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Teku Studios announces Candle
Teku Studios, an indie studio located in Teruel, Spain, have officially unveiled atheir debut game titled Candle and launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds needed for its development. Its creators describe Candle as a “dynamic graphic adventure”, since its...
Daedalic Entertainment publishes apocalyptic 3D adventure game Journey of a Roach
Daedalic Entertainment and Koboldgames are working on a new 3D adventure game called Journey of a Roach, which is a classic point & click adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world and is about a cockroach called Jim and his sidekick Bud who are out and about to...
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 announced
1C Company revealed today that it's working on the development of Men of War: Assault Squad 2, which will release exclusively for the PC in Q4 2013. Men of War: Assault Squad 2 features new single player style skirmish modes that take players from tank combat to...
Sandman author Neil Gaiman announces Wayward Manor
The acclaimed British author Neil Gaiman, best known for American Gods and the Sandman comics, has announced his first videogame, Wayward Manor, an adventure-puzzle where you play a ghost who wants to rid his house of all of the living intruders. According to Gaiman...
Divekick lands on Steam onAugust 20
The recently Greenlight-approved PC version of the indie parody fighting game Divekick will launch alongside its PSN version on August 20, developer Iron Galaxy Studios announced via Twitter. Both versions of the game will cost $10. If you're unfamiliar, Divekick in...
Rayman Legends making its way to PC
Today, Ubisoft announced that its forthcoming title Rayman Legends, already announced for the Nintendo Wii U, theXbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation VITA, will also be available on PC. All versions will hit shelves on August 30th 2013. Rayman Legends has been...
14 new indie games approved by Steam Greenlight
The next wave of games that were given the green light by the Steam community has just been revealed. Some of the highlights include Among the Sleep, the toddler survival horror game, Operation Black Mesa, a remake of the popular Gearbox expansion to Half-Life,...
Outlast release date announced
Red Barrels has just announced that its Unreal Engine 3-powered title, Outlast, will be coming to Valve’s distribution service, Steam, on September 4th priced at $19.99. Outlast received great accolades and awards this past E3, even earning the honor of "Most Likely...
Stardock to develop a new Star Control game
Stardock has send over a press release announcing that it has secured the rights to the classic PC franchise Star Control with the intent to develop a new Star Control game. Development on the new game will begin this year with a release date to be determined at a...
Quarantine Studio unveils NoseBound
NoseBound, an adventure graphic game that proposes an entangling detective story is expected to launch soon according to Buenos Aires based Quarantine Studio. NoseBound combines entertaining puzzles with dramatic scenes of action, and sinks the player in a charmed,...
Messhof’s Nidhogg coming later this year
Nidhogg, the game described as “a 2 player fencing game with football & platforming elements” that has won the Nuovo Award at 2011 IGF, will launch on the PC (most likely via Steam) later this year, according to developer Messhof. The long-in-development will...
Mercenary Kings now available via Steam Early Access
Tribute Games, the makers of Wizorb and the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World game, announced today that their 2D indie action title, Mercenary Kings, is now available for download via Steam’s Early Access. In Mercenary Kings you are part of the Mercenary Kings, the most...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game coming this October
A new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is coming in October, Activision announced via press release. The game is based on the Nickelodeon animated series, and is described as a "side-scrolling action-brawler" with "loads of combat and animated scenes." True to...
Halfbrick announces Colossatron: Massive World Threat
Halfbrick, the creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, have today announced Colossatron: Massive World Threat a fast, fun and non-stop action combined with the signature Halfbrick style. Colossatron: Massive World Threat is the story of the biggest and most...
Legends of Aethereus now available for pre-order on Green Man Gaming
ThreeGates, an independent game development studio focused on Action Role-Playing Games, and online games retailer Green Man Gaming, today announced that Legends of Aethereus is now available for pre-order, exclusively via Green Man Gaming for $24.99. "Months ago we...
Capcom announces Strider
Capcom today confirmed that the ultimate ninja, Strider Hiryu, will return in Strider, a brand new title in development for Xbox One Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation3 and PC. Remaining true to its roots, Strider features the same franchise hallmarks of fluid,...
Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut heads to Steam Greenlight
The Director's Cut edition for Deadly Premonition is no longer a PlayStation 3 exclusive as publisher Rising Star Games has announced they are bringing it to PC via Steam with "additional content" as long as it gets enough votes on Steam Greenlight. "Steam's...
Sir, You are Being Hunted Alpha opens to all Kickstarter backers in August
Kickstarter backers and those who've pre-ordered Sir, You are Being Hunted can all enjoy alpha access August 19th, Big Robot has announced. So far only those who pledged £30 or more have been participating in the closed beta for the indie title. Sir, You Are Being...
Sven Co-op heading to Steam as stand-alone game
Sven Co-op, the Half-Life co-op mod that’s been in development for nearly fifteen years, is now heading to Steam as a stand-alone game. “After nearly fifteen years in development as a mod for Half-Life, and with our final mod release out of the way, the Sven Co-op...
Flashback is back on August 21st
Ubisoft announced that Flashback, remake of the iconic 1992 title, will be released on August 21st as part of the XBLA Summer of Arcade, for 800 Microsoft Points. It will also release on Playstation Network and Digital PC this autumn. The original Core-Team revamped...
Rekoil coming to PC, Xbox 360 later this year
505 Games today announced a new partnership with indie game developer Plastic Piranha to bring their mod-focused shooter Rekoil to Windows PC and the Xbox 360 later this year . Rekoil is a multiplayer FPS set in a world devastated by an unrelenting pandemic with a...
Twisted Metal And Interstate ‘76 Devs unveil MotorGun, launch Kickstarter
David Jaffe, the man who created the popular PlayStation franchise Twisted Metal, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for MotorGun, a vehicular combat game for PC and Mac. He'll be teaming up with Zack Norman, the creator of another cult car combat game, Interstate...
Gods Will Be Watching gets Indiegogo crowdfunding
Indie developer Deconstructeam have announced that their "minimalist" adventure game Gods Will Be Watching, a game that took the second place in the Ludum Dare 26 Jam event, will be expanded into a larger game through IndieGogo crowdfunding. In Gods Will Be Watching...
Sierra On-line legend Kickstarts Precinct, a new police adventure game
Jim Walls Reloaded, Inc., the new independent game company headed by Sierra veterans Jim Walls and Robert Lindsley, today announced a new police adventure game, Precinct. As a spiritual successor to the wildly popular Police Quest series, Precinct aims to bring back...