Van Particle Discusses Dancers of War [divider] Cliqist : So, a dancing combat game huh? That’s different. Van Partible : Different, ha ha, or different whaaaa…? Either way, yes. Yes it is. Cliqist : Is Sgt Dancer any relation to Ulala? Van Partible…
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Greg Micek has been writing on and off about games since the late nineties, always with a focus on indie games. He started DIYGames.com in 2000, which was one of the earliest gaming sites to focus exclusively on indie games.
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Welcome to our new weekly feature, “Question Of The Week.” As you can tell from that entirely original title we’ll have a different question posed to our staff of writers every week and they chime in with their opinions. No one sees one another’s responses…
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The gang at Yanim Studio are in the final days of their Red Goddess Kickstarter and they’re looking for hope. Although they’ve been name dropped by a ton of campaigns they’re still only halfway to their $50,000 goal, with only 4 days remaining. If you…
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Sometimes you’re having one of those days where nothing goes right. Your car breaks down. You get into a fight with a loved one. Your boss yells at you. You get stuck in line at your coffee joint of choice. It could be anything. Now,…
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As hard as it may be to believe, not all games on Kickstarter and IndieGoGo are platformers, roguelikes, dating sims, or Oculus Rift enabled. Some of the games are a bit more straightforward, like CasinoRPG from GoldFire Studios. Funded on Kickstarter in early 2013 for…
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Escape Hatch Entertainment has announced some release dates for their “rebellious stepchild of Wing Commander, X-wing, and Freespace 2” space shooter, Starlight Inception. Given that it’s been exactly two years since the Kickstarter launched it’s understandable if people are anxious to get their hands on…
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Red Meat Games have announced that episode 1 of Steel & Steam is complete and ready for purchase. The game is described as a JRPG fantasy steampunk adventure, with gameplay and graphics that harkens back to the classic sprite-based RPGs on the Genesis and SNES. …
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By now you’ve at least heard of the Chaos Reborn Kickstarter campaign. It was put together by famed designed Julian Gollop – of X-Com and Laser Squad fame to name but two of his classics – to bring the world an updated version of his…
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The folks over at Counterplay Games have posted the first gameplay video preview of their currently Kickstarting strategy game Duelyst. We’ve covered Duelyst a fair amount since it launched on Kickstarter back in early March, including an interview with designer Keith Lee, and a feature…
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[divider] Necromancer: Adapt or Die… Again. By Charlotte “Charlie” Humphries Necromancer is giving you the chance to control your own legion of the undead. You have successfully ensured that the zombie apocalypse has happened; now you must defend yourself from the good guys. So throw…
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“Don’t call it Minecraft.” That’s been one of the themes during the Kickstarter campaign for the blocky voxel RPG Planets³ from Cubical Drift. The other has been that despite an extremely aggressive $250,000 funding goal and a slow start the team wasn’t going to give…
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I have a strange relationship with retro games; I love them, and I hate them. I love them because they bring me back to my childhood; long summer days in Orange County with the windows open, a pile of snacks, and Red Baron, Wing Commander,…
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The fine folks over at Hinterland Games, creators of the highly anticipated survival sim The Long Dark, have sent out a bundle of screenshots. Keep in mind, these are all in-game screens, not concept art or cutscenes. The graphics are certainly unique, so it’ll be…
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Hinterland Games, creators of the much anticipated survival sim The Long Dark posted a sizable update to the games’ Kickstarter page today. The Reader Digest version of it is that production continues, with lots of in-game systems being incorporated into the game such as time…
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Hopefully by now you’ve heard of Duelyst, a squad based tactical strategy game from some of the guys that brought us such titles as Diablo 3, the Ratchet & Clank series, Rogue Legacy, and much more. The game features some unique board game roots, an…
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That might be oOne of the stranger headlines I’ve ever written, but it’s pretty accurate. Van Partible, creator of Johnny Bravo, and Scott Eaton, the weapons guy behind Call of Duty and Metal of Honor, are teaming up to make a game. The game, Dancers…