Biggest Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch heads home for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 pitches
Now with added consoles
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Sophia Aubrey Drake
About Queen of all things Indie. Sophia is Steel Media’s Big Indie Pitch Manager and Developer Evangelist. She’s also a global speaker and lifelong gamer with a fanatical love of all things Nintendo and Japan. So much so that she’s written a thesis on one and lived in the other.
Articles by Sophia Aubrey Drake
Big Indie Pitch
Win FREE Big Indie Expo Table at G-Star 2019 - ends Tuesday
The Big Indie Pitch returns to South Korea's largest gaming expo for the third year running
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The Big Indie Pitch returns to Helsinki next month and debuts in Jordan this November
One familiar favourite and a new destination as Pocket Gamer Connects continues to expand
Big Indie Pitch
The bumper Very Big Indie Pitch heads to Hong Kong
The Big Indie Pitch follows the success of Seattle with a trip to the bustling metropolis that is the Pearl of the Orient
Big Indie Pitch
SIERRA7 hits the bullseye and wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019
Seattle brings the talent at the inaugural Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: TriangleSquare on its award-winning roguelite RTS Spirit Oath
We chat all tings indie development with the runners-up of The Big Indie Pitch at White Nights Berlin 19
Big Indie Pitch
Dark Chess takes a classic game and reinvents it to win The Big Indie Pitch at Game Dev Days 19
Local talent takes The Big Indie Pitch by storm in Tallinn
Big Indie Pitch
Highkey Games returns to The Big Indie Pitch during GDC week and walks away as champion
The Big Indie Pitch heads to GDC for the 7th year in a row
Big Indie Pitch
Mousetrap Games feel the rhythm as Run The Beat races to first place at The Big Indie Pitch at White Nights Berlin 19
The Big Indie Pitch goes on the road and crowns its second winner of 2019
Big Indie Pitch
Run An Empire Sprints it's way to 1st place at Pocket Gamer Connects London 19's Very Big Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch gets 2019 off to a flying start by hosting it's flagship London pitch
Big Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch reveals its Q1 2019 schedule including trips to Berlin, Austin and San Francisco
The Big Indie Pitch heads on the road for the first time in 2019 following Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Evil Zeppelin reveals all about their studio and their Big Indie award winning game Quest 4 Fuel
We chat to the third place prize winner from our bumper Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 18
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Black Trumpet Games discusses The Big Indie Pitch and their game Runick
We chat to the runner-up of the second Big Indie Pitch in Poland which once again took place at GIC
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Niebla Games talks pitching all over the world
We chat to Niebla Games, who walked away with the third place prize at The Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy 2018
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Codex7 Games talk winning The Big Indie Pitch with their PvP realtime sea battle game Pirate Code
We chat to the winner of the second Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Afterburn tells how mixing golf and puzzles helped them grab The Big Indie Pitch crown
We chat to the winner of the second Big Indie Pitch in Poland which once again took place at GIC
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Kwa Qua tells us all about their experimental game all about surrealistic drawings
We chat to the winner of the Big Indie Pitch at the first ever Big Indie Fest
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: We learn more about Battlebrew's idle clicker that's filled with cute bunnies on magical floating islands
We chat to the recipient of the third place prize at the second Korean Big Indie Pitch
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Angry Kid tell us all about Pixel Express and coming third at The Big Indie Pitch
We chat to the third place finalist at the second Big Indie Pitch in Poland which once again took place at GIC
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The Big Indie Interviews: We talk adapting retro beat em ups for the mobile market with the G-STAR Big Indie Pitch winner ThinkBIT
We chat to the winner of the second Korean Big Indie Pitch which took place at G-STAR 2018
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Brawl Quest becomes the final Big Indie Pitch champion of 2018
We check out the top 3 prize winners at this years Big Indie Pitch at G-STAR 18
Big Indie Awards
The Big Indie Awards 2018 Top 20 Countdown Part 2 - 10 to 1
We check out the top 10 games from the 2018 Big Indie Awards in association with G-STAR and sponsored by Jagex Partners
Big Indie Awards
The Big Indie Awards 2018 Top 20 Countdown Part 1 - 20 to 11
We check out 20 -11 Big Indie Awards countdown highlighting the very best indie games from the last 12 months
Event
Could you win the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects London?
January event kicks off the international series of competitions for 2019 with prizes worth thousands of dollars
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Legacy 3 reveals all its secrets to take the crown at The Big Indie Pitch at Sweden Game Arena 18
We check out the top 3 prize winners at this years Big Indie Pitch at Sweden Game Arena 18
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Golf Peaks hits a hole in one at The Big Indie Pitch at GIC in Poznan 2018
We check out the top 3 prize winners at this years Big Indie Pitch at GIC in Poznan
Big Indie Pitch
Enter the Big Indie Pitch at next month’s Jordan Gaming Summit
Indie developer contest lands in Amman for November
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: We talk Street Fighter meets Scrabble with Built Games
We talk to Built Games who took won our E3 Big Indie Pitch
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Cameron Roberson talks about developing their idle RPG indie title Clicker Knight
We chat to the recipient of the 3rd place prize from The Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2018
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: We talk AR escape rooms with The Pixel Crushers
We talk to The Pixel Crushers who took third place at our E3 Big Indie Pitch
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Airheart - Tales of Broken Wings
We take a look back at the winner of our 2018 Big Indie Pitch at Gamescom
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Pirate Code
We look back on the winner of the second Chinese Big Indie Pitch
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Skybolt Zack
The Big Indie Pitch returned once again to Brighton to crown another Big Indie Pitch at Develop:Brighton champion
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Mish Mash
We take a look back at the winner of The Big Indie Pitch at the first ever Big Indie Fest
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Sticky Pigeons
We take a look back at the winner of our 2018 Big Indie Pitch at White Nights St Petersburg
Big Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch finishes 2018 with visits to Poland, Sweden, Jordan and South Korea
The Big Indie Pitch reveals its plans for the remainder of 2018
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Spellfast
We take a look back at the winner of our 2018 Big Indie Pitch in LA, which took place during E3 week
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Defend The Cake
We take a look back at the winner of our 2018 Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Aeon Must Die!
We take a look back at the winner of last year's Big Indie Pitch at GameDevDays in Tallinn
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Former Blizzard and Riot developers talk defending cakes and winning pitches
We speak to the winner of The Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2018
Big Indie Awards
Entries open for The Big Indie Awards 2018 in association with G-STAR
There's STILL time to enter this year's biggest competition for indie developers [update]
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - What The Golf?
We take a look back at the winner of this year's Big Indie Pitch at GDC
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Nood Climbrs
We take a look back at how FINIFUGU && friends became our first ever two-time Big Indie Pitch winner
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Too Many Cooks
We take a look back at the winner of our 2018 flagship Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Dead End Job
We take a look back at the winner of last year's Big Indie Pitch at Abertay University in Dundee
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Defenoid
We take a look back at the winner of The Big Indie Pitch at last year's G-STAR conference
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Daft Jump
We take a look back at the winner of The Big Indie Pitch at the last Jordan Gaming Summit
High Above The Sky
Airheart crowned champion at the 2018 Gamescom Big Indie Pitch
Horizon Chase Turbo races into second and Pic-It-Up snaps third
Take To The Seas
Pirate Code walks away as the second Big Indie Pitch in China winner
Big Ear takes second while Hexland Heroes walks away in third
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: What does it take to make a game all about esports?
Agate talks creating a title all about competitive gaming