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Gamasutra: How Joystick Labs is Supporting Indie Entrepreneurship
"Most in the game industry -- and those who'd like to be in it -- know that funding is the arguably the biggest challenge to an independent project. Now, a new Durham, North Carolina-based organization hopes to assist, but it's aiming beyond the traditional model of project-based funding -- Joystick Labs' aim is to provide support for entrepreneurs who want to build their own independent studios."
VentureBeat: Joystick Labs starts seed-stage venture fund for indie video games
"The creation of the entity(Joystick Labs) has interesting timing. In the past, game developers were at the mercy of game publishers, who controlled retail distribution of games and could often dictate terms. The costs of game development for the consoles became so large that the publishers only backed sequels of hits or proven teams. The indie developers were often left out in the cold, scrambling for any kind of funding. Around 2007, venture capital investments came on strong as new web-based distribution opened up. The growth of Facebook and the iPhone as game platforms also opened up huge avenues for developers to directly distribute their games."
Gamers Daily News: Joystick Labs Announces First Round of Mentors for Fall 2010 Accelerator Program
"The creation of Joystick Labs is one of the latest signs that the video game production and distribution model is changing. With the mass adoption of browser-based and mobile gaming platforms, the market is increasingly shifting its focus away from traditional retail distribution channels to digitally distributed video games that can be downloaded over the Internet, such as games produced for Facebook, iPad, iPhone, Android and other digitally distributed social, mobile, and casual game platforms."