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My Beautiful Paper Smile Early Access Detailed

Posted By: Kabriel Hooveron: January 31, 2020In: Gaming, Indie Games, NewsTags: Horror, Indie GamesNo Comments

My Beautiful Paper Smile, a new adventure horror game, will be entering early access in late Spring. Developed by Two Star Games and produced by Vicarious Publishing, My Beautiful Paper Smile is a game full of twisted science and dark obsessions. You will play as one of the Joyous, masked children trained in an underground […] Read more

3 Early Access Games Worth Playing Right Now

Posted By: Jacob Tillsonon: January 19, 2020In: Early Access, Gaming, Indie Games, Opinion, PC, SteamTags: Early Access, Indie GamesNo Comments

Depending on who you ask, early access games are either the bright future of the gaming world or a frustrating fad spreading across Steam. It makes sense why the general feedback for the topic is so polarizing; it can be hard to know if any given early access game is worth playing now. Early access […] Read more

No More Robots Reaches $3 Million in Lifetime Revenue

Posted By: Jacob Deaconon: July 28, 2019In: Gaming, Indie Games, NewsTags: gaming, Indie GamesNo Comments

British publisher No More Robots, the people behind recently released Nowhere Prophet, has achieved a major milestone for the company’s sales. It was announced by director/co-founder Mike Rose that they had reached the target of $3 million in lifetime revenue. In a Tweet he said: “No More Robots hit $3m in lifetime revenue today, one […] Read more

Mothergunship Review

Posted By: Shelly Lynneon: August 01, 2018In: Tags: bullethell, Indie Games1 Comment

Title: Mothergunship Available On: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Publisher: Grip Digital Developer: Grip Digital, Terrible Posture Games Genre: Action, Roguelike, First Person Shooter Official Site: https://www.mothergunship.com/ Release Date: July 17, 2018 Where To Buy It: Microsoft Store, PlayStation Store, Steam Mothergunship is a first-person shooter roguelike game. The player creates crazy combinations of guns to take out room after […... Read more

Moonlighter Review

Posted By: Jordan Baranowskion: July 28, 2018In: Exclusives, Game Reviews, Gaming, Indie Games, News, Nintendo, Opinion, PC, PS4, Reviews, Steam, Switch, Xbox OneTags: Indie Dev, Indie GamesNo Comments

Title: Moonlighter Available On: PC (Reviewed), Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Publisher: 11 Bit Studios Developer: Digital Sun Genre: Action, RPG, Roguelike, Shop Management Official Site: https://moonlighterthegame.com/ Release Date: May 29, 2018 Where To Buy It: Microsoft Store, PlayStation Store, Steam, GOG, Humble “I can probably make it one more room, then I’ll turn […] Read more

A Reminder that Indie Game Hosting Site Itch.io is Only Run by 6 People

Posted By: Andrew McMahonon: July 17, 2018In: Tags: Indie Dev, Indie GamesNo Comments

I have always found it impressive that indie games are as good as they are in the modern era. I say this not only because they have to compete with smaller budgets against juggernaut AAA titles and studios, but because the majority of them are created by just a handful, and sometimes literally one, individual(s). […] Read more

Crying Suns Surpasses 80 Percent of its Kickerstarter Goal

Posted By: Andrew McMahonon: July 10, 2018In: Tags: Indie Dev, Indie Games1 Comment

It only took Atl Shift one week to reach 50 percent of their Kickstarter goal for Crying Suns. But it wasn’t done there. Just a few days later, the upcoming story-driven, rogue-lite and tactical game has surpassed the 80 percent portion of its $29,369 goal. Alt Shift posted an update on the Crying Suns Kickstarter page revealing that, […] Read more

Crying Suns Kickstarter Campaign Reveals Trailer and Free Playable Demo

Posted By: Andrew McMahonon: June 30, 2018In: Tags: Indie Dev, Indie Games1 Comment

Earlier this month we had an opportunity to talk to Alt Shift developer Frederic Lopez about their upcoming rogue-lite and tactical game, Crying Suns. In the interview, we learned a lot about the titles structure, inspirations, and vivid art style. One week later we are about to learn a whole lot more, as the team has launched the Kickstarter […] Read more

Interview: Composer Eanan Patterson Reveals How Rainbow Skies Blends Eastern & Western Musical Styles

Posted By: Brian Cowanon: June 27, 2018In: Tags: Indie Dev, Indie GamesNo Comments

The indie roleplaying game, Rainbow Skies launched on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita this week. I am currently hard at work in my playthrough of it so that I can bring you a complete review. In the meanwhile, we had the honor of being able to speak with the Rainbow Skies’s composer, Eanan Patterson. […] Read more

Sable to Feature a Non-Linear Open World and Short Story Structure

Posted By: Andrew McMahonon: June 26, 2018In: Tags: Indie Dev, Indie GamesNo Comments

After seeing the E3 2018 trailer for Sable, everyone wants to know more about the beautiful color palettes, sweeping music, and the captivating world that the indie title seems to be promising. Shedworks’ Greg Kythreotis has delivered that and much more, as he recently sat down with Forbes contributor Max Thielmeyer. In the interview, the developer […] Read more