Several months ago a game called Aground came out on sites like Armor Games, Kongregate and Newgrounds. While there are many games with similar mechanics, there’s something about Aground that catches your eye. Possibly the graphic style and how addictive it is. In Aground we…
Red Hook’s premier title is making its way to the Switch, luring in a fresh flock of first-time players in the process. With about a dozen patches and two DLC factored in over the past year, the Darkest Dungeon experience of 2018 is altogether a different beast than it…
“It won’t make sense, but you’ll get it.” This was my introduction to Wattam. From creator Keita Takahashi, who brought the world Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, Wattam is a game about friendship and explosions. After playing the demo at PAX South I can…
Get ready to experience a weird autumn on the go: Night in the Woods has a switch port scheduled for release next month. Revealed on January 16 through a listing on the Nintendo eShop, the port has since received a new trailer. The version will…
Publisher 1C Company had the strategy genre on lock last weekend at PAX South. Between the squad-based Ancestors Legacy and turn-based strategy RPG Deep Sky Derelicts the publisher also unveiled a new cyberpunk RTS called Re-Legion from Ice Code Games. The game takes place in the…
You have to admire when a developer looks at their game and says “We’re not ready yet. We need a bit more time.” Especially since the trend seems to be “Eh, we’ll patch it” in the best case scenario. This is what has happened with…
As a student, some of my favourite games included using ketchup instead of pasta sauce, writing essays based on Wikipedia entries, and losing my will to live on a daily basis. I thought I was pretty big deal for getting out with a degree, but…
After finding success in the board game market, developer North Star Games is about to launch their first digital title. Based on their successful board game by the same name, Evolution the Video Game is all about strategy and adaptation. This is something North Star…
Halfway through university, I took a temp job as a catering assistant, and ended up working a wedding. I’d temped as both a waiter and kitchen assistant before, and have since. It’s mostly…forgettable. You sometimes get to try food you wouldn’t be able to afford…
Tanks of Freedom is a turn-based action RPG similar to Advance Wars, which is a sub-genre that’s been blowing up lately with Tiny Metal late last year, and Wargroove and Into the Breach coming later this year. Developer P1X hopes Tanks of Freedom joins that…
Have fun with Octodad and Surgeon Simulator but wish the stakes were a bit higher, like the fate of the multiverse hanging in the balance? You might want to consider a career with Godly Corp, an upcoming over-the-top simulator with a focus on its self-described “woobly tentacle physics”. From humble…
This past year was a phenomenal one for artistic video games, so its no surprise there are such strong contenders for the Independent Gaming Festival’s Excellence in Visual Art award. From rubber hose cartoon animation to decadent alien temples, serene autumnal town streets to fractured…
Remember: the music is but a vehicle – you are the driver. Add your energy. Listen. Practice. Refine. Trust yourself. Trust your skills. Godspeed, young dance warrior. Spread the funk. Rhythm games have a history of wacky or outlandish premises, largely due to their fun…
Raphael van Lierop, Director for Hinterland Games, recently discussed his team’s decision to leave /r/thelongdark back in May of 2017, expressing the need for developers to stand up to abuse from community members. A Bit of Background In the Spring of 2017, The Long Dark…
They say necessity is the mother of invention, but usually this means creating solutions for new problems. With retro gaming undergoing a massive revival more indie developers are looking back on old problems with a new perspective. Not content with merely mimicking the 8-Bit aesthetic…
Whether you’ve been following Tolga Ay’s Remnants of Naezith from its first appearance in 2016 or this is your first time hearing about it, you’ll want to check out the release trailer that went up recently on the game’s official Youtube channel. In just one-and-a-half short minutes,…