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Joystick Labs is proud to announce that Saturday Morning RPG, a stellar offering developed by Mighty Rabbit Studios, is now available on iTunes!  Saturday Morning RPG is the first game to be published under the Joystick Labs banner and is already getting great reviews. The game follows the story of Martin “Marty” Hall, an average …

Here at Joystick Labs, we’re proud to announce that our 2012 program will begin on August 20 with an application deadline of May 25.  Joystick Labs provides funding and mentorship for aspiring game development teams through a unique 12-week program in Durham, North Carolina. Since its inception in 2010, Joystick Labs has funded and mentored …

Nice reviews for M.U.S.E… Excerpt from PadGadget (4 of 5 stars): To buy or not to buy: The RPG-style character enhancements and fast paced action make M.U.S.E. a game that you won’t want to miss. Excerpt from App-Score (8/10): M.U.S.E. is a well done shooter that ranks up there with the best. It doesn’t try …

Lab Rats Studio’s third person shooter M.U.S.E. is in the app store today.  It’s a huge day for them and a huge day for Joystick Labs. These guys have come a long way. 16 months ago they were students in the game development program at Wake Technical Community College. Truth be told, they originally were …

This past summer we uncovered a key difference between Joystick Labs and tech accelerators such as Tech Stars and Y Combinator. They help startup companies get something started, we help startup studios get something finished. In hindsight it is pretty obvious, and it has led us to doing a few things differently. If you’re a …

  These are exciting times for Joystick Labs – our teams are very, very close and experiencing all the joys(?!) of polishing off the last 10%.  Joystick Labs teams will be shipping four titles in the next four months. We have gone pretty quiet on the blogging front lately – it was nice to have …

Joystick Labs has funded and accepted Buckle Up Game Studios (www.buckleupgamestudios.com) into our video game accelerator program. Buckle Up was founded by Kory Sherman and Chris Snyder while studying in the game program at Wake Technical Community College.  As part of Joystick Labs, they will develop “Flipped”, a puzzle game for mobile devices that takes …

Those lucky enough to visit Joystick Labs have the opportunity to meet our longest running tenant, Lab Rats Studio. Their first title M.U.S.E., an iOS shooter, is slated for a December release, so now presents a great time to update those unable to visit us at the American Tobacco Campus on their story. The Lab …

The first Raleigh Game On was held Monday night at The Hive downtown Raleigh, and Joystick Labs was excited to play a part in a Battle of the Bands style event for local video game studios. Four of the studios we have funded – Gale Force Logic, Lab Rats Studios, Mighty Rabbit Studios (who organized …

Back in April 2011 we presented an overview of Joystick Labs at the East Coast Game Conference.  Joystick’s director John Austin covered the basics of Joystick’s program and three founders from our first session in fall of 2010 talked about their experience in starting a studio: Jay Clark from Gale Force Logic, Rion Holland from …