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Iron Harvest, the upcoming RTS based on Jakub Rozalski’s art (that’s also seen in Scythe, a very good board game), is now up on Kickstarter. It looks like Company of Heroes, only with diesel-powered mechs.
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3D Realms—yes, they’re still around—just quietly released a new shooter called Ion Maiden. It’s notable because…
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Visionary Twin Peaks director David Lynch is a man of many talents, and now teaching typing is one of them, thanks…
Deadbolt strips stealth down to the essentials and I can’t stop playing it.
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Foundation is a cute “organic city-building simulation” set in medieval Europe. It’s currently up on Kickstarter.
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Descenders is a game about riding a bike. It’s also the closest I’ve come to playing a Tony Hawk game since, well,…
Every year, BarSK in Melbourne holds a special event. It’s a game jam that runs for over half a day, from the…
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I Am The Hero is a pixel-art beat ‘em up coming to PS4 and Switch sometime in 2018. Previously on PC, the game has a Dragon Ball Z-ish combat style that helps distinguish it from all the other retro pixel-art games bathed in nostalgia currently out there.
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I like golf video games but detest the actual sport of golf. And so here I am, very excited to see a game catering…
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Persona games are known for their incredible art direction, but the main series, SMT, is equally if not more…
During a livestream today, indie publisher Tinybuild announced six more games that will be heading to Switch later…
I downloaded and played Indecision on a whim. The unassuming pixel art and straightforward presentation didn’t…
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This is Ancient Cities, an upcoming PC city-building game that has you taking charge of a stone age tribe and guiding them through to the classical era.
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Streets of Red is a retro beat ‘em up headed to PS4 and Switch on February 27. There are a lot of side-scrolling brawlers that aim to capture the original arcade experience, but Streets of Red really commits by not allowing you any continues or saves. When you die, it’s game over and you have to start all over.
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The team behind The Ship: Remastered, a remake of a very good 2006 game about walking around a party and murdering…
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The Red Strings Club starts, and ends, with a character falling out of a high-rise window. There’s no indication…
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Vane is an exploration game where you play as a young kid that sometimes transforms into a bird. The trailers…
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Last night, playing the new indie game Nantucket, I kept yelling, “No one kills Jerry!”
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Designer Mason Lindroth released the first Hylics back in 2015, the culmination of his various experiments combining…
Hell is a game about cooking eggs. Drop an egg into the pan and watch it sizzle before cracking another egg. But be…