Includes any articles focused on indie-developed titles or projects.
Google recently announced the Stadia game streaming service and hope to launch it in 2019. The search giant is known to be ambitious and try things they haven’t done before. The thought of playing 4K games at 60 frames per second is a nice, but not everything Google does end up like the homerun that…
Apple is the latest tech giant to jump into gaming head first. Just one week after Google unveiled its Stadia streaming service, Apple revealed the Apple Arcade game subscription service. Unlike Stadia – which requires a speedy internet connection to stream games to existing phones, tablets, and other supported devices – the Apple Arcade requires…
You pull up to a modest house on a wet, dreary day. A small crowd gathers as word spreads across the town with news about what happened – or at least what they think happened. Getting out of your vehicle, you pull out a cigarette and light it up, taking in a few puffs before…
After twelve years in business, the Wii Shop Channel closed its digital doors for good today. Last year, Nintendo stopped allowing users to purchase Wii Points for digital products. Yesterday was the last day to redeem any remaining Wii Points toward purchases. While users can still re-download WiiWare and Virtual Console titles, as well as…
Wind instruments play softly as the camera pans over a wind-swept sand dune before peering into the distant sun. String instruments crescendo as a sand storm covers what appear to be long-forgotten tombstones. The environment is harsh and remote with no signs of life. Suddenly a shooting star sweeps across the sky. A robed figure…
There are not a whole lot of games that can credibly claim to be novel ideas. Of course, novelty alone does not guarantee that the concept is a good one. That is why I was pleasantly surprised when I first booted up Team 17’s newest game, Yoku’s Island Express. Team 17 is most closely associated…
Have you wanted to play an F-Zero game on the Wii U ever since the console came out in 2012? You’re not alone. It’s one of the most requested Nintendo franchises on Wii U. While Zelda will be coming to Wii U in 2016, it doesn’t look like an F-Zero game will ever see the…
Harmonix has announced that a reboot of their classic Amplitude franchise will be available on PS4 starting January 5. Those who backed the game on Kickstarter with a $40 pledge or higher will have access to the game starting December 23. Amplitude features a single player campaign along with competitive and cooperative local multiplayer modes….
Planetbase is an indie game that lets you build a space colony on a Mars-like planet and two other extra terrestrial worlds. Players will need to quickly build a habitable environment, extract and manage resources, and survive harsh conditions. Step aside Matt Damon, we’ve got this.
Starlite: Astronaut Rescue bills itself as an educational mini-adventure offering players a chance to “experience the thrill of standing in the boots of a future astronaut on Mars.” It sounds like a really cool concept. Who doesn’t want to feel like they visited Mars? After all, it is not a fluke that movies like The…
Making repairs to the International Space Station probably feels a lot like a puzzle for the astronauts dangling precariously in near Earth orbit. Any wrong move could be your last. Vertigo Void is a budget priced puzzle-platformer that takes place in outer space. Your astronaut works his way across platforms, pressing buttons and avoiding hazards,…
Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 2 is a bit of a mess. The episodic story-driven Minecraft spinoff has hit a rough patch that it might not be able to get out of in time to save the flailing series. Episode 1: The Order of the Stone proved to be a mixed bag at best, focusing heavily…
In the 21st century, circling the globe is as easy as hopping on a jetliner and enjoying the ride. But globetrekking was once a perilous journey wrought with unexpected bumps and the ever-present potential for catastrophe. 80 Days is a game that takes place at the height of the Second Industrial Revolution. It’s an era…
At first glance, Broforce seems like your run of the mill side-scrolling shoot em up. Like many indie games these days, the pixelated graphics draw retro inspiration. The game mechanics similarly borrow from classics of yesteryear. However, after playing Broforce for hours on end, it becomes obvious that there is something special about this game….
2014’s surprise PC hit The Talos Principle is out now on PS4. Players embark on an existential journey as a sentient AI through humanity’s greatest ruins. The game mixes over 120 different puzzles with historical settings and philosophical thought. The PS4 Deluxe Edition also comes with the PC version’s four additional episodes. The game retails…
Horror games have seen a big uptick in quality in recent years with the influx of indie titles that have challenged the dated formula of big budget action. Stairs is the latest indie horror game to slow things down and get back to the basics of the genre. You play as Christopher Adams, a journalist…
Mighty Number 9 has a new release date. Deep Silver announced today that the fan-funded game, which raised nearly $4 million on Kickstarter, will be out on February 9, 2016 across last-gen and next-gen consoles as well as PC, Mac and Linux. Mighty Number 9 is a Mega Man inspired side-scrolling action game from Keiji…
An online survival horror game is coming out just in time for Halloween. Devolver Digital has announced that Noct will launch on PC, Mac and Linux on October 22. The indie game is a 2D top-down multiplayer survival horror that blends RPG elements with arcade combat. As a survivor of an apocalyptic purge, you can…
