Category Archives: indie

The first game from thatgamecompany since the end of its three-game deal with Sony is aiming for a reveal sometime this year, co-founder Jenova Chen has told VG247, with a decision on its publisher “in the next month”.

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Head on over to IndieRoyale to take advantage of its latest fine offer: The May Hurray Bundle includes Dungeon Defenders, Containment: The Zombie Puzzler, Data Jammers: FastForward, Brainpipe – A Plunge to Unhumanity and Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, on a variety of platforms. The gem of the collection, action RPG Dungeon Defenders, has already sold over a million copies and boasts impressive cross-platform play features. You have six days to grab the thrifty collection with the current price hovering around the $5 mark – the more you pay, the less the next person is slugged, and vice versa.

Mojang boss Markus Persson doesn’t seem too impressed with EA’s Indie Bundle currently available on Steam, and has taken to Twitter to call the firm out for using the term indie to describe its game pack.

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EA has posted an Indie Bundle on Steam. The collection includes: Shank, Shank 2, Deathspank, Deathspank: Thongs Of Virtue, Warp and Gatling Gears for $20.98 which is 70% off the price of $69.94. Both Deathspank titles include Steamplay which will allow you to play the game on either Mac or PC. If you purchased the games on sale individually, it would cost you $34.9, so you’re saving around $13.96 by purchasing in bulk. Get it here until May 9.

FortressCraft has sold 750,000 units on Xbox Live Indie Games in just ten months, according to developer Adam Sawkin. The creative builder has brought in well over $1 million for its creator and regularly appears in weekly charts. Minecraft, with which the game is often compared, has sold over 5 million units on PC and Mac and arrives on Xbox Live Arcade on May 9.

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Bastion is now available for Mac via the Mac App Store for $14.99. IndieGames notes some users are complaining of a game-stopping bug, which may or may not be affecting all users. It is not known at this time when the issue will be addressed.

You won’t need to memorise level layouts to successed with the iOS release of Super Meat Boy: The Game.

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Over the weekend, Harebrained Schemes celebrated the end of its Kickstarter funding period for Shadowrun Returns, netting more than four a half times its initial goal.

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VVVVVV will finally release in Europe on 3DS, according to the game’s publisher, Nicalis. Those in the US have been playing the Terry Cavanagh title since last year. Expect it to land on the eShop May 10. Thanks, NintendoLife.

It looks as though Sony is set to reveal another title next week and hints indicate it could be the Giant Sparrow’s indie title The Unfinished Swan.

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Reverge is pretty pleased with success of its downloadable indie fighter, Skullgirls.

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Graphics nerds, prepare to preach. This teaser trailer for Theory Interactive’s Reset is like sex for your eyeballs.

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Robert Bowling has said when he made the decision to leave Activision he knew with his next venture he wanted to “create new opportunities and experiences.”

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Home, the indie horror-adventure title from Benjamin Rivers, is now available for pre-order in two forms: the Regular Edition for $2 through digital download and a physical Collector’s Edition for $20 which comes with a map, mapping tools, a game manual and “maybe some other delicious secrets.” The Collector’s Edition will be available in “extremely limited quantities,” and the game itself releases on June 1. Watch a video for the game below.

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Harebrained Schemes boss Jordan Weisman has let slip a few details of upcoming, crowd-funded RPG revival, Shadowrun Returns.

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Former Call of Duty community manager and creative director Robert Bowling is at the helm of a new development studio, Robotoki.

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Purchase the delightfully thrifty Fez soundtrack and you can either enjoy it as nature intended, or spend days pulling it apart like mysterious spaghetti, like these guys.

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Peter Molyneux has told Giant Bomb over 1,000 applicants are vying for a position at 22 Cans. “We’ve had just over 1,000 people apply for jobs,” he said. “That’s pretty damn exciting. I’m working 16 hours-a-day just answering those emails.” Molyneux said he is rather pleased and being able to handle the calls and emails himself after clearing his schedule of Microsoft mandates and appointments. “I realized that 75% of my day was just doing nothing,” he said. “Now, doing everything from answering emails to doing press stuff, to going and talking at universities and designing the games, it just feels fantastic to be that hands-on, it really does.” You can apply for a position with the firm here. Thanks, Joystiq.

Edmund McMillen has tweeted a teaser image which states the Wrath of the Lamb DLC for The Binding of Isaac will be released in late May. It will include a new set of items called Trinkets along with passive bonuses, and other new items bringing to count from 131 to 205. It will run you $3.

Trendy Entertainment’s hosting a map making contest for Dungeon Defenders. Prizes range from map inclusion into the Ranked & Open mode with $1,000 in cash and a Dungeon Defenders prize pack – to be decided -for first place. Second place nets $500 and a DunDef pack, third place walks off with $250 and a DunDef pack, and fourth gets the pack and no cash. official rules and instructions can be found through here, and the Dungeon Defenders development kit can be downloaded for free via Steam.