PixelJunk Monsters: Ultimate HD was announced for the PS Vita, believe it or not, just a month ago. Now we have a release date, and it’s closer than we expected it would be. PixelJunk Monsters: Ultimate HD will hit the PS Vita as a downloadable title on July 30th, 2013. In, like, less than two weeks. Double Eleven is the studio responsible for this PS Vita port. Kirsten Cummins, in...
Super Time Force appears to be an absolutely bonkers ride. This 2D sidescrolling shooter from Capybara Games, the same studio responsible for Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP and Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes, employs bullet-hell and time travel mechanics to get gameplay done. Speaking of gameplay, Capybara’s debut gameplay trailer for Super Time Force checks in at well over...
Retro City Rampage developer Brian Provinciano has shed some light on what might be Nintendo's strategy for competing with Sony on the indie market, and that is to let devs have it all for free! Provinciano claims in a Twitter post that not just him but every Wii U developer gets a free license and the ability to self publish. FUN FACT: Every developer on Wii U gets a free Unity...
Fez creator Phil Fish is finally on the verge of finishing his epic spat with Microsoft over the expensive price of game patches through XBLA. His popular indie game is finally getting the much needed patch update now that Microsoft is no longer charging top dollar for indie developers to apply them. Fish took to Twitter to make the announcement, exclaiming proudly, "GOOD NEWS EVERYONE...
Klei Entertainment is taking their game into an entirely new genre with Incognita. Co-founder Jamie Cheng sat down with Rock, Paper, Shotgun to give the gritty details of its latest game. Best known for the Shank games and Mark of the Ninja, Klei's Saturday morning cartoon stylized visuals will now be used to back up a turn based espionage game very much in the vein of the popular XCOM...
Tim Schafer is widely known as one the best creative minds in the indie market, a reputation he has carved out of such classics as Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, and myriad other games since the launch of his own company. However, like most artists, the man is not a businessman, and he often lets his crazy imagination run away with budgets. Stories arose about problems with Brutal Legend...
As Sony continues is glorious dance with indie developers and their unique offerings, the PlayStation team has announced that Proteus, currently a PC game, will soon wander its way towards the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. The video at the head of this post is actually an episode of “Let’s Play” dedicated to Proteus. We explored the title when it first launched for the PC platform back in...
Score another victory for indie games. Earthworm Jim creator Doug TenNapel and Pencil Test Studios have successfully raised the money through Kickstarter to support their point and click adventure Armikrog. Claymation and puppetry gaming for all! When we last covered the game, it needed roughly $207,000 over just a two day period. It seemed a little out of reach given that such slow...
As last week’s Xbox One reveal gets further and further away, it seems like statements coming out of Microsoft aren’t accompanied by the other shoe dropping nearly as often. A week ago, Kotaku‘s interview with Don Mattrick would’ve been accompanied by a direct contradiction from Major Nelson later that day, but that’s seeming less likely. Microsoft “will have an independent creator...
What makes a great indie soundtrack in today's gaming world? Is it personality? Charm? Uniqueness? Ron and I (Joey Davidson) teamed up to hammer out 10 of our favorite gaming soundtracks from the relatively contemporary indie scene. What we wound up with is a list of 10 albums that we can easily, wholeheartedly recommend to you for your listening pleasure. We've tracked down the...