Retail Games Can Help Drive Digital Sales, Says Maximum Entertainment CEO

What’s the best way to buy a game, physical or digital? According to Christina Seelye, CEO of Maximum Entertainment, the two can help each other equally. Speaking to Game Developer at Gamescom, he explained that retail versions of a game can help drive more attention to it, especially online. Amazon and in-person stores like GameStop … Read more

Up-and-coming virtual board game One More Multiverse, home of digital Blades in the Dark and Yazeba's B&B, is closing its doors

One More Multiverse, the ambitious virtual tabletop app for playing online role-playing games using eye-catching pixel art sprites and a flexible, easy-to-use video game-like interface, is shutting down. One More Multiverse was born four years ago, with a beta version launching in 2021 before seeing a full release last summer. Since then, the impressively polished … Read more

Versus Evil Veterans Form Independent Publisher Digital Bandidos

A new independent publisher called Digital Bandits has risen from the ashes of Versus Evil. Founded by Steve Escalante and Lance James, who held executive roles at Versus Evil before the publisher The Banner Saga was closed last yearDigital Bandidos aims to provide independent publishers with “proven expertise and a unique publishing model” that allows … Read more

Digital Sun's Cataclysm Surpasses 120,000 Early Access Sales in Two Weeks

Cataclysm It was launched in Early Access at the end of July and has already sold 120,000 copies. My Friend Tim BenderCEO of the game's publisher Hooded Horse, boasted about the RTS's success, noting its high 93 percent rating on Steam. “We are honored to be the publisher of the amazing developers at Digital Sun,” … Read more