Valve's just launched an Indie Spring Sale on Steam just in time for next week's Independent Games Festival.
Think back to when you made mixtapes or burned a specific selection of songs to CD for somebody. What were you…
Back in 2009, The Swapper looked promising but rough. The core concept was there and you could see how the instant…
So, Surgeon Simulator 2013 came out of nowhere (well, this year's Global Game Jam) to be one of the most…
The entire room was packed. This has to be a fire hazard, someone said. It probably was, but no one cared. They were…
It costs money to make things in a video game. The software needed to achieve an eye-catching aesthetic aren't…
Ingenious puzzles and a chilling black-and-white aesthetic helped make 2011's Limbo a critically acclaimed hit.…
There's been some heated discussion as to whether Proteus—Ed Key and David Tanaga's award-winning lo-fi ambient…
Imagine Activision releasing the latest Call of Duty game without telling anyone it was coming. No developer…
Not everyone knows the joy of playing as a protagonist that is like them—someone with the same skin color, with the…
You know the Independent Games Festival, right? Happens every year during the Game Developers' Conference and…
It's great to see Dishonored getting appreciation on so many end-of-year lists, isn't it? And it's also nice to see…
Of course backing an independent game developer's Kickstarter is one way for a gamer to support that sector—albeit…
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I've never forgotten Epyx Summer Games on the Commodore 64.
For the last few years, titles nominated for the Independent Games Festival's various awards have been amongst the…
I really loved Thomas Was Alone, a charming indie puzzle platformer from developer Mike Bithell. Apparently, the…
Thomas Was Alone—one of this year's most clever, best-executed games—is on Steam now. You really should get it.
Last fall, eyeballs got seriously smacked by the neon-flecked awesome of Nitronic Rush, an arcade…