Apple Arcade adds Stardew Valley, Slay the Spire in July
Apple announced today which games are coming to its Arcade subscription service. July promises to be a particularly rich month for Apple’s gamers, as...
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 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...
Low-fi flying game Luftrauser is making profit after just 72 hours
Luftrausers took more than two years to make, but fans helped it turn a profit in just a few days.
The DeanBeat: Creativity thrives in the top 10 games of the year (poll)
My own picks for the golden year of games include both blockbusters and original titles that contributed to the canon of video game creativity.
Apple design awards 2013: apps that ‘raise the bar in design, technology, and innovation’
The winners, as you would expect, included gorgeous design, innovative uses of Apple technologies, and some of the best-imagined apps on the app store. There are also two student-built apps that are simply amazing examples of the creativity of young developers.