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David Galindo's Blog - How much do indie PC devs make, anyways?

So how hard is it for a relatively unknown indie dev to break into the PC gaming industry? Much has been said about the Xbox Live Indie Games service, the iPhone App store, and various other platforms indies can jump off into, but what about good ol' fashioned PC gaming? Today I'd like to share my experiences selling a recently released indie game called the Oil Blue, mainly because I think sales transparency among indie devs is so important right now given the increasing difficulty of building a successful PC game (more on that in a bit). http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DavidGalindo/20100724/5531/How_much_do_indie_PC_devs_make_anyways.php

The Future of PC Gaming, According To The Lead Creator Of League of Legends

For PC Gaming Week , Kotaku has invited top creators to predict the future of computer gaming. Now, we hear from Marc Merrill, top man at Riot Games, the development studio behind the Defense of the Ancients-inspired League of Legends. http://kotaku.com/5676793/the-future-of-pc-gaming-according-to-the-lead-creator-of-league-of-legends
Minecraft was the undisputed indie success story of 2010.

Why Minecraft Is So Damn Popular

http://kotaku.com/5724989/why-minecraft-is-so-damn-popular

How One Developer Cheated His Way To The Perfect Smurf Village and Why

Jenova Chen is the designer of genre-bending, artfully crafted games Cloud, FlOw and Flower. He's the co-founder of ThatGameCompany and the recipient of a master's degree from the University of Southern California's Interactive Media Division. He's also a cheater. http://kotaku.com/5711232/how-one-developer-cheated-his-way-to-the-perfect-smurf-village-and-why
We take a look at this phenomenon and ask what it means for our business, as well as that of other indie developers... Like most indie devs, I'm a bit tired of hearing about Minecraft at the moment! I thought I would collate my thoughts on it in order to put the issue to bed. http://www.moddb.com/games/frozen-synapse/news/what-indie-developers-can-learn-from-minecraft/

What Indie Developers Can Learn from Minecraft news - Frozen Synapse Game - Mod DB

s Blog » Indie games as a business

http://psychochild.org/?p=1003 As Psychoavatar is winding up, I'm back into "business" mode.

Game Industry News, Interviews and Videos | Game Theory

http://gametheoryonline.com/ High Score 3 on Kickstarter: A Post-Mortem

GDC 2010: Ngmoco's Neil Young on how freemium will change the Ap

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/15/gdc-2010-ngmocos-neil-young-on-how-freemium-will-change-the-ap/ On the third day of GDC 2010 , Ngmoco's Neil Young took the stage in one of the largest rooms at the conference to talk about what his company had "unlearned" in its time in the App Store.