ModDB has started the nomination process for this year’s Mod of the Year Awards. This includes game mods, obviously, but also indie games. Previous winners include Garry’s Mod and Natural Selection.
The first phase of the event lasts until Jan. 5, and anybody can vote (though members’ votes carry more weight) for any mod or game [...]
What a wonderful month December is. The 12th month brings cheer, mistletoe and, starting this year, lots of games.
The Indie Xmas Calendar 2009 is an Advent calendar that reveals something significantly better than chocolate every day of December until Christmas. You get a daily dose of indie games by way of a game or demo [...]
Indie games received some nice coverage last Friday courtesy of a New York Times article that discusses how indie game developers have managed to make a mainstream splash.
The lengthy piece hits on how games including Blueberry Garden, Braid and Flower were able to become successful ventures in a culture and industry that constantly demands high-end [...]
Black Jacket Studios has announced the release of their futuristic vehicle combat title Metal Drift, now available on Steam. Additionally, a demo of the title has been released, giving a test drive of the game.
In the game, battles are had in high powered hover tanks (56 customizations in all) against one another, apparently for hover tank supremacy, that’s my [...]
Corbomite Games adventure title Pizza Morgana contains many creatures that fit the standard Halloween theme, so the dev put two and two together and have announced a sale to celebrate the last day of the October.
From now through the 31st, PC’ers can pick up Monsters and Manipulations in the Magical Forest, Episode One of the series, [...]
Today brings the release of Rudolf Kremers & Alex May’s ambient RTS title Eufloria (formerly known as Dyson) onto Steam and Direct2Drive PC platforms. The IGF finalist brings a single player campaign with 25 levels, a skirmish mode, and an additional unlockable mode with new graphics and tougher AI.
The game runs $20 and is available now, if you’d [...]
Rudolf Kremers & Alex May, developers of the indie space exploration strategy title Eufloria have released a playable demo in front of the full game’s launch tomorrow, October 20. Offering a good portion of what’s available in the full game, the dev points out that the title has seen massive changes since the IGF version [...]
Good news for Mac users as Speed Run Games has announced via press release their first-person action puzzle game Grappling Hook is now available for the alternate computer platform. A Linux version is promised to be on the way as well.
Additionally, the dev has announced the release of eight new levels for both PC and [...]
It’s no surprise that multiplayer is booming in the industry. It provides a unique experience that’s very hard to copy from match to match due to the ability of other gamer’s being able to adapt to your strategy. It’s the ultimate “hunt” so to say. But this trend of supplying multiplayer in every major release [...]
Sony recently released their brand new PSP Go system, a mild upgrade from the PSP 3000 that features downloadable only games, including the new “Mini” platform for smaller titles (less than 100mb each). My first thought upon hearing about this new service was that it would be perfect for indie developers who are just looking [...]
