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Shovel Knight Reveal Trailer
March 27, 2013 | Zebulon RogersThe magic of the 8-bit era is about to return with authority this fall. On March 14th, Yacht Club Games announced its Kickstarter campaign to fund its debut classic-style sidescroller, Shovel Knight, which the company describes as “a groundbreaking … Read More
Shadowrun Returns Gameplay Footage Released
March 9, 2013 | Zebulon RogersWashington-based indie studio Harebrained Schemes has released footage from its upcoming 2D turn-based RPG title Shadowrun Returns, the first look at gameplay since its initial Kickstarter campaign in April 2012, which raised more than $1.8 million dollars over its $400,000 … Read More
Review+Interview: Banner Saga Factions
March 7, 2013 | Trenton AndersonThe Banner Saga is a mature tactics game brought to us by Stoic Studio, an indie group comprised of ex-BioWare veterans. The game trilogy got some major attention earlier last year when it surpassed its … Read More
Games on the Rise: Race the Sun
February 13, 2013 | Zachary Snader(Video preview by Official Stuff Plus)
As an industry veteran at Raven Software, Aaron San Filippo had worked on a number of AAA titles including (but not limited to) Singularity, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Call of Duty: Modern … Read More
Meriwether: An American Epic
February 1, 2013 | Zachary SnaderSortasoft, LLC launched a Kickstarter campaign on November 29th, 2012, hoping to receive $35,000 for their historically-inspired RPG, Meriwether: An American Epic. Their project focuses on recreating the adventures of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who led the Corps of … Read More
GameKlip Now Available
December 4, 2012 | Daniel Sacdpraseuthhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwjBWDhm9xU
After being rejected by Kickstarter, the GameKlip has entered production. The GameKlip (Klip, really?) is a piece of plastic that attaches a PS3 controller to a smartphone. The default version is for the Galaxy SIII phone, but a universal … Read More
Chris Roberts’ Star Citizen Announced
October 10, 2012 | Daniel SacdpraseuthChris Roberts has announced Star Citizen, a PC space sim. In a nutshell, it’s a modern version of Wing Commander/Privateer with multiplayer. If that interests you at all, go check it out.
http://robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen
They’re doing the crowd-funding thing that’s popular … Read More
A Small Chat with Calvin French, Creator of ‘The Real Texas’
September 26, 2012 | Daniel PerzanWhat happens when you mix The Legend of Zelda with Ultima 6? Indie game developer Calvin French answered that question with the creation of The Real Texas, a game that’s been five years in the making. The Real Texas is now available for Windows, Mac and Linux PCs over at his site. We sat down and had a small chat with him…
Q1. Why did you decide to make this game? How long did it take to develop? Has this become your “day job?”
Calvin French: The game started as an experiment with a user interface system. So I originally had in mind to just create something very simple. However it quickly expanded from there. It took about 5 years all told to make, and I’d say until about year 2 or 3 there wasn’t really a “master plan.” In the end I was able to pull a lot of different threads together into something I hope is meaningful and also makes a certain amount of logical sense. Read More
Kickstarter Whatsits
September 14, 2012 | Daniel SacdpraseuthFTL: Faster Than Light
It’s out! FTL is the first major crowd-funded video game to be completed. FTL is available for $9 directly from developer and on Steam and GOG. I quite like it, so I recommend you buy it.
Ouya console launch to include Final Fantasy III
July 31, 2012 | Sam JordanSquare Enix is getting on board the Ouya train and bringing Final Fantasy III with them to the $99 Kickstarter-funded console when it launches. That means it’ll be the first time gamers outside of Japan can play FFIII (in HD, … Read More