Nintendo World Report Interview

Interview: We recently chatted with Matthew at Nintendo World Report…

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/23678

WiiLoveIt Interview

We just had an interview with the guys at WiiLoveIt.

Full interview available at http://www.wiiloveit.com/interviews/icon-games

Arcade Darts is Now Available for PSP Minis Across Europe

DUBLIN, IRELAND – June 25th, 2010 – Icon Games Entertainment today announces the European release of Arcade Darts which can be purchased for €2.99 from the PlayStation®Store in Europe now. Arcade Sports is accessible right from your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Please stay tuned for the North American release of Arcade Sports on the US PlayStation®Store for [...]

Family Games – Pen & Paper Edition Unveiled for Nintendo WiiWare

Icon Games Entertainment is very pleased to unveil Family Games – Pen & Paper Edition for Nintendo® WiiWare, players can enjoy a unique blend of classic pen and paper games that we’ve all had our fair share at when we were kids. This time around, Family Games – Pen & Paper Edition gives the whole family some fun right in your living room. Enjoy timeless favorites for all the family!

Soccer Bashi – Fact Sheet

PLATFORMS: iPhone®, iPod® Touch, PSP® Minis, and Nintendo® WiiWare
RELEASE DATE: July 2010
PUBLISHER: Icon Games Entertainment Ltd.
DEVELOPER: Icon Games Entertainment Ltd.
ESRB RATING: E for Everyone
GENRE: Puzzle
MSRP: TBA
WEBSITE: http://www.icongames.com/?p=631

Icon Games Rolling Out Soccer Bashi

Icon Games Entertainment, a leading iPhone, PSP, Nintendo Wii, and WiiWare game publisher and developer today announced Soccer Bashi, smashing its way to Apple iPhone®/iPod® Touch, PSP® Minis, and Nintendo® WiiWare which is set to release this July. Soccer Bashi offers an unbelievable amount of levels for friends and family to just gather around for some classic arcade fun similar to most beloved game we all know, Brick.

Soccer of the future; destroy the defender blocks and smash the ball into the goal to win, but watch out for the enemy defenders out to destroy you!

A built-in game editor offers unlimited level design possibilities, or play through the 90 game levels over several different play modes, including Arcade and Customisable Tournaments.

Arcade Air Hockey & Bowling Arriving on PSP Minis this July

 
DUBLIN, IRELAND – May 14th, 2010 – Icon Games Entertainment, a leading iPhone, PSP, Nintendo Wii, and WiiWare game publisher and developer today announced Arcade Air Hockey & Bowling tailored specifically for PSP® Minis. Arcade Air Hockey & Bowling is an addictive sports game featuring classic air hockey and bowling designed for all ages. It doesn’t matter [...]

Icon Games Announces Details on Arcade Darts for PSP Minis

DUBLIN, IRELAND – April 19th, 2010 – Icon Games Entertainment, a leading iPhone, PSP, Nintendo Wii, and WiiWare game publisher and developer, today announces details on their upcoming game, Arcade Darts for PSP® Minis. Are you ready for the challenge and think you can come out on top with your high score? Arcade Darts will [...]

Stunt Cars Competition – Get Your Name Into A Game

DUBLIN, IRELAND – March 7th, 2010 – Icon Games Entertainment, a leading Nintendo Wii, PSP and WiiWare game publisher and developer are offering a rare opportunity to help design its future game, Stunt Cars 2, sequel to the successful Nintendo WiiWare game Stunt Cars.
Would you like to try your hand as a game designer, helping [...]

Stunt Cars PAL is Now Available on Nintendo WiiWare

January 8th, 2010 – Icon Games Entertainment, a leading iPhone, PSP, Nintendo Wii, and WiiWare game publisher and developer, today announced that its first ultimate stunt racing game; Stunt Cars PAL is now available on Nintendo WiiWare for 800 Nintendo Points.
High-speed competitive stunt racing over fast paced track circuits with chicanes, ramps, raised hairpin turns, [...]

TheSixthAxis Interview

I just did an interview about our PSP Minis with AlexC at TheSixthAxis.com.

You can check out the whole piece over at http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2009/09/16/icons-psp-minis-explained/

Icon Goes Mini

Following the July announcement that Icon Games Entertainment will be self-publishing their forthcoming WiiWare titles, the company have now expanded their self-publishing efforts to include PSP Minis.
In addition to their three WiiWare titles (http://www.icongames.com/?cat=3), Icon will be releasing four PSP titles:
Arcade Air Hockey & Bowling – PSP Q4 2009
Fully featured 3d versions of Air Hockey & [...]

Icon on flickr

We’re now on flickr – we’ll be posting all screens from our newest games; and would love to see some comments on them. You can rate and leave comments on any individual screens.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/icongames

Develop Interview

I was interviewed by Develop recently to explain why we moved into self-publishing…
“Why UK dev Icon Games is moving to self-publishing
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UK-based indie dev Icon Games is no longer UK-based indie dev Icon Games.”

You can read the full article here:

http://www.develop-online.net/features/563/Becoming-a-self-publishing-Icon

Develop Article

Develop-online has posted an article about our move into publishing, and we have also completed an interview which should be appearing soon.

You can read the initial piece over at http://www.develop-online.net/news/32466/UK-indie-dev-becomes-publisher

NintendoLife Coverage

NintendoLife just posted a piece on our self-publishing plans, along with info on all of our WiiWare titles.

You can read it over at http://wiiware.nintendolife.com/news/2009/07/icon_games_announce_plans_for_wiiware

Wii’s World Interview

The guys over at Wii’s World just posted a Stunt Cars interview – we talk over all things Stunt Cars related, along with a little info on self-publishing.

You can check out the whole piece over at http://www.wiisworld.com/wii-news/stunt-cars-interview.html

Icon Games – the Unexpected Publisher

Some fairly big news for us, which we are really pleased about. Icon Games have now mutating from being an independent developer to become an independent publisher. We have been following the traditional publisher funded games route since our initial PS2 title ‘International Pool Championship’ for PlayIt but the industry is changing and it is [...]

Self-Publishing – What’s the Catch?

So what are the hidden pitfalls to self-publishing – surely it can’t all be sunshine and roses?
There are several costs you need to factor in, along with key areas like QA that will now be your responsibility…
1. Marketing costs (what form, how much) – it’s fair to say though you can do a lot with [...]

Self-Publishing for All

I read an interesting interview with Martyn Brown of Team 17 on Gamesindustry.biz today – you can read it yourself here:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/just-17-part-one
Now one question (and the following answers) really jumped out at me…
“But if traditional publishing has its own club and the door is closed, it seems that publishing on downloadable platforms will also shut its [...]

Lightwave

I use Lightwave extensively, and for most things it is an excellent package – easy to use, stable (on the whole) and very reasonably priced.
But there are several features it falls down on for games, and I certainly hope that these will be addressed with a future release:

Texture Mapping; the tools are just too basic [...]

New Website

Our new website is live.

It was developed using the superb Wordpress, which I can’t recommend highly enough.

Please send us a comment and tell us what you think. Go on… you know you want to!