Following up on yesterday’s announcement about writer and game designer Greg Costikyan forming the independent publishing company, Manifest Games, CEO Greg Costikyan and Johnny Wilson are interviewed by Gamecloud and Next Generation.
When asked about the financial model, Costikyan states, “Broadly, we will pass on a high proportion of sale revenue to developers, price figure to […]

Ethereal Darkness Interactive have launched with their first release, Morning’s Wrath. Three years in the making, Morning’s Wrath is a hack-n-slash action-RPG in the spirit of Diablo and Diablo II. At the official Morning’s Wrath website are a variety of downloads, including production artwork, original music, wallpapers, and of course, the demo. The demo weights […]

Greg Costikyan (right) and Johnny Wilson form Manifesto Games, an independent publishing house with an eye for Internet distribution. The reason? In this Edge Online article, Costikyan states, “…historically, the major hits, the titles that have expanded the industry to new markets and created new audiences have been highly innovative. It is time for us […]

UK based Introversion, creators of the hit independent title, Darwinia are having trouble finding a retail publisher. Introversion lead designer, Chris Delay, claimed “[U.S.] Publishers aren’t really interested,” in a Next Gen interview. This case of U.S. publisher cold-feet is curious, considering that Darwinia holds the coveted PC Gamer Must Buy and IGN Editor’s Choice […]

Masahiro Sakurai, the man behind Kirby, Super Smash Bros., and Meteos, has created an independent development studio, Sora. In an Edge interview, Sakurai reveals, “[Meteos] was created by one designer, one graphic artist and one programmer, and took three days.” Read on for more about Sakurai on Meteos.