"The expansion of the indie game market over the past decade has been largely of this variety. Week by week, genre by genre, it has accumulated territory, turning spaces that were abandoned as unprofitable by major publishers into thriving markets, or even expanding into entirely new genres and demographics. It's only in the past couple of years that the scale of what has been built has really become apparent. Only now, in hindsight, does the transition from a highly creative underground scene into a major commercial segment feel like it was inevitable and inexorable.”

#VideoGames #IndieGames #GamesBusiness https://www.gamesindustry.biz/indie-games-have-built-a-thriving-economy-in-territory-traditional-publishers-abandoned-or-ignored-opinion

The Video Game History Foundation has digitized the magazine Games Business. “Games Business was a bimonthly trade journal published by Imagine Media, covering the internal business of the game industry. The magazine was marketed specifically to game retailers and focused on business and marketing strategies and executive leadership. Each issue featured interviews with notable leaders in the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/30/video-game-history-foundation-digitizes-games-business/

Publishing Agreement Analysis
https://indiegamepublishing.com/

> For developers, we aim to remove the challenge of reviewing a publishing agreement and trying to decide whether the terms are market standard or outliers.

#GameDev #GamesBusiness

Some advertisement for a really good thing, as there are only 4 days left to apply for The Rabbit Indie Games Residency! 🐇

🗓 Deadline: Midnight, July 5 (Berlin time)

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How does Devolver Digital handle marketing? Read it here 👇

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/marketing/devolver-digital-s-marketing-advice-let-the-people-play

#gamesbusiness

Anyone has some more info on this Banana thingy on Steam? Aren't the numbers nuts?
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#gamesbusiness

https://steamdb.info/app/2923300/charts/

Good article about the changes of games industry events after the pandemic: https://gameconferenceguide.substack.com/p/games-industry-events-are-in-full

TL;DR: Scroll all the way down for the summary. #gamesbusiness