Review by Matt C. Not long after firing up Alone With You for the first time, I tweeted a screenshot with the caption: “Wow, No Man’s Sky looks nothing like those trailers.” At the time, it was a mostly thoughtless remark; a reaction to the No Man’s Sky “downgrade” hysteria…
Read MoreA week ago we posted a news story about how Pwnee Studios’s first game, titled Cloudberry Kingdom, was currently undergoing a Kickstarter project in order to raise money to improve their game. We were able to get an interview with Pwnee Studios about Cloudberry Kingdom and ask about some of…
Read MoreFor fans of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video game series created by GSC Gameworld, it’s been a sad past month. With the still somewhat-recent announcement that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is officially canned (along with GSC Gameworld) and that the remaining members have created their own studio (Vostok Games) and are now making a…
Read MoreI know this isn’t a downloadable game, but Jason Rohrer with Music by Tom Bailey: Diamond Trust of London is a long winded game with a lot of soul. It’s a little artistic Nintendo DS game by a real genius of the medium. It also needs money. $78,715 to be…
Read MoreThere’s an interesting piece over at IGN about one of the more prominent PlayStation Mini developers. Firma Studios has done a great job giving gamers great Minis to play (Zombie Tycoon, A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks), but, dissatisfied with the return on investment, they’re looking to produce full-featured PSN…
Read MoreXbox indie champ Milkstone Studios takes a shot at tower defense with one of its newest offerings. Does the developer score again, or might it be time to shut down the grid? I didn’t start out as a fan of the tower defense genre when the whole ‘craze’ kicked off…
Read MoreXbox indie champ Milkstone Studios takes a shot at tower defense with one of its newest offerings. Does the developer score again, or might it be time to shut down the grid? I didn’t start out as a fan of the tower defense genre when the whole ‘craze’ kicked off…
Read MoreSome interesting statistics from UBM TechWeb Game Network’s Game Developer magazine suggest that though the games industry is getting far more profitable for indies, it’s still a risky career decision. The 11th annual Game Industry Salary Survey for salaries through 2011 found that individual indies make an average of just…
Read MoreSome interesting statistics from UBM TechWeb Game Network’s Game Developer magazine suggest that though the games industry is getting far more profitable for indies, it’s still a risky career decision. The 11th annual Game Industry Salary Survey for salaries through 2011 found that individual indies make an average of just…
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