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In celebration of the announcement that Electronic Arts will be publishing Klei Entertainment’s highly anticipated violent 2D brawler, Shank, the developer has revealed a brand new and gruesome trailer for the upcoming title. Shank will be released to the XBLA, PSN, and PC this summer and will also be available on the GDC showroom floor [...]

If you’re a stranger to the indie gaming community, then Tale of Tales–comprised of leads Auriea Harvey and Michael Samyn–is a developer worth knowing. If you’re not a stranger, then chances are you know exactly who Tale of Tales is and just how obscure their titles can be (flash back to October 2009 with Geoff [...]

2009 was quite a year for iPhone and mobile titles across the board. In December, Bolt Creative announced that Pocket God sold over 1.7 million downloads. And now, another IGF Mobile “Honorable Mention” game unveils its success as it claims 3 million paid downloads on the App Store. This comes as no surprise, of course, [...]

This is going to be a bit of a rant. From time to time at DIYgamer, one of us contributing editors feels positive enough about a game to the point where we can share our findings and musings with all of ye, the indie community. We basically spotlight a title and attempt to break it [...]

Do you guys remember back in 2009 when a little known developer won the IGF China award and skyrocketed towards popularity? That developer, Farbs, has kept his promise of delivering new content in the saga of Captain Forever–this time releasing the third episode titled Captain Impostor. Captain Impostor continues the tradition of adding fresh and [...]

Two Tribes’ puzzle-platformer Toki Tori, in which players recently acquired the ability to rewind and fast forward in-game, will be on sale through this weekend on Steam for half price. For the US, this means the game’s price is cut down from $5 to $2.45. You can find the title at this location. The sale [...]

Radiangames, the studio of 12-year industry veteran Luke Schneider, will be releasing Radiangames JoyJoy to kick off a long line of XBOX Live Indie Games in the Radiangames series. While there is no word on pricing, details of the twin-stick shooter reveal that it contains a beautiful art style set in motion at 60 FPS, [...]

As the day of the next Independent Games Festival draws nearer, the finalists prepare for an incredible experience at the Game Developers Conference in a little over a week. On the other hand, we at DIYgamer are still sifting through the list. Last year, we [...]

I remember in the beginning of January, Erik Brudvig of IGN wrote an article deeming XBOX Live Indie Games a “failed venture.” I didn’t agree. In fact, I was heated enough over the editorial to want to write a rebuttal. However, our own Peter Rambo beat me to it and probably did a much better [...]

Boolat Games’ continuation of the Topatoi saga returns next week with episode 2, Topatoi: Pillar of the Skies. Boolat promises a completely different environment within episode 2, trading the bright and natural setting of the first Topatoi for a much more mechanical new world. Topatoi: Pillar of the Skies also boasts new additions and features [...]