Apple launches Indie Game Showcase on App Store

In what's likely to prove an interesting move for small studios, Apple has unveiled a new Indie Game Showcase on the App Store designed to highlight the best titles from indie outfits on the platform.

Rather than acting as a full blown showcase for a whole selection of indie developers in the manner of other curated sections, Apple has instead focused it on a particular developer, enlisting the studio's help for curation.

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Pitched as celebrating a "popular game and its creative team", the first showcase has been curated by Swedish developer Simogo the studio behind both DEVICE 6 and Year Walk.

The spot features both Simogo's own games and hand picked recommendations from the team and opens up Apple's editorial selection process arguably for the first time.

Indeed, in Apple's own words selling the new section it states that "independent studios prove that what really matters is the size of your dream".

With Apple crunching down on third party services offering editorial recommendations via App Store clause 2.25, this move could also serve as hope to other developers that opportunities to work with Apple to provide curated editorial sections are opening up.