A44 on the strength of game publishing co-op, Kepler Interactive: “If Kepler does better, we all do better”

The business of video games changes so much that it can sometimes be hard to keep up with. Game publishing, in particular, has seen so many new and evolving models in just the last five years. But one in particular is unique in the opportunities it offers developers, and in the way it’s set up.

Kepler Interactive operates an interesting model that could best be described as co-op publishing. The label is made up of several high-profile indie studios.

Ashen and Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn developer A44 – together with Ebb Software (Scorn), Sloclap (Sifu), Timberline (The Red Lantern), Awaceb (Tchia), Alpha Channel (Tankhead), and Shapefarm – are all co-owners and stakeholders of Kepler, a publishing label that is run by all of its partner developers.

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