IndieGala, s.r.l. is an Italiandigital storefront for video games, which grew out of its original offering of Indie Gala Bundles, a collections of games sold at aprice determined by the purchaser and with a portion of the price going towards charity and the rest split between the game developers. IndieGala continues to offer these limited-time bundles, but have expanded to include a greater and more persistent storefront.
Initial bundles were typically collections ofindependently developed games featuringmulti-platform support (includingMicrosoft Windows ,macOS , andLinux platforms), mainly on theSteam platform . Subsequently, the bundles became more frequent and expanded to include games from established developers,AAA publishers ,[ 1] Android -based devices,[ 2] [ 3] digital rights management (DRM),graphic design assets. IndieGala's bundles were some of the first to feature digital copies of music[ 4] [ 5] comic books .[ 6] [ 7]
The IndieGala Bundle offerings support a number of charities, includingSave The Children ,Child's Play ,AbleGamers Foundation ,Italian Red Cross charities, most notably supporting the efforts in theEmilia Romagna region ofItaly that was affected by a series ofearthquakes .[ 5] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] Humble Bundle approach is what inspired IndieGala and a number of similar efforts to offer "pay what you want" bundles, includingIndie Royale andFanatical (formerly Bundle Stars).[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
The IndieGala operation has since grown to include a dedicated storefront, aSteam -like client similar toGOG's Galaxy orDesura 's client, a publishing and development arm, as well as a fund to supportindie games and indiedevelopers .[ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
As a corporation, IndieGala is headquartered inRome ,Italy , with about 25 employees.[ 23] [ 24]
IndieGala's online debut and their first bundle named "The Indie Gala" was released on December 5, 2011, and sold over 20,000 copies.[ 25] [ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
IndieGala's first published game was officially released onSteam on May 21, 2015, and it sold over 40,000 copies globally.[ 30]
IndieGala's first developed game was released inEarly Access onSteam on 20 December 2017.[ 31]
In March 2022 IndieGala announced the development of a new open-world horror game.[ 32]
Controversy and criticism [ edit ] In 2013, an Indie Gala bundle had a part of its proceeds going towards the political election campaign of a candidate inVancouver .[ 45] [ 46]
In 2017, in an attempt to mitigatepiracy , IndieGala gave away one of theirUnreal Engine titles, Die Young,[ 47] Early Access. [ 48] [ 49]
In 2017, due to a checkout issue involvingG2A in the IndieGala system, customers were unknowingly subscribed to subscription trial. The company apologized and the affected customers were compensated.[ 50] [ 51] [ 52]
In 2017, customers who purchasedCastle of Illusion Green Man Gaming andGamesPlanet – were affected by a series of key deactivations. The issue apparently stemmed from a technical mishap when the publishing agreement betweenSEGA andDisney came to an end. The situation, however, was later resolved.[ 53] [ 54]
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