Without a doubt 2012 was a major year for both independent game developers and gaming Kickstarter campaigns. The same year that named industry titan Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) the worst company in America ended with indie developer Telltale Games taking home top honors at Spike’s Video Game Awards for its title The Walking Dead. With more people playing games on an expanding list of devices it’s become clearer that the industry's landscape is changing and for the first time in years small-time hardware developers are rising to challenge the big three console makers Nintendo (PINK:NTDOY) Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Sony (NYSE:SNE).   Chief ...