Google Looking to Buy Twitch
Google is considering yet another acquisition, the online live-streaming video gaming site Twitch. Unconfirmed reports around the web set the price of Twitch at $1 billion, in what could be…
Xbox One console without Kinect will be $399
Yesterday, Microsoft announced a new Xbox One model will release on June 9, 2014 that will be $100 less than the $499 it released with in November, 2013. To get…
Steam OS Focused on Living Room Gameplay and Family Sharing
Steam, often regarded as the main conduit for the video game industry’s PC-based games, is currently beta testing its up-and-coming new operating system. The Steam OS is being designed based…
Indiegamestand.com now has fully-operational online indie game store
There are many different places online for gamers to purchase indie games and indie developers to sell their creations, but there is one that stands out from the rest.…
‘Gravity Ghost’ shoots for the stars
With all the crowding going on in the indie sector this year, it takes a special appeal to float above the pack to find success, but Chicago game developer Erin…
GOG Announces New Indie Portal
Digital distributor GOG.com may have earned the love and respect of gamers by selling DRM-free versions of classic PC games, patched to run on modern operating systems, but for about…
Indie at E3: Sony welcomes devs with open arms
2013 will go down as the year of the indie game at E3, where Sony showcased both an open-armed welcome to independent game developers everywhere and brought an array of…
Ouya delays retail launch — fixing sticky controller
For those of you anxiously awaiting the Ouya’s arrival to stores on June 4th, you’ll have to wait another 21 days until Tuesday, June 25th. The original drop date has been delayed by the startup game company, giving Ouya a chance to manufacture more units but also to fix a sticky controller issue Kickstarter backers have complained about. The problem, apparently, was due to the size of the hole the button sits in under the faceplate (exactly which button(s) not specified). Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman told JoyStiq, “we’ve increased the size just a little bit, so now the buttons don’t stick under it.” Ouya backers can request replacement controllers from the company’s customer service. (more…)
Spotlight on Ouya
Ouya and the independent game scene The summer of 2013 will bring us all something that we haven’t seen in a while: the breakout of a new game console to…
Interview: Greg Kasavin talks Transistor
Last Friday I got a chance to sit down with Greg Kasavin, creative director of the 2011 smash indie hit Bastion and now working full steam ahead on Supergiant’s newest…
Eric Provan Interview
Three weeks ago we took a look at indie game Spate, a surrealist 2.5D platformer from designer and animator Eric Provan. This week I talk with the developer about his beginnings in the…
Shovel Knight Reveal Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8iGGPc7zc The magic of the 8-bit era is about to return with authority this fall. On March 14th, Yacht Club Games announced its Kickstarter campaign to fund its debut classic-style…