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Uh-oh, comrades: capitalism is at it again. The gaming industry is already awash with the contradictions of capitalism, but indie developer Protosquid is taking things up a notch. They’re asking …
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Move over, Undertale: there’s a new JRPG on the block, and its name is Skybound. Smashing onto the indie scene last week, critics were blown away by the game’s deep …
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“Honestly, the big reason that Dukin’ Ducklings hasn’t made it in the big time yet is because the market is so saturated,” indie developer Aaron Bardeau insists. “When you make …
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When does a small indie company become a big-budget development studio? There’s some gray area on what really counts as an indie game, so this week, we played Dauntless, developed …
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The battle royale craze has been strangling the market since 2017, but it looks like pixellated farming simulator Stardew Valley is finally getting in on the action. Not its developers, …
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“When you’re going about creating a sequel to a game, you need to think about raising the stakes,” says Sean Velasco of Yacht Club Games. “We’ve added quite a bit …
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It’s no secret that genres are largely defined by their biggest titles, and that most other games in the same category can be expected to stay in the same lane. …
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All but the most conservative Americans can agree that the entertainment industry, and the gaming industry in particular, is in dire need of more diversity in its characters and voices. …
Read MoreFor years, gaming has been descending deeper and deeper into a disturbing trend: trying to make us pay more than $60. Developers have been scrambling to sustain their profits despite …
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Gamers across the country are coming together to protest Absolute Trash, a newly released title from indie developer Protosquid. The game was funded by a massive Kickstarter campaign, and though …
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