As Halloween approaches, people may seek out different flavors of fictional horror, including video games. Accounting+ can provide a spooky time; played out in a VR game that successfully and unnervingly immerses you into frenetic reality-jumping. It’s a game that reflects well on the intentions…
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New York-based independent studio, snowhydra games has launched its frenetic arcade shooter Zarvot on the Nintendo Switch eShop today for $19.99 / €19.99 / £19.99. Zarvot is a game for cubes. Tiny, adorable cubes with hopes, dreams, unrequited loves… and unlimited destructive power. Featuring ultra…
At this years EGX, we sat down to talk to Andy Griffiths from Freejam Games, currently working on CardLife. The game has just launched on Steam. In the lead up to this we’ve discussed their community focused approach to developing games. CardLife is a creativity driven title that is aiming to evolve…
Looking at the art, lush and beautiful and like an intricate children’s book, I sat down with My Brother Rabbit for what I thought would be a relaxing but contemplative, even somber game based on little bits of a tragic story in the opening. It…
Barmy dinosaur theme park sim Parkasaurus recently came out on Steam Early Access. Created by two-friend team Washbear Studio, Parkasaurus has you run a candy-colored dinosaur zoo. Think Jurassic Park, but more fun and way more psychedelic. Parkasaurus starts out with a bare plot of land,…
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…
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…
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….
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…
Florence is entirely predicated on intimacy as a social bond. It is a mobile game for the mobile addict, transforming the isolated technological confines of a phone into a conduit for a compassionate tale of longing — even suggesting headphones for the best experience, to…
Dariusz G. Jagielski continues to work toward playfully adding to the vast number of simulator games out there with his first project, Computer Virus Simulator. Hopefully offering a different gameplay experience in the process—one where you can play as a computer virus, in something of a twist…
EGX 2018, Britain’s biggest gaming event, is around a month away now. While big titles will dominate most of the show floor, there are many upcoming indie titles that will be playable. Often without the huge lines. Here are some you shouldn’t miss over the…
Into the Breach, aka Kaiju Chess, aka the unexpected reboot of The NeverEnding Story, excels across the (64 tile) board. It’s gameplay and minimalist lore file neatly into a challenging and rewarding loop accessible for players of myriad dispositions. I struggle to outline the cascading…
What does the history of the kaiju genre (kaiju translates to “strange beast”), from Godzilla to Attack on Titan, and Pacific Rim, tell us about the deeper implications of Subset Game’s newest title, Into the Breach? Quite a bit actually, but to get there, we’ll need…
How far would you go to save your family? What sacrifices would you make, what reasons would you convince yourself of? Developed by GameChanger Studio, My Lovely Daughter takes a stark look at the depths of insanity driven by love. Managing the Macabre My Lovely Daughter strikes…
In Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, stories live everywhere people do. They are clustered in towns, tucked into nooks in mountain ranges, and spread out across the whole of the continental United States. Some of the stories that these characters tell you will feel…