Sometimes Mojang just releases too much news in too short a period for us to keep track of, especially while we are busy trying to play this or that other indie game. Still, they’re an important figurehead for the indie industry as a whole so when they have news we should report on it. In this case, they dropped three very important pieces of news over the last few days that really should have something for everybody!

BeerDeer Games, a small indie studio based out of Prague, has sent us word about their upcoming Android, iOS and browser action RPG Nyrthos a game that seemingly takes after the likes of Diablo 2 and other such Action RPGs. What’s different, however, is that this game resides on the various mobile platforms as opposed to your PC, along with your browser.

The banner says it all – after a long, long time in development, I-Mockery’s eagerly awaited Flash-based smashfest has been released and is available to play now for the low, low price of $0.00 (tax not included). Step into the shoes of Abobo, fan-favourite grimacing villain from the Double Dragon series on a brutal quest to rescue Aboboy, his similarly stern-looking son. For those who grew up with the Nintendo games of the late 80s and early 90s, this is a great combination nostalgia trip, and a fine game in it’s own right.

A couple choice tid bits of information regarding Notch’s recently developed Ludum Dare 22 game entry: Minicraft, a game which has not only become popular but was also the most watched Ludum Dare challenge game during this last challenge. Some 2,000 people tuned in to watch him code apparently.

Back in November I wrote about a game called Abobo’s Big Adventure. It was an NES tribute game of sorts built with Flash for the browser. Still, what it promised was an unbelievable experience in playing as Double Dragon’s Abobo in all manners of classic NES worlds from Zelda to Megaman… seriously, it’s pretty crazy.

I’ve always been a fan of the Alien Breed series. No, not the underwhelming recent update by Team 17, but the classic Amiga/PC shooter series. It was simple, intense fun – claustrophobic corridors, limited resources and a never-ending stream of horrible alien bug-monsters pursuing you. While Frozenbyte’s Shadowgrounds series recaptured the essence of these games somewhat, Outpost: Haven manages to recapture the atmosphere almost perfectly, while adding some new tweaks to the formula.

Got a few minutes to spare right now? Well, you’d best not jump into this game then as it’s more likely to absorb an hour or more of your time. Now if you’ve got that, Sideroller promises to be a great action platformer that is not only very challenging, but oddly grisly at times.

Originally developed back in 2008, Verge was Kyle Pulver’s entry into the excellently creative H.P. Lovecraft Commonplace Book competition, where a range of indie developers based short games around single-line concepts left by the now-topical horror writer.  It’s been a long time coming, but the game has now been refined, updated and ported to flash so that everyone can experience this clever little bit of platform puzzling.

So here’s a quirky, yet fun browser game for you to enjoy. Have you ever seen a building demolition crew at work placing tons (literally) of explosives at key locations in order to bring it don safely and conveniently? Well this is pretty much nothing like that. Instead you’ll be blowing up some of Russia’s finest with only the best tools that Russia has to offer… like a tank.

So here’s an interesting game for you guys to follow. Brick-Force is a currently in development (soon to be launched in beta) Minecraft-like game but with a decidedly FPS multiplayer shooter feel to it. Really, it’s very similar to other Minecraft-like Ace of Spades, but with graphics that are a bit easier on the eye… I’ll probably regret that when the AoS community gets word of this.