Very Big Indie Pitch Hero brawler Battle Bears Heroes wins The Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2024
Indie View "Embrace challenges with passion; success follows dedication and vision": BAD Spiele Studio discuss indie creativity
March 1, 2024 Indie View "Don't be afraid to experiment. Learn from your mistakes": Tornado Bear discuss standing out as an indie Tornado Bear won the Very Big Indie Pitch in London - we discuss their road to the Big Indie Pitch
January 29, 2024 Very Big Indie Pitch Tornado Bear wins The Very Big Indie Pitch in London with its hybridcasual game Kingland Winners breakdown
January 18, 2024 Pgc London Celebrate the best in indie development at PG Connects London Learn how to survive and thrive as a smaller studio in today's competitive games development landscape next Tuesday January 23rd
November 27, 2023 Global Game Jam Pocket Gamer Connects establishes supportive partnership with Global Game Jam Interview: the 2024 Global Game Jam coincides with Pocket Gamer Connects London in January
October 16, 2023 Indie View "Our ultimate goal is to keep creating memorable and enjoyable experiences": Latchback Games discuss standing out as an indie Latchback Games won the Very Big Indie Pitch in Helsinki - we discuss their road to the Big Indie Pitch
September 14, 2023 Very Big Indie Pitch Boogiz blends dance, gaming and education to win The Very Big Indie Pitch in Helsinki Winners breakdown
July 22, 2023 Very Big Indie Pitch Hero of Aethric conquers the competition and wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto Winners breakdown
June 26, 2023 Very Big Indie Pitch Smash Head Studio's roguelite action platformer wins the first ever Dubai Big Indie Pitch Winners breakdown
May 15, 2023 Indie View "Just make something and put it out there": Kaleidoscope Games discuss getting started in game development Kaleidoscope Games took second place at our flagship Very Big Indie Pitch in London - we discuss their road to the Big Indie Pitch
March 9, 2023 Indie View "Ask for help and advice from industry peers, all the time": Adriaan de Jongh discusses surviving as an indie Adriaan de Jongh won the big indie pitch for the third time at PGC London 2023 - we discuss what it takes to survive and thrive as an indie developer
February 6, 2023 Indie View "Keep your eyes on the goal and never lose sight of it": indie Samson Gabriels talks making maths fun SumPop Online took second place at a Digital Big Indie Pitch last year - we discuss the team's inspirations, and their advice for other indies
January 30, 2023 Very Big Indie Pitch Adriaan de Jongh becomes a three time Big Indie Pitch winner with Secret Shuffle Winners breakdown
January 18, 2023 Game Development Success Get your guide to take your game to market successfully at Pocket Gamer Connects London Learn the ins and outs of game development and securing vital funding for your games
November 14, 2022 Very Big Indie Pitch Koala 4D's Locust swarms the competition and wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan Winners breakdown
October 26, 2022 Indie View "We are super-fast and iterate quickly": Lessmore talks pitching, development and Eatventure PocketGamer.biz talks to Sophie Brügmann about The Big Indie Pitch and Eatventure
October 2, 2022 Very Big Indie Pitch Latchback Games draws a winning hand as Break the Beyond wins The Very Big Indie Pitch Winners breakdown
September 5, 2022 Indie View Indie development and innovation: meet the team behind DT Space Races We talk to Kevin Prigent about his recent third-place Big Indie Pitch experience
August 15, 2022 Indie View We sit down with Minidragon to discuss its record-breaking Big Indie Pitch success We talk to Minidragon's Hank Choi about The Big Indie Pitch
August 12, 2022 Indie View Dunali Games sit down with us to discuss innovation and survival in indie game development We talk to Dunali Games' Dipender Kaushik about The Big Indie Pitch
August 3, 2022 Indie View Interview: Noah Rosenfield discusses solo development and the Big Indie Pitch winning game Addagrams "Experiences. Go have some. Experiences are out there *points nebulously*, not in here *points to phone screen*"
July 28, 2022 Big Indie Pitch Real-time chess puzzler Tale of Honour manoeuvres to the Big Indie Pitch crown Winners Breakdown
July 13, 2022 Very Big Indie Pitch Addagrams inventive additions to the word genre see it crowned Mobile Big Indie Pitch champion Winners breakdown
June 27, 2022 Indie View Pixel Play discuss always learning as they develop their first game PXLPLAY We talk to Pixel Play about indie development and The Big Indie Pitch
May 26, 2022 Making Of Square Valley dev Ryan Becijos: "It definitely was challenging to stay motivated working on a project part-time" Rycekube founder Ryan Becijos shares the tabletop inspirations for his first title and former PocketGamer.biz Game of the Week, Square Valley
May 26, 2022 Breaking The Habit Force of Habit co-founder dives deep into the studio’s closure Twitter woes, commercial failures and porting issues, and fighting burnout among influences towards the one-man studio’s closure in May 2022
May 25, 2022 Independent Thought Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene Michiharu Mori discusses how Shueisha’s new games division is looking at the indie model, and why there is so little movement in mobile gaming’s most popular titles
May 24, 2022 Flames On The Side Of My Face Paul Farley’s Firestoke raises $2.2 million Mobile games industry luminary’s indie games publisher to bridge gap between triple-A and mobile experiences
May 16, 2022 Ip Integration Curve Games acquires Hue developer Fiddlesticks Games Acquiring all IP and assets relating to the Hue franchise
May 13, 2022 Very Big Indie Pitch Shift Shaft awarded first place at The Big Indie Pitch after offering a new spin on a classic genre Winners breakdown
May 10, 2022 Indie View Hurley Games discuss offering something new to the word-based game genre We talk to Hurley Games' Jack Hurley about The Big Indie Pitch
May 4, 2022 Inclusive Indies The games industry can be an intimidating place. How can the Diversity Collective+ help people thrive? Games for all: meet the Seattle team building an industry safe space for underrepresented indies
April 27, 2022 Pg Connects Seattle Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle – the editor's picks for unmissable sessions Editor Khai Trung Le gives his lineup of essential talks, panels, and sessions in PG Connects Seattle, taking place on May 9-10
April 26, 2022 Big Indie Pitch Minidragon becomes a three time Big Indie Pitch winner as Hyper Dungeon is crowned champion We explore the top games from our recent Digital Big Indie Pitch
April 25, 2022 Moving To Modernise The latest App Store notice is causing concern for indie devs Updates required to keep titles on App Store, says Apple
April 5, 2022 Based In Bavaria fivefingergames announces turn-based blockchain game Knights of Cathena Support coming from ComboStrike
March 17, 2022 Integration For Indies Tilting Point and Stardust partner to help indies integrate NFTs Providing access to metaverse-building tools
March 11, 2022 Indie View Very Big Indie Pitch runner-up Hamdo Games discuss pitching Our Last Halloween We talk to Hamdo Games' Parham Sorooshian about The Very Big Indie Pitch
March 7, 2022 Indie View War Bear Games discuss all things pitching and making a new kind of roguelike in Minion Mash! We talk to War Bear Games' Marcin Gola about The Big Indie Pitch
February 21, 2022 Very Big Indie Pitch TAP TRICKS unique one-touch skateboarding action wins as live Very Big Indie Pitch returns Winners breakdown
February 7, 2022 Supersonic IronSource launches 3rd Supersonic Superstars hypercasual contest $2 million for developers that cross 8 million downloads on US App Store
January 27, 2022 Indie View Exploring indie development and winning The Big Indie Pitch with Rikzu Games We talk to Rikzu Games' Ricardo Mendonça about The Big Indie Pitch
January 26, 2022 Indie View Three Dragons discuss Museum inspired tycoon management, AR and what it takes to survive as an Indie We talk to Three Dragons' Milan Doležal about The Big Indie Pitch
January 25, 2022 Indie View Conned Games discuss creating their running town-builder and pitching it at The Big Indie Pitch We talk to Conned Games' Daniel Cohn about The Big Indie Pitch
January 21, 2022 Big Indie Pitch Rikzu Games' relaxing platformer Leap: A Dragon's Adventure crowned Big Indie Pitch Champion Winners breakdown
January 7, 2022 Making New Frens OP Games launches indie publishing arm GM Frens Aims to bring indie developers onto the blockchain
January 6, 2022 Spearheading Subscriptions Team17 acquires What the Golf? publisher The Label for up to $40 million Foothold in mobile games subscriptions market
January 4, 2022 Indie View Anna Sevryugina discusses solo indie developer and a love of hidden object games We talk to Anna Sevryugina who placed third in a recent Big Indie Pitch