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Father hacks Donkey Kong ROM so daughter can play as Pauline

Father hacks Donkey Kong ROM so daughter can play as Pauline

Tenacious dad makes 'Pauline Edition' available via patch

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Team Meat has no plans for next-gen

Team Meat has no plans for next-gen

Super Meat Boy developer turned off by cost and hassle of console development

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Mojang considers Minecraft for PlayStation

Mojang considers Minecraft for PlayStation

Indie hit could wind up on Sony consoles after end of Microsoft exclusivity deal

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Pro Foosball dev Quirkat opens London studio

Pro Foosball dev Quirkat opens London studio

Jordanian developer behind PSN table football game expands to Europe

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Journey art director Matt Nava forms Giant Squid

Journey art director Matt Nava forms Giant Squid

Flower and Journey composer Austin Wintory is also on board for its first project

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100% Indie initiative opens for mobile devs

100% Indie initiative opens for mobile devs

Developers to receive 100 per cent of revenues for six months

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Mojang: Sony must address openness with PS4

Mojang: Sony must address openness with PS4

Daniel Kaplan on how the console giant can make development easier on its next-gen hardware

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Denny: PS4 will support indies

Denny: PS4 will support indies

Sony Worldwide Studios SVP insists Jonathan Blow is just the start for independent studios on Sony's new console

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Mojang begins Humble Bundle Mojam 2

Mojang begins Humble Bundle Mojam 2

Indies such as Vlambeer, Wolfire Games and Oxeye participating in 78-hour game jam for charity

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Indie dev makes $12k through piracy promotion

Indie dev makes $12k through piracy promotion

'The promo bay far exceeded what our sales cycle would have been if we just went on as normal,' says Sean Hogan

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Games on a bus - Devolver invites dev pitches at GDC

Games on a bus - Devolver invites dev pitches at GDC

Publisher in search for indie titles to support, fund and promote

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Microsoft 'idiotic' for ceding Xbox indie community

Microsoft 'idiotic' for ceding Xbox indie community

Last five years of Xbox 360 have been painful to watch, says founding engineer Nat Brown

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[Update] Indie devs ready GDC Plane Jam for take off

[Update] Indie devs ready GDC Plane Jam for take off

Need to fill time on your flight to GDC? Make a game, says Byron Atkinson-Jones

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Angry devs claim unpaid royalties from Lace Mamba

Angry devs claim unpaid royalties from Lace Mamba

Indies Amanita, Daedalic, and Colibri say UK publisher violated agreements

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Indie uses piracy to promote Steam Greenlight game

Indie uses piracy to promote Steam Greenlight game

Illegal file-sharing 'inevitable', so small developers should embrace it, says Sean Hogan

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Journey drove Thatgamecompany to bankruptcy

Journey drove Thatgamecompany to bankruptcy

Employees went unpaid for six months during development of critically acclaimed PSN title

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Chillingo opens indie developer portal

Chillingo opens indie developer portal

Members to receive 100% revenue share on Samsung apps for first six months

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Code Hero devs come clean on Kickstarter funds

Code Hero devs come clean on Kickstarter funds

Alex Peake promises refunds, rewards and back pay when team has money

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Game incubator Execution Labs picks first five devs

Game incubator Execution Labs picks first five devs

Montreal and Toronto-based studios to get investment and development support

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Microsoft Points 'damaging' for Japanese XBLA devs

Microsoft Points 'damaging' for Japanese XBLA devs

Studios losing out due to Microsoft paying out revenues based on US dollar instead of the Yen

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Minecraft sold 15 million copies in 2012

Minecraft sold 15 million copies in 2012

World-building title amasses more than 1.2 million sales during Christmas week alone

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Ouya game jam offers $45k in prizes

Ouya game jam offers $45k in prizes

Ten day competition to be judged by Phil Fish, Ed Fries, Adam Saltsman, Zach Gage, Felicia Day and others

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Code Hero backers demand update

Code Hero backers demand update

Troubled Kickstarter project yet to issue promised progress report

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Super Hexagon maker abandons RPG and its spin-off

Super Hexagon maker abandons RPG and its spin-off

Nexus City and Selma's Story canned as indie dev begins anew

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Indie hit Fez going multi-platform

Indie hit Fez going multi-platform

Studio lease comes to an end after three years as Phil Fish teases US branch

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