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
Big Indie Pitch
Boom Slingers dazzles judges to clinch top spot at the Very Big Indie Pitch at PGC Helsinki 2018
Top five revealed
Fated
Former Fate/Grand Order and Zero Escape devs launch new indie studio
Four titles are currently in the works, one anime and three games
Pgc Helsinki
Pocket Gamer Connects day two begins with Blockchain, Indie and Growth tracks
A packed second day awaits
Indie Mavens
Why is the Nintendo Switch so popular among indie mobile devs?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Indie
Dead Cells developer Motion Twin "took a big risk" leaving the mobile market behind
“We traded that relative security for the ability to develop a game that we wanted to play”
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: From RAF pilot to indie games with Powerless developer Lauren Carter
How the Narratio founder got into the industry and developed new interactive fiction title Powerless
Indie Spotlight
"I had way too much confidence": Ben Esposito on Donut County's six year journey through development
“One of the biggest challenges was the decision to make it by myself"
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
Devcom 2018
What can indie developers learn from the music industry?
"Do crazy shit"
Come Together
The line between Flappy Bird and flop: How indie devs can come together to make all apps more successful
WildFire CEO Ken Johnson on sharing users and in-game currency
Unity
67% of Unity developers are choosing to publish independently
Unity reports on the development habits of 1,445 small to medium Indies
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 Spotlight
Postcard Switzerland and 1930s politics: Stave Studios on striking the balance with Over the Alps
"History is a wellspring from which comes a multitude of inspiring stories about ordinary people who stand up to a vast, seemingly undefeatable evil threat and win"
Indie Mavens
How big is the cloning problem within the mobile games industry and what can be done about it?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Limited Time Offer
ASO platform Mobile Action ditches indie subscription fee for limited time only
Indie developers and small studios can pick up services for special one-time fee of $99
Event
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Indie Showcase giveaway ends tonight
Time is running out for you to win the chance to demo your game in the Big Indie Zone - FREE!
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
Indie Spotlight
"The security of going onto Nintendo Switch is a lot better than mobile and PC"
Plausible Concept on the development of Bad North and how it started with just a cat
Right Track
Public transport puzzler Mini Metro has sold over a million units
Minimalist metro manager will also be added to Boston Children’s Hospital’s Mightier program
Indie Power
#LoveIndies: 5 top indie mobile games
The Steel Media team offers its top picks
Competition
Q&A: How you could win expo space at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018
Be part of the Indie Showcase in the Big Indie Zone at Europe’s biggest B2B mobile games industry event
Indie Spotlight
"This business is built on love": How a spark of romance led to AppSir's meta-horror game Dere Evil Exe
"The idea that someone could get so addicted to these mobile games was still alien to me"
Flying High
Skybolt Zack soars to victory at the Big Indie Pitch at Develop:Brighton 2018
Oco takes second while PaperLand nabs third
Indie Spotlight
"Part of art is about connecting with the audience and making them feel something"
Kim Savory on art, games and Only When Howling
That’s A Lot
Nintendo targets 20 to 30 indie releases per week on Switch
Senior executive officer Susumu Tanaka and former president Tatsumi Kimishima were on hand to take questions at the latest shareholders meeting
Event
Join us for The Big Indie Pitch & Big Indie Drinks @ Develop:Brighton 2018
Software by the seaside with sponsors Space Ape, Jagex, The Games Hub and G-STAR.
Doors Open
The Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed consumer games expo kicks off in Vienna
Around 4,000 visitors expected across two days
Big Indie Pitch
Experimental collaborative drawing game Mish Mash wins Big Indie Pitch at The Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed
Hamsterdam comes second as Golf Club: Wasteland takes third
Tip Top
Global Top Round’s $300,000 accelerator program is open for submissions
Accelerator invites small studios to apply in its fourth consecutive program
Big Indie Festival
Indie is dead. Long live indie
Vlambeer's Rami Ismail discusses the history of indie games and what it means today
Not So Hollow
Nintendo Switch makes up a fifth of Hollow Knight's 1.25 million total sales
PC sales hit 1 million a day before the sidescrolling soulslike's switch launch
Love Better
Failbetter Games sets up Love Indies Week to celebrate developers and communities
The week-long event looks to highlight the importance of reviews on indie games
Event
This week: The Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed
Vienna’s four-day celebration of gaming opens this Thursday to Sunday
Drop
Drastic drop in Google Play downloads rocks indie devs after discovery algorithm fiasco
Devs started noticing the abnormal behaviour on Thursday, June 21st
Indie Spotlight
How a brush with closure led to Broken Rules' hit Old Man’s Journey
CEO Felix Bohatsch on regaining confidence and striking the balance between work and family
Korean Event
Early Bird registration opens for South Korea’s G-STAR 2018
10% off tickets to the major Asian show taking place November 15th to 18th in Busan
The Milestone Is Passed
Edmund McMillen's The End is Nigh sells more than 100,000 copies
Indie games maker reckons it could have performed better had he done more press, however
That Is Unreal
Epic Games dishes out $1 million in grants for Unreal Engine 4 devs
The games publisher handed out grants to 37 teams
Indie Spotlight
“The stories that they told us were so moving": The making of My Child Lebensborn
Teknopilot’s co-founder Elin Festøy on balancing messages
Cloned
Indie dev lambasts recently flush publisher Voodoo for ‘clone’ Hole.io
Hole.io is currently sitting at the top of the free-to-play charts on iOS
It's Snow Joke
Cuphead developer Studio MDHR signs up former Alto’s Odyssey producer Eli Cymet
The former mobile games journalist served a producer on Alto’s Odyssey
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: FINIFUGU && friends discuss becoming the first ever back to back Big Indie Pitch champion
We speak to FINIFUGU && friends, the first ever two time champion of The Big Indie Pitch
Big Indie Pitch
Spellfast crowned champion at the Big Indie Pitch in Los Angeles
Check out the champions for our recent Big Indie Pitch, as we arrived in LA for E3 week
Event
What’s on at next month's Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed
Four-day event features 100 exhibitors, 500 trade visitors, a public audience of 4,000, a Big Indie Pitch, awards, game jam and four tracks of seminars
Teen Titan
16 year-old’s South African game nabs 100k downloads in 24 hours after App of the Day promotion
Torus chosen as Game of the Day in 137 countries, downloaded 100,000 times in 24 hours
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Brad Erkkila on Castle Pals and bringing a background of visual design to mobile
"As long as I can live pretty well and I can make the games I want to make, I consider that success."
Smashing
How ARKit is powering indie creativity in augmented reality
"It created the largest AR platform overnight and gave developers a powerful toolkit to play with"