April 19, 2010
Here’s some encouraging news. Mode 7 Games has opened Frozen Synapse to pre-orders, and you don’t have to wait until release to play the game.
Everyone who puts down the asking price — £16.99, €18.99 or $25.99 depending on where you’re from — gets access to the beta. For a few more units [...]
April 18, 2010
Welcome to Wake, an indie platformer from Boss Baddie. It was released about a month ago, and the two charming chaps from over in the UK were kind enough to send me a copy to review.
Yes, it is another indie platformer. But it does have two things going for it. Most platformers ask you [...]
April 16, 2010
I’ve been following the two-man team behind Boss Baddie’s games for a long time. They’ve been working on an epic platformer called Tormishire for a long time, but they released Lunnye Devitsy last summer, and Wake just over a month ago. After Wake’s release, I asked the team if they’d be willing to sit [...]
April 8, 2010
The preview video did not lie. Mr Runner is platforming at its purest. Bit Battalion’s flash game went up on Kongregate earlier today, making the game available to all.
The game is a fast and pure 2D platformer. Your 8-bit character can wall jump and slide, and as you zoom across the screen the [...]
April 5, 2010
If you’ve been dying to die as a ninja robot, today is your lucky day. Plain Sight is now available for download on Steam, Direct 2 Drive and Gamers Gate. Beatnik Games planned a late March release, but pushed back the date to today to squash bugs and get ready for the show.
If [...]
April 5, 2010
Touch Arcade has the first gameplay trailer from Rocketcat Games next iPhone release, Super Quickhook. Like in Hook Champ, you’ll be doing a lot of swinging — this time to escape an avalanche while stealing food and jetting around endless, procedurally generated levels.
The trailer is a little underwhelming though. Hook Champ is [...]
March 31, 2010
This is a hard review for me to write, and it’s all Penny Arcade’s fault. By the time I had played the game to the point where I was comfortable reviewing it (beating it and then some), I had time to either pull my notes together to and sit down to write or prepare [...]
March 31, 2010
For the first week in April, 10 Xbox Live Arcade games are going on sale. Among those 10 are Hidden Path Entertainment’s Defense Grid and Torpex Games‘ Schizoid.
Both games will be sold for 400 points, which is half the normal asking price. If I didn’t already have Defense Grid on the PC, [...]
March 31, 2010
The guys at Klei Entertainment had the first demo available to play at PAX East, and it was a sight to behold. It takes you through a bunch of jobbers, a few bigger guys and one beast of a boss over the course of one stage.
The controls are simple and intuitive. You switch [...]
March 31, 2010
Michel Gagne announced Monday that the long-awaited Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet will premier on XBLA. In the beautiful 2D shooter, you control a flying saucer while dark, creepy things try to get you.
Reading the comments on the developer’s blog, it’s clear that many of the people following the game are dissapointed with that announcement. But [...]