by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 7, 2019 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Stardew Valley may have thrust the farm/town simulation genre into the spotlight, but it is now going to have to share that glory with My Time At Portia. My Time At Portia is more than just a farming simulator, but it takes a lot of pointers from Stardew Valley. The...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 7, 2019 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
We had the chance to play Astroneer last year at PAX and were blown away by the fun of it. While still in early access, it had loads of content, complex planets, life, building, and interactivity. It was the kind of game that you wait eagerly to go live to see what...
by Steven Lunn | Feb 5, 2019 | Indie, News Section, Videogames
The first thing that stands out about Wargroove is that it looks outstanding. Set in the vein of turn-based strategy games like Advanced War for the Game Boy, Wargroove looks to bring back the charm of anime-styled action but with smooth animation, fluid attacks, and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 29, 2019 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
While gamers pretty unanimously dislike cash grabs through things like Loot Boxes, we have all come to accept DLCs and other in-game purchases. However, for some companies, especially smaller studios, it can be difficult to integrate an intuitive system for players to...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 29, 2019 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
For those that haven’t heard of it, Evoland is an indie game that started with a simple, amazing idea. The first game was based around creating gameplay that followed the evolution of gaming. Players are dropped into a world of crude, rough graphics and simple...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 25, 2019 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Every other game type has seen a retro resurgence, and now it is time for the FPS genre to get theirs. Ion Maiden joins another retro shooter, Dusk, on Steam, enjoying rave reviews and adoring fans.Unlike Dusk, however, Ion Maiden is still in Early Access. Part of the...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 24, 2019 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilamech is an indie RPG that brings three central ideas together – the setting of steampunk, the gameplay of an RPG, and the mechanics of card games.Players will control a party of heroes at home in any traditional RPG. The only caveat is...
by Steven Lunn | Jan 21, 2019 | Indie, News, News Section
Star Control: Origins has returned to Steam. Earlier this month, the game was removed from Steam following legal troubles between the developer – Stardock – and the creators of the original games Star Control and Star Control 2. The creators, Fred Ford and Paul Reiche...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 17, 2019 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Most games don’t explore too far after the end of the game. The world is saved, the evil is defeated, sometimes the romance blossoms into a happy ending. Littlewood goes a step further.Littlewood starts with the evil wizard already defeated. The world has been saved,...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 15, 2019 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
DUSK is not exactly Doom. In place of smooth edges and perfectly rendered guts and gore, DUSK has pixelated monsters and weapon effects from 1994. But that is part of the appeal. DUSK holds an overwhelmingly positive score on Steam, and in just one month has sold...
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