I’m not going to lie: until the Microsoft E3 2017 press conference, I’d nearly forgotten that Ooblets was a thing. I vaguely recalled the game being inspired by Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and Harvest Moon. All titles I appreciate, and two of which I managed to get horribly…
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It’s Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere; which means it’s time to spend some beautifully sunny days sequestered inside frigidly air conditioned gaming caves. It also means that at E3 2017 an army of publisher PR flacks unleashed a torrent of silver tongued promises. As…
Like a wistful dream, E3 2017 has come and gone, and we’re left scratching our heads. Was any of it real? What actually happened? Why did it have to go away? The most pressing question of all is “where were the indie games?” For a…
Sony’s E3 press conference was light on the indie games, which is to say there weren’t any. Except for little Moss, but if you don’t have the required PlayStation VR, the counter may as well be at zero. This year, Sony seems keener on their…
A Plague Tale: Innocence is doing something not many games shown at E3 this year are: taking us back in time. Set in 1349, Asobo Studio is showing us what life was like in Europe during the time of the Black Plague. Imagine the rats…
The world is not the same as it once was. Governments have fallen, armies of undead and unthinking masses roam the wastes, and you’re left all alone to defend yourself and your family. The societal structure that you trusted to keep peace and order has…
Knights and Bikes and Ooblets will be playable today at MIX, an event being held at (or at least near) E3 this year. At first glance, neither of these games seem to have much in common. But they’re both being published by the same company…
There is no need to produce a prequel to Life is Strange. That goes double when the original developer, Dontnod, isn’t involved. That goes triple when voice actress Ashly Burch isn’t returning to play the lead character, Chloe, who remains the best part of the…
The general consensus of this year’s E3 is that it’s been rather bland. There haven’t been any big new announcements or surprises, just trailers for games we’ve already known about. Most disappointingly of all has been the lack of indie games. The biggest surprise this…
As far as I’m concerned, E3 2017 is already the greatest E3 for 3D platformers in the last decade, simply because Microsoft announced Super Lucky’s Tale. But Playful’s Xbox One exclusive isn’t the only 3D platformer at this year’s event. Sharing the spotlight is Gears…
Undertale isn’t the only digital download indie game getting physical this week. Limited Run Games releases physical editions of largely digital only games in limited quantities. Yesterday, they announced a string of new games they’ll be releasing in physical form throughout the year. In a…
Beethoven & Dinosaur’s surreal, narrative-driven action/adventure platformer, first showed up on our radars when we only covered crowdfunded games. Saddled with the ponderous title, The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti, the game’s Kickstarter campaign failed to reach it’s AU$ 50,000 goal. Undaunted, the devs kept at…
What in the world is Megaton Rainfall? That’s a good question, particularly as there’s been a noticeable lack of news on this title since it impressed at numerous indie events almost two years ago. Essentially it’s a first-person superhero simulator, allowing you to zip around…
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is progressing nicely. It’s not playing hide and seek like its Japanese cousin, Shenmue 3, and it’s no MIA like Echoes of Eternea. At last year’s E3, lead developer Koji Igarashi revealed not only gameplay, but also a backer exclusive…
Double Fine’s annual Day of the Dev event, designed to showcase the hottest and most underrated indie games, is set for 2017. Totally free of charge for everyone, the event will be hosted in San Francisco on November 11, 2017. Double Fine also recently announced…
Change is in the air, readers. Leaves are beginning to fall from trees, leaving piles of amber plant matter everywhere. Soon the bare branches will hold snow. At least, if you’re lucky enough to live in a place where snow isn’t a fever dream and…