Dontnod’s Vampyr is a wildly successful game, so much so that it’s already getting a TV adaptation. Vampyr is also garbage; a game with heaps of potential ruined by poor combat and choices that don’t matter. It’s always frustrating when a bad game succeeds while…
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Retimed, previously reviewed by Cliqist, is Team Maniax’s arena shooter, a fast-paced multiplayer experience with slow-mo action scenes inspired by the hit film The Matrix. Team Maniax has also entered the territory of esports, with the Swiss Made Games League hosting a Retimed tournament. Switzerland-based Team…
The Touhou franchise is nothing if not abundant. From the humble concept of a shrine maiden bullet hell came an explosion of media, everything from fighting games to light novels to merchandise. The Touhou Project is the video game equivalent of KISS; love it or hate…
Hello and welcome to the final part in our History of Indie Games. Over the past 6 weeks we have examined the long and complex history of indie games and their journey from bedroom obscurity to mainstream titans. This week on our final excursion we’ll…
There’s no debating that Bethesda has drastically altered the Fallout franchise. It was once a series dedicated to player choice, narrative, and a condemnation of nuclear weapons. Now Bethesda’s latest take on the franchise, Fallout 76, is an online co-op shooter with little in the…
Imagine that you’re a witch, living in a world of witches. Now imagine that you somehow leave the world of witches and end up in the human realm. Now imagine that you’re at human summer camp, and somehow, feel more at home than you ever…
As the bullet blasts toward you, the laws of physics decide to lend a hand, slowing down time and speed, giving you a chance to dodge—and you take it, bending backward until your body is practically parallel to the ground, and you watch the projectiles…
If life is a marathon and not a sprint, The Bros. Chaps and The Homestar Runner have truly surpassed us all. Often imitated and never replicated, I want to say that homestarrunner.com has aged like a fine wine, but that would imply it ever had a…
Massive Work Studio’s sci-fi horror action RPG Dolmen has returned to Kickstarter with a brand new campaign after its previous attempt this past May failed to meet its goal. Using the Soulsborne RPG genre mold, Dolmen is a combination of Lovecraftian cosmic horror and futuristic…
Seasons of Heaven was an unknown indie title, one that managed to end up with a trailer as part of the initial Switch reveal. A game coming from a small studio that had never published anything before, and it was debuting in the opening push for one…
Developed by White Rabbit and produced by Adult Swim Games, Death’s Gambit is one undead’s journey across a war-ravaged land as Death’s soldier of retribution. As a hack-and-slash 2D platformer, with traditional RPG elements, Death’s Gambit isn’t shy about it’s main selling point. As another addition to…
Dead Cells is a fantastic roguelite metroidvania that exited Early Access this week with its 1.0 update. There’s a lot to know for new and returning players, so see this as a sort of beginners guide for the Dead Cells 1.0 update. Keep in mind…
I’m not generally a huge fan of visual novels. I’ve picked up popular titles like Dream Daddy and Doki Doki Literature Club over the past year, but only ended up spending a few hours with each of them. Since the character designs for Seventh Circle looked promising, I gave their demo a…
It’s safe to say that the new Kickstarter game Iron Harvest qualifies as an overnight success. The steam punk real time strategy title is off to an incredibly successful start. It has already become one of the best performing Kickstarter campaigns in recent memory, surpassing…
What do Fez II, The Dead Linger, and Yogventures all have in common? They are all canceled games that will never see a release date. Not fully anyway. Indie video game developers have a lot of freedom in how they do things, that’s what happens…
As February winds down, so too does our Game of the Month coverage for My Time at Portia. For an early access release, this little crowdfunded gem has kept most of us enraptured over the past few weeks. The perfect mix of cheerful life sim…