Do you have a favorite independently-developed game that’s come out this year? IndieDB’s awards, now in their second year, help you show your appreciation.
2011 has been a great year for games, both in the mainstream and independent sectors. The Spike TV VGAs have the mainstream covered with a mostly predictable list of nominees, but what about more niche, less high-profile titles?…
Looking for some pinball action in the palm of your hand? Zen Studios brings its flipper expertise to the iOS platform.
Zen Studios’ pinball titles on PSN and Xbox Live Arcade are among the best pinball simulations that have ever been released. From today, you’re also able to play flipper on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad thanks to the new release of Zen Pinball as a free iOS app….
Square Enix recently licensed Epic’s Unreal Engine to create a new game. Speaking with Famitsu, the company has explained how it hopes to appeal to both West and East with the new title — haven’t we heard that before?
Square Enix’s last foray into an Unreal-powered RPG, The Last Remnant, met with mixed reviews.
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The publisher behind the renowned Sins of a Solar Empire series has made its first jump to consoles, with a title that seems somewhat out of character.
Stardock, publisher of meaty sci-fi 4X titles such as Sins of a Solar Empire and erstwhile owners of GameStop’s Impulse digital download service, probably isn’t a company you associate with colorful pixel art platformers….
An upcoming independently-developed game features a superspy who evidently missed his calling as an electrician.
Looking for something a bit different from your stealth games? Check out the intriguing-looking new independent game Gunpoint. Casting players in the role of a superspy armed with a variety of gadgets (including jet-propelled pants), the game challenges players to break into a variety of secure buildings and steal all their secrets….
Apparently it’s “retro day” today. inXile Entertainment and Konami have confirmed that Choplifter HD will be with us by the end of the year.
Computer! Game Of The Year!
What’s with all the nostalgia today? First the BBC Micro turns 30, then some enterprising young rapscallion comes up with a way to make four floppy drives sing and now Choplifter’s coming back?…
What better way to pay tribute to Jonathan Coulton’s iconic end theme from the original Portal than by performing it using obsolete computer technology?
Performing pieces of music on ageing computer hardware is something which has grown in popularity in recent years. Back in 2008, UK filmmaker and artist James Houston produced this short film featuring a Radiohead song performed using scanners, printers, a ZX Spectrum and a bank of old hard drives….
Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Studios have released the latest addon campaign for chaotic co-op wizard ‘em up Magicka.
Magicka is great, because unlike most co-op games, you almost feel like you’re being actively encouraged to grief your buddies. If there’s no monsters around, how else are you going to “experiment” with a particular combination of magical elements other than by “accidentally” aiming at one of your teammates?…
The popular-in-the-UK, unknown-in-the-States microcomputer that gave us the original space-trading sim Elite is 30 years old tomorrow.
If you’re a longtime gamer, you may fondly remember the home computers of the ’80s and ’90s. In the States, you may well have been using a machine by Commodore, Apple or Atari, while Europe was dominated by the runaway success of Sinclair’s Spectrum series….
An upcoming new free to play Sims title for iPhone and iPad gives the series something of a shakeup with new real time play.
Image via IGN.
IGN reports that a new Sims title is on the way for iOS. Like The Sims Social, it’s a free to play game, but unlike the Facebook offering, it’s not based around the coin-op style “pay to play” energy model….
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