After a successful Kickstarter in mid-2017, Eagle Island is due to launch later this year. The platformer crossed with a Metroidvania, focusing on falconry and exploration, and so far it looks like it’s in great shape. Eagle Island takes an increasingly populated marketplace, and finds a unique entry…
After Unavowed the main question was “where does Wadjet Eye go from here?” And the answer was an unexpected “to Kickstarter.” Not just that, to Kickstarter with a vampire RPG! Welcome to the world of Nighthawks, a collaboration between Wadjet Eye and Richard Cobbett. Nighthawks…
After covering the Kickstarter for The Darkside Detective: Season 2, Cliqist followed up with the project’s Ireland-based developer, Spooky Doorway, for an email interview. As the developing game’s title indicates, this is not Spooky Doorway’s first trip to the Darkside. Released on multiple platforms, The…
Yooka-Laylee. A Hat in Time. Flynn & Freckles. Those are just three of a handful of independent 3D platformers that all have one thing in, or indeed, quite a lot in common – their source of inspiration. Each one of them were inspired by 3D…
Indie gaming has come a long way. From a niche market frequented only by die-hard PC users, to a market so integral to success that the big 3 scratch and bite to accommodate it at all costs. There have been many documentaries and insights into…
CardLife has been in an Alpha in early access for the last few months. It’s from Freejam games, the company who previously made RoboCraft. It’s a title built around your own creativity, well that and card. Because everything is made of card. It’s only as resilient…
Back in 2011, Japanese development team FromSoftware (commonly referred to as ‘FromSoft’ for short) released their action-adventure RPG Dark Souls into the world as a spiritual successor to their surprise hit Demon’s Souls. From that point on, the Souls, and Souls-like, franchise has become something…
The catch is it’s not called Castlevania. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon was created by Art Play Inc.(Koji Igarashi) and Inti Creates to use as a stretch goal for their Kickstarter project Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. It is meant to be a prequel to…
Versus Evil and Gearbox Publishing, two leading independent video game publishers, in partnership with Stoic, an independent game development company, announced the launch of the physical boxed edition of the award winning, BAFTA nominated role-playing strategy indie series on Nintendo Switch. The Banner Saga Trilogy…
Prepare for the onslaught of the Weird World War. Developer Auroch Digital and publisher Ripstone Games are proud to announce the PC release date of their upcoming occult turn-based strategy game, Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics. Players will fight off Lovecraftian beings controlled by the Nazis on PC…
Depth of Extinction – HOF Studios’ sharp turn-based strategy game with roguelike elements – is launching Thursday, September 27 on Steam, GOG, itch.io, and the Humble Store. Inspired by XCOM 2 and FTL: Faster Than Light, the game allows you to handpick fighters from a roster…
Oh My Godheads is the latest Nindie that is new to the Nintendo Switch but isn’t new to gamers in general. When you’re talking about a title that is new to a platform but isn’t new in general, it’s always a difficult needle to thread….
Get ready for a return trip to the bizarre town of Twin Lakes as developer Spooky Doorway’s Kickstarter for The Darkside Detective: Season 2 stocks up for the journey. Playing Catch-Up The first season of The Darkside Detective by developer Spooky Doorway entertained people with…
Do you want to see a fluorescent pink tyrannosaurus rex rampaging through a park while wearing a Packers Cheesehead hat? Of course you do, and in Parkasaurus that’s exactly what you get. Parkasaurus is a construction and management sim that puts you in charge of…
Since the cult classic space exploration video game FTL was released, there have been more than a few homages to the title created. Oleg Kazakov is going one step further with his upcoming project, Galaxy Squad. Arriving on Steam Early Access in November, Kazakov has…
The Gardens Between launches on September 20thon Switch, PlayStation, and Steam. It’s a puzzle based title which does a lot with some limited controls, it’s been anticipated for some time. One of the standout features of The Gardens Between is it’s ambient soundtrack. Partially because it’s a…