Every Nintendo Direct trailer: Zelda rhythm game, Vlambeer, and more
Nintendo held one of its Direct video shows today. This one was all about upcoming indie releases for its Switch system. It features a...
Rami Ismail: What triple-A game devs and indies can learn from each other
Rami Ismail has traveled the world, speaking at game conferences to carry messages of inspiration and practical advice for the world’s indie game developers....
GameMaker Studio creators look back at 17 years of development
Making games is easier than ever — even if it’s still difficult to make good games. One of the tools that tries to enable...
Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail shows why speaking out on behalf of indies pays off
Vlambeer has only two people, but the Dutch indie game maker has managed to draw outsized attention to itself during its six years of...
Rami Ismail: Vlambeer’s indie hits come to PlayStation 4 first because they love working with Sony
Maybe you’ve noticed that a lot of indie games end up on PlayStation 4 before Xbox One, and one of the studios that has...
Indie developer Rami Ismail responds to critic of work-life balance in game industry
I read this article today. I wrote an inline response. The bold parts are the article’s original text. My responses are the rest of...
Indie dev Rami Ismail on doing good, the Indiepocalypse, and Nuclear Throne
Rami Ismail is one of the most visible independent game developers in the world. The cofounder of Utrecht, Netherlands-based Vlambeer is trying to use that...
PlayStation indies draw visual inspiration from the past and look to the future
Some upcoming PlayStation games were clearly inspired by retro classics while others had a futuristic vision. A few of the best managed to combine the two competing styles.
Who needs triple-A? These 10 next-gen indie games look amazing
With the next generation of consoles almost upon us, GamesBeat lists 10 independent games coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One worth keeping an eye on.