I've never been one to be terrified by video games. I've jumped at some freaky moments and shriveled my face in grotesque horror at others, but by and large no video game has ever put me in a position of pure dread where I couldn't make a character take another step. Nerves of steel, I guess. Then, last year, I saw a trailer for an upcoming indie game called Darkest Dungeon from Red...
FEZ is finally making its way to the PlayStation library. Polytron and Sony have announced that this perspective switching puzzle platforming adventure will hit the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PS Vita on March 25. The best bit of the news? The game will be part of the Cross-Buy program, so you’ll be able to play it on all three platforms after buying it only once. FEZ launching...
It's always nice to finally see a great piece of entertainment get the recognition it deserves. In this case, Double Fine's cult-classic Psychonauts has finally become the commercial success that many had hoped it would always be. Speaking with Kotaku, Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has discussed his company's move to self-publishing and crowd-funding. Recent games like Broken Age have...
Minecraft continues to parade itself through success with a new milestone to add to its resume. Creator Markus "Notch" Persson has confirmed via Twitter that the original version of the game has reached 100 million unique registrations. I got an email. We've reached 100 million registered users on the original Minecraft. 14.3% conversion rate to paid accounts. Wow. 😀 — Markus...
Papers, Please was one of indie gaming's biggest hits of 2013, and I am still emotionally stunted from the time I spent denying starving people sanctuary in one of the last habitable places on Earth. With that said, creator Lucas Pope wants me to take my pain with me on the go by making a PS Vita version, but he finds himself at a bit of a crossroads on how to approach the port, says ...
While not quite the nail biter that Unsung Story proved to be after it closed out with 20 hours left, Japanese indie developer NIGORO has secured the $200,000 it requested to make its platformer sequel, La Mulana 2, with five days remaining. Like the original La Mulana, NIGORO promises that this sequel will star the same bone crushing difficulty and be just as stooped in the lore and...
In the mythical world of Battle Chef Brigade, players will choose a chef, defeat monsters in combat, harvest their meat, gather unique culinary tools and enter cooking competitions in order to win the awe of judges. It all goes down in a gorgeously hand drawn environment filled with all manner of beasts, creatures and humans. This is a game currently in development for PC (with Steam...
Have an itch to play some interesting indie titles on your Wii U? Now's your chance to do so at a discount. The catch? You'll have to buy or already own one of the five games available in order to take advantage of it. Nintendo's calling their new deal the Super Indie Connection Sale. From today , the Wii U's eShop will play host to a 60 percent discount on five separate titles. That...
Laura Shigihara has become a rising star on the video game composing scene. Raised in both the U.S. and Japan, educated in music in America, she turned down contracts on the Japanese pop music scene to pursue a career with her passion for video games instead. Since making this decision, titles like Plants vs Zombies, where she composed and performed both the English and Japanese scores...
“I did some maths this morning: in terms of profits, from sales and royalties, in a month Rust has made about 40 percent of what GMod has made in nine years,” said Garry Newman, creator of Garry’s Mod and the new survival simulation Rust, in an interview with GamesIndustry International this week. Rust is a brutal survival simulator created by Facepunch Studios that sprinkles a bit of...