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Alex Hutchinson Leaves Ubisoft Montreal to Form New Indie Studio
Assassin’s Creed 3 and Far Cry 4 creative director Alex Hutchinson has announced his departure from Ubisoft Montreal in order to start a new independent game studio. Alex Hutchinson has teamed up with an old EA Montreal colleague, Reid Schneider, to launch Typhoon Studios. Schneider’s credits include Mad Max, Batman: Arkham Knight,…
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Humble Bundle Launches Multi-Platform Funding Program
Humble Bundle has announced that it is making a bold move of branching out to the game publishing business with the launch of their new multi-platform funding and publishing initiative. The company which launched in 2010 has earned the respect of the indie gaming community through their charitable business approach…
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YouTube Channel Requests $100,000-$150,000 Per Video to Cover Games
The rise of influencers on YouTube and Twitch has dramatically changed the gaming industry. Some argue, it’s caused the end of print media and made traditional journalists become irrelevant. From a marketing perspective, having a popular YouTube personality with millions of loyal subscribers offering coverage can dramatically improve sales. Recently,…
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Gone Home is Now Free on PC For a Limited Time
Gone Home is an award-winning adventure exploration video game created by the indie development studio, The Fullbright Company. This intriguing game is set in the year 1995 and focuses on a strong, intriguing narrative instead of traditional gameplay mechanics. Despite the press applauding the game’s unusual style, many people disliked the…
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Facebook Has Launched Their Steam-Like Casual Gaming Software – Gameroom
Casual games have an extraordinary wide appeal which progresses well beyond the core gaming demographic. Facebook users can spend hours enjoying titles like Farmville and discussing their progress with friends. Recently, Facebook decided to launch their own dedicated hub for casual gaming. The new software, called Gameroom allows Facebook users…
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Get a Free Game With the GTX 950/960!
Sometimes you feel like you need to upgrade your hardware in your PC, looking for the best offers. Like many companies do these days, NVIDIA is giving you a little incentive when you upgrade your graphics card within the next eight weeks thanks to their new GTX indie gaming Bundles.…
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Indie Developers Hope The NX is Powerful Enough
Nintendo’s upcoming console, codenamed NX is still shrouded in secrecy and no-one really knows what their next home console will entail. While there have been numerous leaks claiming to know about the system’s form factor and specification, it’s unconfirmed and shouldn’t be taken as fact. Whatever the case, it’s clear…
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Nintendo Removes Game That Gave Hackers Access to 3DS
We all love our games, be it from big developers like EA games or the little ones that you only ever get the single game from. In recent years, Indie developers have surged, with small games dominating every type of console with their popularity. Nintendo has learned to be cautious…
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Rodeo Games Disbands After Lacklustre Warhammer Game
Rodeo Games was an independent studio specializing in digital adaptations of Warhammer board games. Given the Warhammer license, you would have expected to hear more about the developer but their creations have gone under the radar. Their latest and sadly final title, Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch was originally an iOS game…
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Portugal’s Piracy Blocklist Censors US Indie Developer
Portuguese internet server providers currently have a voluntary agreement with anti-piracy groups and began blocking hundreds of websites which allegedly host links to copyrighted content. This allows copyright holders to easily add new pirate sites to the blocklist without requiring any jurisdiction from a court. More specifically, websites should contain a minimum…
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Developers Increased Steam Game Prices Before Autumn Sale!
The Steam Autumn Sale has finally begun and it can be extremely tempting to purchase a huge array of games across various genres. Bizarrely, the current sale doesn’t feature any flash or daily deals and critics have argued this could be a result of Steam’s Refund Policy. Arguably, Valve is…
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Unofficial Zelda Maker is Available on PC
Mario Maker on the Wii U has been described as “Nintendo’s Minecraft” and allows players to let their creativity flourish. The game features a number of advanced tools and user-creations are bound to test your reaction times. Unfortunately, as a Wii U exclusive, the PC will never be able to…
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This Weeks Top PC Gaming Deals
Nobody likes paying more than they have to for things, that much is especially true for a lot of gamers, as we all know that retail launch prices of games tend to be quite expensive. Of course, we’ve got a huge range of sites out there offering deals and discounts…
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Famous YouTuber Asked For $22,000 to Cover Indie Game
The popularity of gaming channels on YouTube is astonishing and already surpassed the influence of many leading print-based websites. Also, the huge array of indie games on Steam means it’s very easy to be overlooked and requires marketing from a YouTube personality or website. Ideally, indie developers would like to engage…
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Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones Free On Humble Bundle
The generous folks at Humble Bundle have decided to offer Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones for free and includes a Steam key and DRM-free version. This promotion ends on August 31st and promotes Humble’s end of summer sale. Not only that, this freebie is the special Humble Deluxe…
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