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The Mash Bundle from Indie Royale is live
The Mash Bundle from Indie Royale bringing 5 games of different genres which together are valued at over $70, is now live. Leading The Mash Bundle are the 5 episodes of comedy adventure gaming series Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People from California’s...
Nordic Games announces Deadfall Adventures
Nordic Games and The Farm 51 have today announced Deadfall Adventures, a new action adventure pwered by the Unreal Engine 3, which seamlessly combines the first person shooter experience with puzzle-solving and exploration set in the year 1938. The game's protagonist...
Spiders Studio and Focus Home Interactive unveil Bound by Flame
While part of Spiders Studio's team puts the finishing touches on Mars War Logs, releasing soon on digital distribution platforms,they along with publisher Focus Home Interactive have today unveiled that they are developing their biggest project to date titled Bound...
The Bridge Review
The Bridge was created by Ty Taylor and Mario Castañeda. It was started as a project requirement for Ty Taylor's Master of Science degree in Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University, and shortly after the game was started, Mario Castañeda took the role as...
Thomas Was Alone coming to PS3, PSVita this Spring
Following strong sales on Steam indie developer Mike Bithell announced the release of Thomas Was Alone on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in spring 2013, in a deal that sees Bossa Studios partnering with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Curve Studios....
Remember Me release date announced
Remember Me, the futuristic action-adventure from developer Dontnod, a company that consists of former Splinter Cell, Rinbow Six and Heavy Rain developers, will launch on June 4 and 7 in North America and Europe, respectively, on the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, publisher...
Uncharted 3 multiplayer goes free-to-play
Naughty Dog today announced that Uncharted 3 multiplayer is now available to play free. Gamers can play competitive multiplayer until level 15 for free, but after that must pay to raise the cap to 25 or remove the level cap altogether. In addition, none of the map...
Brutal Legend PC version released
Double Fine Productions today announced that the PC version of Brütal Legend, a rock-adventure previously released for Xbox 360 and PS3 back in 2009, is available now via Steam. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, Brutal Legend is an...
Fifth set of Greenlight titles revealed
Valve today revealed the fifth set of games to advance through Steam Greenlight and be offered worldwide distribution via the popular platform for games and software. Over 70 titles have advanced through Steam Greenlight and been offered Steam distribution agreements...
Grundislav Games announces A Golden Wake
Grundislav Games, the Florida-based indie studio behind the excellent freeware Ben Jordan series has just announced their first commercial effort, an old school point and click adventure game titled A Golden Wake. A Golden Wake takes place in the backdrop of the...
Proteus Review
According to Wikipedia Proteus comes the adjective protean, which has the general meaning of "versatile", "mutable", "capable of assuming many forms". This is the name, the development duo of Ed Key, a coder in the games industry for 9 years and David Kanaga, a...
Indie RPG adventure Driftmoon released
Instant Kingdom the husband and wife team of Ville and Anne Mönkkönen, have just announced that Driftmoon, a charming quirky adventure role-playing game that has been in development for over seven years is now available through the developer's website,...
Free-to-play The Banner Saga: Factions now on Steam
The Banner Saga: Factions, a standalone multiplayer free-to-play turn-based strategy game that serves as an intro to Stoic's story-driven single-player RPG, The Banner Saga due for release sometime in 2013, is out now on Steam. “Some people have had questions about...
Simogo launches Year Walk for iOS
Beat Sneak Bandit and Bumpy Road developer Simogo has launched its supernatural first-person adventure game Year Walk for iOS devices worldwide. The developer has also released a free companion app that catalogs the creatures and superstitious beliefs featured in the...
Antichamber Review
Antichamber is a game like no other. Looking at its screenshots it may remind you of Portal, but the truth is that this game shares little with Valve's acclaimed title. Alexander Bruce's game is a puzzle game based on non Euclidean geometry. Those not familiar with...
FlatOut creators announce a new demolition derby racing game
Bugbear Entertainment, the award-winning indie developer based in Helsinki, Finland, best known for the critically acclaimed, multi-million selling “FlatOut” series (FlatOut, FlatOut 2, FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage) and most recently for Ridge Racer Unbounded have today...
Team Meat’s Mew-Genics officially revealed
Following months of teasers, snippets, tunes and trailers, Team Meat have finally unveiled Mew-Genics, a cross between The Sims and Pokemon with a sprinkling of Animal Crossing and a dash of Tamagotchi "but at its core the game really isn't like anything we've seen...
Kentucky Route Zero now on Steam
Kentucky Route Zero, Cardboard Computers’ adventure game that leads 2013 IGF awards with four nominations, including nods for Excellence in Visual Art, Excellence in Narrative (a first-ever category), Excellence in Audio, and the Seumas McNally grand prize, is now...
Skulls of the Shogun Review
When navigating in the digital selves of the XBLA we rarely notice a strategy title worth of our attention. Indie devs 17Bit wanted to change that working for more than 3 years in developing Skulls of the Shogun, a mix of sorcery and strategy where players meet and...
Legend of Grimrock 2 announced
Almost Human has revealed that their next project isn't a DLC for Legend of Grimrock, as it was speculated until now, but Legend of Grimrock 2. “First, we’d really like to get back to posting regular development updates. More specifically, we’d like to be able to talk...
Irrational Games announces BioShock Infinite Season Pas
2K Games and Irrational Games today announced that three all-new add-on packs are in development that will provide new stories, characters, abilities and weapons, for their forthcoming BioShock Infinite and revealed details of the BioShock Infinite Season Pass. Those...
Arma 3 to be Steam exclusive
Ahead of their release plans announcement, Bohemia Interactive has revealed that Valve’s Steam will be required to play Arma 3 the latest installment of the tactical military simulation game.“As an independent developer, we’re constantly evaluating the way we develop,...
March of the Eagles demo now available
Paradox Development Studio have announced that a demo for March of the Eagles, a game that lets you command any European country in the year 1805 and steer it through the turbulent period of the Napoleonic war Paradox’s newest wargame, is now available on Steam. The...
Wadjet Eye Games announces Blackwell Epiphany
Wadjet Eye Games the indie studio that has brought us Resonance and Primordia have officially unveiled the fifth entry in the acclaimed Blackwell graphic adventure game series, titled Blackwell Epiphany. The game will once more follow the young New York-based writer...