Playism aims to make indie games as popular in Japan as they are in the West
Maybe playing Western indie games will get Japan's own scene warmed up.
Games, trains, and developers: Second annual Train Jam is all about getting outside the ‘comfort zone’
A train pulls into the San Francisco station carrying dozens of new games.
The original indie dev: How one man made 22 games in 22 years, mostly from his basement
Jeff Vogel has created a prolific, independent game development success story without leaving his house. He tells us how it's done.
Indie darling Minecraft “incompatible” with Steam digital distribution service
Indie darling game Minecraft, which has more than 10 million users, is “incompatible” with wildly popular game digital distribution service Steam because game’s secondary...
Apple’s OS X Lion won’t run indie darling Minecraft
Gamers upgrading to Apple’s next Mac operating system, OS X Lion, won’t be able to play indie sandbox game Minecraft right away. Apple’s latest...
Sony starts $20M fund to secure PlayStation Network exclusives
PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable manufacturer Sony has started a $20 million program to fund independent developers making exclusive downloadable games for its consoles,...
Indie darling sandbox game Minecraft passes 10M users
Minecraft, an independently-developed sandbox building game, has passed 10 million registered users, according to the game’s creator, Markus Persson, also known as “Notch.” That puts...
Frozenbyte bets on Humble Bundle to launch games
Y Combinator-backed Humble Bundle is launching its second official batch of games that allows users to set their own price for the cost of...
Indie darling Minecraft creator: release games before they’re finished
The Zynga way — releasing games mid-production and updating them as time goes on — is the way to go for independent game developers,...
Y Combinator-backed Humble Bundle sells $1.8M worth of indie games
The second Humble Indie Bundle, a batch of games that players can purchase for whatever amount they want to pay, has raked in a...