Tag: indie

It’s been a grim year, hasn’t it? 2024’s best games are all about disgust, decay, and existential dread

It’s been a grim…

2024 was a big year for folk with a never-ending affinity towards all things survival-horror, largely due to the…
Revenge of the Savage Planet is a deeply funny open world metroidvania that oozes charisma..

Revenge of the Savage…

I don’t know about you, but I find that so many games that try to be funny fall short.…
Lost Soul Aside launches in 2025, nine years after Devil May Cry and Final Fantasy 15 inspired action game’s reveal

Lost Soul Aside launches…

Lost Soul Aside is set to launch in 2025, nine years after its solo developer first revealed the Devil…
Remember Exodus? Here’s its first gameplay, featuring a not quite Commander Shepard sci-fi slapping up a space bear

Remember Exodus? Here’s its…

You might well have forgotten about Exodus in the year since it was first revealed at The Game Awards…
Beneath A Steel Sky at 30: how Terry Gilliam’s Brazil and a week in Wales sowed the seeds of this classic adventure game

Beneath A Steel Sky…

Founded in 1989, Yorkshire-based Revolution Software hit the ground running with Lure of the Temptress, an advanced 3D point-and-click…
Unpacking developer calls out Nintendo after reporting “cheap fakes” on its eShop

Unpacking developer calls out…

The creative director of indie hit Unpacking, Wren Brier, has called out Nintendo due to the prominence of copycat…
Balatro Dev jokes about adding loot boxes to lower 18 age rating, highlighting the “real gambling” EA Sports FC gets away with

Balatro Dev jokes about…

Balatro, which was a runner up for The Game Awards’ Game of the Year award, is certainly a popular…
Finally, an awards show gives Silent Hill 2 Remake and other horror games the love they deserve

Finally, an awards show…

Silent Hill 2 Remake may have been robbed of the awards it was nominated for at The Game Awards,…
Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island review – a repetitive if inoffensive offering of the gods

Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island review…

As I drag on another hoodie and fight the urge to put on the heating, the soft sands and…
The Cabin Factory review – a gimmick worth the cheap price of entry

The Cabin Factory review…

I like a good gimmick. I think the term unfortunately has negative connotations, used by people to downplay something…