Fullbright may not have invented the walking simulator with Gone Home, but they perfected it. Released in 2013, Gone Home set the standard for a genre with its engrossing narrative and laid back gameplay. The gameplay was so laid back that people dubbed the game…
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Blasphemous hit Kickstarter just a few weeks ago, and already it’s crushed its goal. The upcoming action-platformer takes inspiration from Dark Souls and Castlevania, and looks to be a bloody, disturbing trip. It also has some incredible looking pixel art to say the least. The…
There’s a common sentiment that the Xbox One is at a loss for games. Whether that’s true or not, at the very least, they’re losing this generation when it comes to indie gaming. The company that once brought us Limbo, Castle Crashers, and Braid is…
Indie Megabooth isn’t the only company bringing a suite of indie games lacking publisher support to E3. IndieCade, much like Indie Megabooth, is a group of everyday gamers and developers banding together to present unknown indie games to the world. They travel the world with…
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is progressing nicely. It’s not playing hide and seek like its Japanese cousin, Shenmue 3, and it’s no MIA like Echoes of Eternea. At last year’s E3, lead developer Koji Igarashi revealed not only gameplay, but also a backer exclusive…
Pride of Indiegogo and altogether great looking game Indivisible will be at E3 2017, as confirmed by publisher 505 Games. What we don’t know is how big a presence it’ll have at the show. Developer Lab Zero has kept their game largely under wraps since…
E3 used to be a show dedicated to the big boys and girls of the AAA industry. In recent years, there’s been a shift in the status quo. It’s still firmly about the AAA industry, but each company is in a mini-arms race to see…
Developer Supergiant Games isn’t shy about bucking trends and mixing things up when it comes to their projects. Their first two action RPG’s Bastion and Transistor both demonstrated the team’s commitment to rich atmospheric presentation and storytelling. So when they announced that their third game…
On January 16, 2017, White Lotus Games launched a Kickstarter campaign for Sundered. Six months later, their follow-up to Jotun would hit the grand stage of E3 2017. It’s one thing for a game to be announced at E3, like Shenmue 3, but for one…
In December of 2016, Photoplay Games launched a Kickstarter campaign for their classic RPG puzzle adventure, Back From Hell. When we initially covered the campaign, Josh was a little put off by the project’s unique character digitization. This time around the funding goal has decreased,…
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…
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…
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