indie games
Indie Game ‘Toto Temple Deluxe’ to release on OUYA
July 21, 2014 | GVThis Thursday, July 24th, Juicy Beast will release the 2D multiplayer “party” game Toto Temple Deluxe exclusively for the OUYA gaming console. In Toto Temple Deluxe, up to four players complete to grab the goat and hold on to it … Read More
GameStop Throws In With Game Developers For Future Content
July 11, 2014 | Timothy MeyerRetailer GameStop unveiled plans in a recent interview to begin working closer with any game developers interested, in order to create exclusive content, only available to players who pre-order their games from GameStop. According to R.W. Baird analyst Colin Sebastian, … Read More
5 Indie Games I Desperately Want To Play But Probably Won’t
June 19, 2014 | Timothy Meyer5. Wildstar (Carbine Studios)
Currently in open beta, Wildstar from Carbine Studios is a light-hearted, cartoonish science fiction MMO about two factions racing to control the planet Nexus, full of magic and mystery. The game looks bright, … Read More
Contrast Review
December 3, 2013 | Frank StrevaContrast is a game I’ve been looking forward to since I first saw it on Steam Greenlight over a year ago. The intriguing vaudeville-inspired setting, unique platforming that transitions between 2D and 3D, and catchy jazz soundtrack on display … Read More
Kickstarter Highlights
November 11, 2013 | Frank StrevaIt’s already been well over a year since Double Fine Adventure first appeared on Kickstarter and arguably paved the way for all the successful video game crowd funding campaigns that followed. The game’s initial Kickstarter success proved that crowd funding … Read More
Sony confirms indie games for PS4 launch
November 6, 2013 | Jeff ChabotSony has confirmed several indie games will be available on or before the launch of the PlayStation 4 on November 15. Of the titles, four of them are newly confirmed for the PS4 release including Blacklight Retribution, Super Motherload, Trine 2: The … Read More
The Release Valve
October 28, 2013 | Frank StrevaWelcome to the Release Valve, formerly the Greenlight Spotlight. I finally found a better, more creative name for the series at the suggestion of a friend. Since my last article, Valve has announced two new batches of Greenlit titles, … Read More
Hotline Miami free for PlayStation Plus subscribers in the US
October 22, 2013 | GV | One CommentHere’s a bit of good news early in the week. Hotline Miami is now free to download for PlayStation Plus subscribers based in the US. The top-down action game from Dennaton Games typically sells for $10 at the PlayStation Store, … Read More
Escape Goat Review
October 22, 2013 | Frank StrevaEscape Goat is a prime example of the old adage “Never judge a book by its cover.” I first played the game some time back when it appeared on Xbox Live Indie Games. It’s still one of my go-to … Read More
PSA: Dark Matter is Unfinished
October 22, 2013 | Frank StrevaDark Matter, the new game from Nuclear Dawn developer InterWave Studios, has a gigantic, glaring problem: It is literally unfinished. The Steam forums are full of customers complaining after they found out that the otherwise rather decent game abruptly … Read More
News
Buy 1 Video Game & Get 2nd 50% Off
August 12, 2019 | GV
Amazon is currently having a video game promotion through which you can get 50% off a second title after purchasing a first. Of course, the second game has to be of equal or less value, but it might be a … Read More
Hearthstone: 10 Things That Have Killed The Game
August 12, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
Hearthstone, Blizzard’s entry into the CCG genre, isn’t dead. It still earns a fair amount of money, it’s still played by quite a few people, and it still has some presence on streaming and video platforms.
In the eyes … Read More
10 Most Divisive Games of All-Time
August 12, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
The most divisive games of all-time typically share one thing: they blend the brilliant and the bad.
If the following games were just bad, they wouldn’t have a legion of defenders. If they were strictly brilliant, they wouldn’t inspire … Read More
Articles
15 Best Selling Video Games Ever, Ranked
July 30, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
The premise of our breakdown of the best selling video games ever is very simple.
We know what the rankings for the best selling games ever looks like. The numbers are set in stone. However, what happens when you stack … Read More
Star Citizen Alpha 3.6 is Live
July 23, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Another yearly quarter has come and gone and that means it’s time for another Star Citizen patch release. While this patch may not be as flashy as 3.5 with its introduction of the massive city-planet ArcCorp, it does deliver … Read More
10 Video Game Soundtracks That Stand on Their Own
July 13, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Many wonderful game soundtracks do a great job of elevating the quality of their respective game. However, not all of them are quite as entertaining on their own. It is, of course, not the job of the soundtrack to do … Read More
Reviews
Rage 2’s use of Open-World design does not work
June 4, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Recently, I finished Rage 2. I set out in the game with the hope that it would deliver something reminiscent of the magnificence of Doom while drawing some of the enjoyable open-world aspects of an Avalanche developed game. I … Read More
PlayStation Now: Does it Need to Change to Survive?
March 25, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
In many ways, PlayStation Now is shaping up to be Sony’s biggest missed opportunity of the PS4 era.
PlayStation Now sounded like a pretty exciting service when it was first revealed in 2014. At the very least, it offered … Read More
Crackdown 3 or Anthem: Which is More Disappointing?
February 21, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
February 2019 was supposed to be one of the biggest months for games in recent memory. Headlined by titles like Metro Exodus, Crackdown 3, and Anthem, many gamers were left wondering just how they were going to play all … Read More
Opinion
Hearthstone: 10 Things That Have Killed The Game
August 12, 2019 | Matthew Byrd Hearthstone, Blizzard’s entry into the CCG genre, isn’t dead. It still earns a fair amount of money, it’s still played by quite a few people, and it still has some presence on streaming and video platforms.
In the eyes … Read More
How Long Do Games Have to Be?
August 9, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Throughout my life, my expectations for game length has inverted. When I was a kid, if I completed a game in a matter of hours and had no reason to ever play it again, that was a disaster. I didn’t get … Read More
Bring Back the Real-time Strategy Epic
August 6, 2019 | Robert Endyo
The real-time strategy genre was once a cornerstone of the PC gaming world. As the age of 3D acceleration dawned, their popularity started to waver. However, in this period, developers started expanding on the relatively lean story elements that these … Read More