Still not quite sure how this is going to actually play. But whatever. It looks fantastic and sounds, courtesy of Ghostly's ensemble soundtrack, even better. » 7/23/14 9:30pm 54 minutes ago

I've seen lots of Oculus Rift-enabled games that offer players a glimpse (or more) inside immersive-looking spaceships and monster-infested hallways. The ideas that truly excite me, however, come from more experimental kinds of games that invite players to experience their own bodies from a new vantage point. » 7/23/14 2:30pm Today 2:30pm

Cute puzzle/platformer ibb & obb is 50% off on Steam today. I mention this for two reasons: the game is cool, but the soundtrack (by Kettel, and available with the game in the deluxe edition) is amazing. » 7/22/14 7:41pm Yesterday 7:41pm

I once wrote about an indie adventure game called Nelly Cootalot. It was so long ago however that the post isn't even on our servers anymore. Which means it's time to refresh the topic with a trailer for its sequel, which is coming seven years later. » 7/21/14 10:39pm Monday 10:39pm

Ashen is an indie survivial RPG that we first showed off a few weeks ago. It's got some interesting ideas on stuff like passive multiplayer, but what really struck me was how striking the game's visuals were. So I got in touch with the devs so I could share more of the game's art. » 7/17/14 10:00pm 7/17/14 10:00pm

Don't Starve's expansion pack, Reign of the Giants, is coming to the PS4 on July 22nd, developer Klei Entertainment has announced. The new stuff will cost you $4.99, unless you're a PlayStation Plus member. Then you get a snazzy ten percent discount at launch. » 7/15/14 9:11am 7/15/14 9:11am

Smoking Simulator is, thankfully, a little more involved than the name suggests. This isn't a simulation of the act of smoking. It's a simulation of the act of trying not to (or to) kill everyone around you one the smokes run out. » 7/14/14 10:30pm 7/14/14 10:30pm

If games like Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Splatoon are any indication, this generation of shooters is going to be a whacky one. Sony just fleshed out its newest entry in this emerging category of insane-looking projectile simulators with a trailer for VizionEck, a monochromatic shooter I do not understand… » 7/11/14 3:30pm 7/11/14 3:30pm

Catlateral Damage has evolved into a fairly accurate simulation of your stereotypical asshole cat. Perdictably, though, it no longer has the "genre" to itself. » 7/10/14 10:00pm 7/10/14 10:00pm

Creating a video game and releasing it to the world is an incredibly complicated process. But why should I even try to explain the nuances of modern software development with last-gen mechanisms like "words" when we have these amazing things called GIFs now? » 7/10/14 5:30pm 7/10/14 5:30pm

Though its Kickstarter didn't perform all too well, indie parkour game Lemma is still alive and in active development, as evidenced by its new (and quite good-looking) trailer. In a comment on YouTube, Lemma's lead developer gave an optimistic release date estimate of January on PC. » 7/10/14 4:00am 7/10/14 4:00am

Suggested reading: Michael McMaster's thoughts on Mountain. "It's not aspiring to anything greater. It's iconography. This is fine." » 7/09/14 9:29pm 7/09/14 9:29pm

This is Ashen. It's "an action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home". It looks awesome. » 7/08/14 10:00pm 7/08/14 10:00pm

Indie developer Stéphanie Rancourt emailed me the other day with a proposal. She wanted to see if I was interested in the space game she was working on. Little did she know it was about as much my thing as a video game can get. » 7/08/14 8:00pm 7/08/14 8:00pm

Broforce is one of the best games of 2014. It's now a little better, a little Broier, after a weekend update added two new Bros and some other stuff. » 7/06/14 11:00pm 7/06/14 11:00pm

Oh boy! Multiplayer shooter NeoTokyo, the classic Half-Life 2 mod that you'd be forgiven for thinking disappeared a long time ago, has just been released on Steam following a lengthy Greenlight campaign. Meaning, hopefully, a whole new crowd of people get to experience one of the slickest mods ever made. » 7/06/14 8:30pm 7/06/14 8:30pm

While the world (and financial backers) anxiously await the release of Rock Simulator, developers VAMflax have stolen a little thunder by releasing a rival game that's already playable. » 7/06/14 7:30pm 7/06/14 7:30pm

The magical time-traveling metroidvania, Timespinner, has managed to reach its Kickstarter goal. It is currently working towards two stretch goals, a PlayStation 4 port and a PS Vita port, for which it needs to collect an additional $13,000 and $23,000, respectively, in about three weeks. » 7/03/14 4:20am 7/03/14 4:20am

UK-based mobile developer Neo_UK is trying its hand at PC game making with Congo, a co-op survival horror game set in Central Africa. It looks quite promising and sports some pretty neat lighting and particle effects. The trailer's above, and you can find out more over at the game's Steam Greenlight and Indie DB pages. » 7/02/14 6:30am 7/02/14 6:30am

When I was 12 I didn't like school much — who did? But if someone told me I didn't have to go to school and could use the spare time to do whatever I wanted? I'd probably just spend it trying to break my speed records on Super Punch Out!! I tell you what I wouldn't have done: worked my ass off to create a critically… » 7/01/14 11:55pm 7/01/14 11:55pm