Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Posts Tagged ‘Six to Start’

Cash Channel: Channel 4 Commisions Brit-Indies

By Kieron Gillen on September 7th, 2009.

Sometimes, the future creeps up when we’re not looking. Part of me wonders whether this will be part of it. Channel 4, after some impressive successes with webgames like the Bafta Award Winning Bow Street Runner and the Tim Stone admiration winning 1066 have decided to spend a load more on making games, reports Develop. Key quote…

The move is part of a £4.5m fund – half of which is finding its way to UK independent companies such as Tuna Technologies, Beatnik Games, Zombie Cow Studios, Six to Start, Preloaded and Littleloud to fund projects up to £800,000 in size.

Go read the rest of the interview with Alice Taylor to see the full story. Some thoughts and noting of conflict of interest follow…
Read the rest of this entry »

, , , , , .

25 Comments »

Search

Read our finest words

Respond to our gibber

  • AndrewC : “@Lion'sPhil How DARE you! My mother's a saint!” on The Sunday Papers
  • alundra : “The increasing double moral standard of this industry is becoming really disgusting. Now it seems those who put food on their tables are not entitled ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • LionsPhil : “It's like you're not even reading the other posts in this "discussion". Incidentally, one place the common ground for the meanings of words is recorded ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • Kieron Gillen : “This did make me smile. "It doesn’t just happen with computer games either. George R.R. Martin was getting a lot of it before his most ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • Gurdiac : “I think what Tim and Ron are up to with Double Fine is brilliant. But wouldn't it be good to have a game that allows ...” on Thought: Double Fine’s Kickstarter Asks Big Questions

Play indie, mods, demos

Browse the archive