YIIK: A Postmodern RPG might be the most interesting game nobody knows about. For the uninitiated, here’s a rundown that should get your mouth watering. YIIK is a surrealist RPG heavily inspired by the Mother series. It’s set in a 1999 rural American town, plagued…
Steam is pretty much the number one platform for digital downloads. While there are other popular sites, like GoG or Humble, Steam is the gold standard when it comes to getting games. That said, Valve’s policies haven’t been entirely without their faults. Four years ago, Valve…
When it comes to horror, few names are as well known as Howard Phillips Lovecraft. His macabre stories of the unknown have captured the attention of many fans of the genre, as well as writers. However, his works don’t always work well with the interactive…
More and more video games are coming into their own as a storytelling medium. Indie games especially have made incredible strides towards exploring the possibilities of narrative-driven experiences. Dim Bulb Games is looking to push the envelope even further with their collaboratively written, narrative game,…
It’s always unlikely an indie game is going to steal the show at E3, but you never know when it could happen. At E3 2015, IGN nominated Abzu, Ad1ft, and Cuphead as their Game of the Show that year. In 2016, Night in the Woods…
The Last Tinker: City of Colors is a notable game for one reason. Not because it’s a wonderful gem everybody most play, but because it’s an absolute train wreck of a disaster. This isn’t your typical bad game though. Most games are bad because of…
In 2013, Coffee Yao set out to craft a horror title derived from East Asian elements rarely utilized in games. His 2D atmospheric side-scroller, Detention incorporated a mixture of Taoism and Buddhist beliefs set against traditional Chinese culture. The game was selected for the E3…
The crowdfunding campaign for Phoenix Point may have been running for nearly six weeks, but developer Snapshot Games have waited until the final 48 hours to unveil an eight-minute gameplay video. The turn-based strategy game from original XCOM creator Julian Gollop has long since passed…
Hide and seek can sometimes be fun, like when you’re babysitting your niece and tell them to hide so you can get your work done. It’s not so fun when a game that you plonked your hard-earned money down for insists on playing, though. Shenmue…
Chancler Harrison recalls his time working on Echoes of Eternea vividly. “My work involved 100’s of hours with the promise of getting paid once the project was released,” he wrote in a March 2016 Imgur post. “Stupid, I know,” Harrison later told me over email….
In Hypernova, you play as the Scynthians, an alien race that is fleeing its crumbling home planet in search of a new spot in the galaxy to call home. But as you already know, there are no roads or bridges connecting various planets beyond the…
Last week, we covered the backer backlash of the latest Obduction controversy. This time it was in regards to the physical “special edition box” that Cyan promised back during the Kickstarter. Finally, several days after publishing that piece they responded with a backer-only update. Needless…
After being Kickstarted back in 2015, developer Nathanael Weiss is nearly ready to release his procedurally generated, Zelda-like action-adventure RPG, Songbringer. Funded for $15,063, the game was selected as one of the 12 participants in the Indie Mega Booth for E3 2017. Here’s what you…
Known for teaming up with Sony to bring us Life is Strange, Dontnod Entertainment is planning to give E3 2017 attendees a bite of their newest title. They officially announced Vampyr in January of 2015. The developers have said to expect the game’s release later this…
A few weeks ago, Indie Megaboth, a conglomeration of indie game developers who come together to present their games at large expos, announced they were holding a public event at E3 2017. This year’s E3 is notable in that it’s the first ever open to…
Despite a disappointing Kickstarter campaign for Dragon Bros back in November 2016, Space Lizard Studios have now achieved success as the run & gun shooter was released on both PC and Xbox One on 31st May 2017. But as with many indie titles the next…