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How Early Access and China helped make Descenders a success Interviews & Opinion Aug 3rd, 2018

How Early Access and China helped make Descenders a success

The founder of indie publisher No More Robots shares how the label's debut title has made $600,000 in just five months

How Compulsion developed We Happy Few on Early Access Interviews & Opinion Jul 20th, 2018

How Compulsion developed We Happy Few on Early Access

Narrative designer Alex Epstein tells us about the drug-fueled narrative title's time in Early Access

Opinion: Radical Heights is a masterclass in how not to release a game Interviews & Opinion May 15th, 2018

Opinion: Radical Heights is a masterclass in how not to release a game

How an out-dated approach to Early Access and a business model that worked against it spelled disaster for Boss Key Productions

"The middle ground between success and failure doesn't seem to exist on Steam anymore which is a difficult thing" Interviews & Opinion May 4th, 2018

"The middle ground between success and failure doesn't seem to exist on Steam anymore which is a difficult thing"

PC Building Simulator producer Stuart Morton tells us about the project's early success, why publisher The Irregular Corporation opted for Early Access and how it got hardware firms on board

How Motion Twin stopped Dead Cells being just ANOTHER game with roguelike pixel art Metroidvania elements Indie Interview May 2nd, 2018

How Motion Twin stopped Dead Cells being just ANOTHER game with roguelike pixel art Metroidvania elements

Marketing and comms man Steve Filby takes us behind the scenes on the French-made indie hit

What Boss Key has learnt from LawBreakers for battle royale title Radical Heights Interviews & Opinion Apr 16th, 2018

What Boss Key has learnt from LawBreakers for battle royale title Radical Heights

Just days after the studio called time on its team shooter, the firm is back with a free-to-play battle royale title

Facepunch's Garry Newman: "​I would avoid Early Access like the plague" Industry Icon Nov 30th, 2017

Facepunch's Garry Newman: "​I would avoid Early Access like the plague"

The game maker talks about Garry's Mod's continued success, why his opinion of Early Access has changed and how Rust is progressing

Why Cliff Harris is getting out of publishing and has decided he likes Early Access Profile Nov 15th, 2017

Why Cliff Harris is getting out of publishing and has decided he likes Early Access

And why he's bringing Democracy to China

Meet Bulkhead's Battalion 1944, the indie Call of Duty: WWII Indie Interview Oct 30th, 2017

Meet Bulkhead's Battalion 1944, the indie Call of Duty: WWII

Creative producer Howard Philpott tells us how the developer came together, esports and Kickstarter

How Hinterland sold 1.3m copies of The Long Dark and landed a film deal Success Story Aug 16th, 2017

How Hinterland sold 1.3m copies of The Long Dark and landed a film deal

After almost three years, The Long Dark launched out of Early Access this August

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