Indie Development

Looking for a Senior Unity Multiplayer Developer for a Long-Term Indie RPG Project I'm an independent product founder currently developing the concept and technical direction for a large-scale...

XBox Wire has unveiled the official launch trailer for Gears of War: E-Day, putting the next mainline entry back in front of players. For developers, the immediate takeaway is that the campaign’s...

Game Developer details how Blackbird Interactive and Secret Mode helped Escape the Backrooms turn Backrooms hype into a co-dev success, pushing the game past 4 million players. The partnership shows...

Tim Ruswick weighs in on the advice indie developers keep repeating, from scope and deadlines to Steam expectations and AI assets. The video pushes back on get-rich-quick thinking, argues for...

GamesIndustry.biz reports Sega is drawing a hard line between AI-assisted production and creative authorship, saying it will not entrust game creativity to generative tools. The company is still...

GamesIndustry.biz reports that South Australia has doubled its Digital Games Fund to A$1 million, the state’s biggest single investment in game development. The expanded program adds a new placement...

GamesIndustry.biz details how former AAA developers are turning to indie as layoffs and shrinking publisher appetite reshape the market. Ex-Warner Bros. studio leads are bootstrapping Airlock Games...

GamesIndustry.biz reports that Jagex pulled a RuneScape 3 trailer for Dragon Slayer 2 after fans spotted clear generative AI artifacts. The studio says a trusted external partner had promised not to...

Steamworks Development says Steam is moving bulk user-review retrieval off the store domain and onto a new WebAPI endpoint. Developers using the old appreviews URL need to switch by October 22 or...

XBox Wire says Forest of Deceit has added six new languages, including German, French, Spanish and Simplified Chinese. For a social deduction game built on conversation, the update should reduce...

GamesIndustry.biz says Sony is now surveying partners after announcing plans to end physical game releases, a move that has drawn louder backlash than expected. For developers, the bigger issue is...

Tim Ruswick argues that “good” is the wrong question for game developers, because quality only matters in the context of a specific audience and goal. The practical takeaway is to stop chasing vague...

XBox Wire details a packed October 5–9 lineup, led by Gears of War: E-Day on October 6. For developers, the notable thread is how many of these launches lean on strong hooks—time-loop Metroidvania,...

GamesIndustry.biz reports that Reigns and Card Shark developer Nerial is shutting down development and entering hibernation after 13 years and 11 released games. The studio says it will regroup,...

GamesIndustry.biz says Riot Games' 2XKO would have needed a monthly audience in the high hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to make its live-service model work. Marc Merrill said the fighter...

GamesIndustry.biz reports Krafton has ended development on PUBG spin-off Black Budget, just nine months after its closed alpha on Steam. The extraction shooter’s time-loop premise and team-escape...

Game Developer reports that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma drew a hard line on the brand’s future, saying Xbox is not for sale. The comment came during a New York Times interview and signals Microsoft is not...

Steamworks Development has added Steam Deck framerate distribution charts to the partner dashboard for Steam Deck Verified games. The new view complements average FPS and customer feedback, giving...

GamesIndustry.biz says Code Wizards Group has named Catherine Bygrave head of commercial, bringing in a veteran with experience at Activision, Sumo, Gfinity, and Humble Games. The October jobs...

Unity’s September 2026 roundup spotlights a busy month for releases, from Valheim’s 1.0 launch to early access debuts like ShipShaper: Falconeer Chronicles and Wanderburg. The list also includes...