, and now it’s leveling up.

With a team of 12, the startup is self-publishing its next title, Transistor, a sci-fi themed action role-playing game on the PlayStation 4 and the PC.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.