The Independent Games Festival has revealed their finalists for the 2018 main competition. In a post to the festival’s main website, IGF revealed their nominees for their 2018 awards ceremony, scheduled for March 21, 2018 during the Game Developer’s conference in San Francisco, California. Of…
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Kenshi ended up being one hell of an interesting game to review. With the game clocking in hundreds upon hundreds of hours of gameplay at it’s most basic it was a tricky proposition to play the game long enough for a decent review. It did…
At first glance, Fluffy Horde appears to be a tactical game or a variation on the tower defense genre. Once you scratch beneath the surface, you find a core of fun puzzle solving. A medieval kingdom has become completely overwhelmed by bunnies, you use military units…
The frantic planet mashing action of Planet Bash has been honed to a razor’s edge, making it the perfect time for new players to jump in. Released on Steam September 8 of last year, the game has steadily improved thanks to updates by developer Killerkun…
If there’s one common characteristic of indie games I have grown to appreciate, it’s the central focus of simplicity and core gameplay over complexity and cinematic bloat. Many developers seem to stress an almost antithetical philosophy of no-nonsense, undiluted gameplay that often contrasts to their…
If late-90s low-poly graphics mixed with tactical FPS gunplay sounds like your ideal game, look no further than Due Process. Currently in development by Seattle-based studio “Giant Enemy Crab”, the game promises high-octane strategy in a stylishly retro package. Commence Operation Fans of SWAT and Rainbow Six will feel…
After a rocky start to their Friends & Family beta, Illfonic and Gun Media have added an extra day to their Friday The 13th closed PC beta. Running until December 24th, backers and fans who pre-ordered Friday The 13th: The Game will get their first hands-on…
Adventure games are a curious phenomenon on Kickstarter. For every successful campaign there seems to be one that didn’t make it. I previously looked at the success to failure ratio, but in this article I want to specifically take a look at ten Kickstarter horror…
After listening to a three part special podcast from my friends at Back Seat Designers, I got to thinking about the early days of Kickstarter. Or at least the early days of the “Kickstarter bubble.” This was a time where anyone with an idea could…
When it comes to having to cancel a crowdfunding project in the middle of the campaign I tend to have mixed feelings about it. How I react usually depends on what the reasons behind this decision are. If it’s because of securing extra funding, such…
Sometimes even the best looking projects have their dark side. Some more than others. Either Kickstarter will suspend a campaign or the creators do it themselves, for whatever reason. Which is a shame as otherwise these games show so much promise. Too many Kickstarter campaigns…
I am a huge adventure game fan. One of the companies that I grew up with and have fallen in love with was Sierra On-Line. You know, the people behind the classic King’s Quest and other quest titles. Which should come as to no surprise…
Tabletop games are one of the big successes of the crowdfunding age with over 4,000 projects raising more than $200 million – along with video games they account for 20% of all money pledged on Kickstarter – yet it’s a category I’ve never really explored….
“In the thirty-first century, life is cheap, but BattleMechs aren’t.” That was the tag line for this era of BattleTech that Harebrained Scheme’s foray into the franchise focuses on. With tech and materials scarce during this period of galactic conflict the five great houses had…
The Bards Tale IV Kickstarter is nearing the end of its month-long run and with less than two days left on the clock more awesomeness has been announced in the latest update. The biggest news would have to be regarding the “achievement” system that inXile…
[dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]very week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them…