Gamestop to start publishing indie games

ORG XMIT: 131672750 NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - NOVEMBER 07: GameStop employee Randi Taber stacks copies of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" during a launch event for the highly anticipated video game at a GameStop Corp. store November 7, 2011 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Video game publisher Activision released the eighth installment in the '"Call of Duty" franchise at midnight on November 8. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 131913279 (Photo: Ethan Miller Getty Images) Video game retailer GameStop is making a move into publishing. The company announced Monday a venture called GameTrust, which will publish video games for multiple platforms from independent studios. Studios Insomniac Games (Ratchet & Clank), Ready at Dawn (The Order: 1886) and Frozenbyte (Trine) are among the indie studios creating games that will be published through GameTrust. Mark Stanley, GameStop's vice president of internal development and diversification, says the venture will focus on games "largely ignored by big publishers" in favor of triple-A titles.