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Vancouver-based game makers Extremely OK Games, who has charmed us with its 2D platformer Celeste, has unveiled its next game: Earthblade. Here's the logo. Or at least, a vibe of it. Earthblade is described as a "2D explor-action game in a seamless pixel art world". The game's OST will be from Lena Raine, who composed for Celeste. Here's a q...
Not content with Outriders, Xbox has snagged PC hit indie RPG game Undertale for its Xbox Game Pass program. Now you can play the game on your Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on 17th March. For those who don't know, Undertale is a one-man RPG project from Toby Fox, who clearly was inspired by RPG Earthbound and Moon: Remix RPG Adventure when develo...
Indie game fans have a ton to look forward to this year and the next, as the past weekend's Game Dev Direct livestream announced a huge number of titles. This event also showcases a number of games from Japan indie group Bitsummit. Here are our top picks: Godstrike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6DIg40IHaQ A bullet hell twin-stick shooter...
Generals don’t control individual units on the battlefield. They command an entire battlefield with a single command. This idea of a macro RTS has been attempted before with mixed results. Line War from Swedish indie outfit, Studio Centurion is the latest of the big picture RTS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkncEPb5mf4 Line War tout...
One of 2020's best games that depict death and dying in the brightest and calming way possible is getting a bunch of free updates. Developer Thunder Lotus Games will be updating Spiritfarer on Spring, Summer, and Fall according to a roadmap it published. We'll be getting more story content for our protagonist Stella, a bunch of quality of life i...
Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, PC Genre: Action-Adventure RPG Hack And Slash Oh, look, it's another rogue-like action-adventure hack and slash dungeon crawler. We've had Greek mythology with Supergiant Games' Hades and we've had Slavic culture with Breadcrumbs Interactive's Yaga, but now UK-based developer Clever...
Developer Dontnod just got the extra funding they needed to create their future dream adventure projects. Or at least, a new IP from their paymasters. Turns out Tencent has purchased a minority stake in the Life is Strange/Tell Me Why/Remember Me developer, all to create a new IP. How much does this cost Tencent? About US$36 million, which may b...
Games publisher and social gaming community app Storms has announced its inaugural hyper-casual game competition, offering indie mobile game studios and developers from around the world the chance to win a total prize pool of SG$360,000 (roughly US$270,000) and publishing contracts. The ‘Storm the World 2021’ Competition is now ...
Platforms: Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC Genre: Relaxing management simulation on boat, but... No one lives forever. Unfortunately, that is a fact about life. So we have to make do with what we have and build our legacy as best we can. Or just live carefree; it's really up to a person, anyway. Spiritfarer is an indie game about dying and how to ...
Platform: PC Genre: Adventure game with photography ala Pokemon Snap Ever wonder what it's like to be a photojournalist, taking pictures of seemingly-innocuous events and then thrust into a unique situation? Being an important bystander to chronicle life events for a generation? That's Umuragi Generation's main gameplay in a nutshell: taking aw...
If you'd rather wait for to grab a PS5, Xbox Series X, or a more powerful PC before getting Cyberpunk 2077, the Be A Cyberpunk bundle on Itch.io provides not one or two, but a whopping 29 different Cyberpunk-themed games, music and zines for you to sink your teeth into. From 10 December to 24 December 2020, you can get the following for onl...
Platform: PS4, Android, iOSGenre: Narrative Adventure, Indie I played a bit of Malaysian indie developer DreamTree Studio's DeLight: The Journey Home at Level Up KL 2019. It turned out to be one of the event's highlights for me, leaving with a memorable experience, and I was excited to see more of the game. Fast-forward a turb...
If you miss insanely addictive rhythm games with both a casual and hardcore appeal like the Rhythm Heaven series, you may want to pay attention to this upcoming Malaysian-made title from developer 7th Beat Games. Rhythm Doctor, a PC music game that's basically an indie love letter to Nintendo's melodic nonsense, will be out for PC on February 20...
Platforms: Xbox Series X | S, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Genre: Survival Exploration Chillax Love Story, With Some RPG Combat Thrown In I feel Haven's survival RPG moniker is an exaggeration. True, your main characters Kay and Yu can level up their stats, and there's a nifty partner combat system that runs in real-time. But it's pretty simpl...
If you ever wondered who would win in a fight between Octodad and the Downwell guy, the folks at McLeodGaming has got you covered. The team will be making a Super Smash Bros.-like 2D fighting game called Fraymakers. Billed as an infinitely replayable indie platform fighter, the upcoming Kickstarter-funded game will feature beautiful hand-animate...
Platforms: PC, PS5, iOS Genre: Indie action-adventure from the folks behind Abzu For all of its expansive maps and lush visuals, action-adventure game The Pathless is really short. Clocking in at about 5 hours or less, you can play through the main story where you're a lone archer trying to rid the giant forest island of the Godslayer's red mia...
Platform: PC Genre: Adventure game What Comes After, the indie game from fahmitsu and Rolling Glory Jam about mortality & the afterlife, reminds me of that Midnight Meat Train movie and short story from Clive Barker. Except less grisly and more thought-provoking. And more cute than horrifying. And a lot more hopeful at the end of the pr...
Cellar Vault Games is an indie game developer team based in Malaysia, and they have unveiled their latest game; Short Creepy Tales: 7PM. It's a horror adventure visual novel game, and it looks creepy as heck, especially considering that it revolves around the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival. The description for the game on Steam reads: Follow the...
Just a month ago, The Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition gave us over 40 game demos to sample. While that event is now over, we'll soon get the chance to try out dozens of other game demos again when The Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition arrives this June. The Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition will run from 9 June to 14 June 2020; the former ...
I remember being incredibly disappointed by Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's multiplayer reveal, thinking that it was essentially a Black Ops 3 reskin. Boundary, with its zero-g FPS combat, looks like the better Call-of-Duty-in-space multiplayer experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjBG5TmMgJI I can't say that for sure until I've tried it ...
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