In the new indie game File://maniac, there’s a killer on the loose. Your job is to hunt them down. But instead of…
I spent the weekend at PAX East, and while I didn’t play nearly all of the games I wanted to, I got to play quite a…
PAX East has begun and Kotaku is here to check out the giant selection of indie games present and the best convention snack spread on the East coast. If you spot us (me) give a shout!
Indie games make up a crucial and vibrant part of the Switch’s great library of games, as evidenced by yesterday’s…
JumpGrid is a mix of bullet-hell dodging, Pac-Man and teleportation. Which might sound like a weird combo, but the…
Bad Vibes is a colorful first person shooter that is a feast for the senses. Sometimes all you want to do is shoot…
Between mobile phones and handheld consoles from the Game Boy to the Nintendo Switch, most of us have played games…
Berlin’s Schwules Museum has opened a brand new exhibition named “Rainbow Arcade” to celebrate the history of LGBTQ…
Chances are good that if you play games, you’ve played The Legend of Zelda or at least seen a picture of the 1986…
Quiet as a Stone is a contemplative game about finding secrets on floating islands and creating your own perfect…
The Void Rains Upon Her Heart is an early access bullet-hell game available on PC. It’s all about earning randomized…
At first glance, the PC game Black Future ‘88 looks like too many other indie games, with its pixel art, synth…
The match-3 puzzle concept seems simple enough, but its a foundation that can build into a lot of different ideas,…
Twitch Prime’s free games for June include Strafe, The Banner Saga 1 and 2, Tumblestone, and Treadnauts. If you haven’t heard, an Amazon Prime subscription automatically gets you a Twitch Prime subscription, which now gives you a handful of great indie games to download and keep each month.
Duck Jam mixes WarioWare style mini-games with a touch of absurdist comedy to tell the story of a bunch of ducks…
As reported by Gamasutra, IGN has acquired indie-game deal site Humble Bundle. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed but the site will continue operating independently, ensuring everyone has at least one cheap copy of RPG Maker that they never use.
I spent the weekend in Los Angeles at Indiecade, an annual event that celebrates independent games of all sorts,…
Have you ever seen a zombie and thought, “Look at those squishy rotting cheeks. I just want to pinch them!” Well…
You Have 293 Keys is an absurdist look at game dungeons and an exercise in patience, created by 14HLB. Faced with a…