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March 14, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Arcan Update Released, Brings Balance Tweaks and Bug Fixes

Elder Games has released the latest version of its distant-future RTS with RPG elements Arcan, now available for download. Arcan takes place at some point far into the future where human numbers have been reduced to the hundreds, though no one readily understands what happened to make it so. To protect themselves from the barren wastelands [...]

March 13, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Caster Episode 2 Released, Brings New Content and Level Editor

Over a year after its initial release, developer Elecorn has released a free update for action title Caster bringing with it a new episode for the game packed with all the goodies.
Episode 2 brings a new playable female Caster, seven new missions, new gameplay mechanics, new music and art, performance improvements, visual effects enhancements and more. [...]

March 13, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Clover: A Curious Tale Now With 50% More Puzzles, Multiple Endings

Binary Tweed’s XBLIG Clover has received its updated (and upgraded) PC release and is now available for purchase from GamersGate. An exciting announcement, especially for those who had a curious experience with the title on the Xbox 360.
If there were any complaints before with the game, it would have to do with the lack of [...]

March 8, 2010 | Erik Johnson

GamersGate Slashes 50% Off Cogs

2010 IGC Winner Cogs has been given a 50% discount as part of GamersGate’s Game of the Week promotion.
Lazy 8 Studios steampunk puzzler just recently won the professional entry grand prize in GameStop’s Indie Game Challenge, netting the independent developer a cool $100k in the process.
It appears the love is being spread back, as the $10 game runs only [...]

March 4, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Big Name Indie Devs Launch Indie Fund

While the indie game development community has been spoiled with success stories over the past few years with small and even one-man teams creating both successful and popular games, the truth is that the vast majority of indie titles rarely earn a profit or get the notoriety they deserve. Now a handful of the more successful developers are [...]

March 4, 2010 | Erik Johnson

AI War, The Zenith Remnant v3.06 Released

Arcen Games has released a new update for space strategy title AI War: Fleet Command and its expansion The Zenith Remnant.
The update brings the game to v3.060, and is considered by the dev to be the largest monthly update ever released for the game, not due to huge single features but rather tons and tons [...]

February 28, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Great Balls of Fire: QuantZ [Review]

What do you look for in your puzzle game? With the match-3 genre overcrowded as it is, those looking to create a title like Quantz certainly must keep this, along with a few other items, in mind.
The dilemma lies in bringing original components into the game while not disrupting the already tried-and-true addictive gameplay of the [...]

February 28, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Gratuitous Space Battles ‘The Order’ DLC Released

Positech has rolled out the latest add-on for its strategy title Gratuitous Space Battles entitled The Order. The pack brings ten new ships–4 cruisers, 3 Frigates and 3 fighters–new ship bonuses, four new weapon types, two new scenarios and more.
Cliffski is quick to point out the reasons the content pack comes alone at a price [...]

February 28, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Action Insanity: Shoot 1UP [XBLIG]

Developer Mommy’s Best has announced the release of its high octane action title Shoot 1Up onto Xbox Live via the Indie Games section in the Marketplace.
In Shoot 1 UP you control up to 30 ships, in 2 player co-op that would make 60, as you implement a variety of strategies to choose how to utilize [...]

February 28, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Tank Universal Gets Window 7 Support, Animation Enhancements

Dialogue Design has released a new update for its action title Tank Universal, now available for download. The patch first and foremost brings Windows 7 compatibility along with animation enhancements for sapper and artillery units.
The update also brings some minor pathfinding tweaks to the game, and is available for download now via Steam simply by restarting [...]

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