As a kid growing up in the 80’s it was almost inevitable that arcades would be a major part of my childhood. What I didn’t realize up until recently was the impact one man, Brian Colin, would have on it. When I think back to…
In case you missed it during its 8 year run, City of Heroes was one of the first superhero MMO’s. While it was derided by many as the grindiest in a genre known for grinding, there were plenty of people who loved it. It had…
Zelda and Dark Souls, they don’t seems like two games you would combine. One is a wistful and epic cartoon tale of high adventure, while the other is a maddingly difficult exercise is rage containment. But that’s exactly what the gang at Ascension Games are…
After an initial Kickstarter campaign that fell short, VisionArts went back to the drawing board and we have ourselves a new Middle Of Nowhere Kickstarter campaign. First some info on the game. Middle Of Nowhere is an old-school Resident Evil / Silent Hill inspired survival…
Not to be confused with the intriguing Project Spark, Wicked Loot’s upcoming Spark Rising already has a lot going for it. To start with it has an experienced team of developers with a long list of credits to their name, so they know how to…
No it’s not a hipster band name; Knite & The Ghost Lights is a beautiful looking game from Mobot Studios. This side scrolling action adventure set in the magical world of Mistland is compared by the developers to Metroid and Castlevania, but in saying that…
If you grew up gaming in the late 80’s and early 90’s you’ve undoubtedly heard of James Pond. Maybe it was the great gameplay, the cute graphics, or just the pun riddled nature of the games. Provided everything goes according to plan you’ll be able…
Alan Noon of Black Black Beast has officially cancelled the Kickstarter campaign for his retro inspired ground level Breakout clone Castle Breakers. Originally launched on September 23rd, the campaign started out well enough, raking in $730 the first day against a $35,000 target. While that’s…
There isn’t much to say, it’s Star Citizen. You could easily write several thousand words about the information we have Chris Roberts’ space shooter. You could even spend several hours watching informational videos, interviews, analysis, and teasers. Of, you could just spend the next 108…
Who doesn’t love Earthbound? Even if you’ve never played it, as a gamer you have a certain obligation to at least play along with the love affair people seem to have with it. In that tradition, we have a new Kickstarter campaign for Citizens of…
There’s a couple interesting crowd funding postmortems over on Gamasutra. The first is for DwarfCorp from Completely Fair Games, while the other is for Gods Will Be Watching. The DwarfCorp postmortem is the lengthier of the two but it goes into a lot of detail,…
If you’ve ever ridden in a taxi in San Francisco you know just how horrifying it can be. Not only do you have the traffic, pedestrians, and sketchy roads of any other major metropolis, you’ve got the hills. Follow a driver around for a day…
Not every space combat game is called Star Citizen. Hard to believe? Check out GoD Factory : Wingmen from Nine Dots. Tentatively scheduled for a March 2014 release, this space shooter / MOBA hybrid has been getting a good amount of press and positive buzz. …
Imagination Is The Only Escape is an adventure game that takes place during the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup. The game’s protagonist, Samuel, manages to flee the oncoming Jewish internment by the Nazis, only to see his mother murdered at their hands. From there the game turns into…
Ilya Shevchenko posted a lengthy update to the DCS WWII : Europe 1944 Kickstarter board recently. Although the team have surpassed their $100,000 target by about $5,000 with 11 days to go, Ilya lamented the mistakes they’ve make along the way. It seems that part…
Loreful sent out a sad update regarding their upcoming Sime-Gen universe RPG, Ambrov X; stating that they were cancelling their Kickstarter campaign. Originally scheduled to run until October 5th, the team only managed to earn $68,737 from backers against a goal of $500,000. Here’s a…
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