I'll be the first to admit that the sales pitch for Swords of Ditto sounds exhausting: What if The Legend of Zelda was a Roguelike game? If you spend any real time in the video gaming space, you've heard some variant on that pitch before – a classic Nintendo game paired with a trendy game style. But once in a while, it actually works, as is the case with One Bit Beyond's Swords of Ditto...
Nobody can really point to where indie development began. Dedicated gamers have been making their own video games as a hobby in their basements dating all the way back to the mid 80s and even earlier. This was back before they learned that if their games were good enough, they could sell them to make a profit from all of their hard work! All that was lacking was a platform to sell them...
Team Meat is finally bringing its sensational indie platformer Super Meat Boy to Sony platforms this week, but with the release comes one major change: an all new soundtrack. Co-creator Tommy Refenes confirmed the news on an official PlayStation Blog post, telling fans not to worry too much about it, though. Long story short, we couldn’t secure the rights to include the old soundtrack...
SOMA has emerged as one of the biggest indie hits of the year, but I guess that depends on how you judge a hit. On a grand scale, the 92,000 units it has sold so far isn’t that impressive when you put it next to other games, even the biggest of indie hits. I get the feeling that developer Frictional Games doesn’t mind, because, for its own interests, 92,000 pays for the company for two...
As I always say, Capcom has no reason to make Mega Man 11 just yet. Not while the fans are cranking out grade-A freebies on their own. The latest Mega Man fan game to hit the net is Mega Man: Super Fighting Robot, lovingly named after the only lyric in the 90's cartoon's opening theme. I'm sorry, I forgot "Fighting to save the world." Anyway, Mega Man: Super Fighting Robot is yet...
I was thinking a lot about Kickstarter this week. You read about these Kickstarter flops like Yogventures! and whatnot, and you think, “Man! At least that hasn’t happened to me!” Then it really hits home when you realize that it has, one of the projects you’ve backed has gone south and maybe you wasted your money after being suckered into a risky deal. I read a negative update for a...
Barkley 2 is one of those old Kickstarter games that dwindled out of public scrutiny after months of silence. It pulled in $120,335 back in 2012 with a promised release date of Dec. 2013, but seeing as we are way past that at this point, anything is a welcome sight now. And that's just what we have. A new live-action teaser trailer, very clearly spoofing the Final Fantasy VII Remake ...
Much like last year, I braved the torturous summer climate of Kyoto to cover Japan’s leading indie game convention, BitSummit, in search of the hottest Japanese indie games of 2015. Seriously guys, why not come on down to Kobe next year? It’s easier to navigate, and you won’t be drenched in sweat by the time you reach the front doors. It’s very clear that the organizers have learned a...
Keiji Inafune and his indie studio Comcept teased last Friday that a mysterious game called RED ASH – The Indelible Legend would be unveiled shortly, and they have followed through on their word. RED ASH – The Indelible Legend is live on Kickstarter and is asking for $800,000 to totally fund its “freely explorable anime world.”. Those who recall Inafune’s last Kickstarter game, Mighty...
While Capcom has been pretty superb as of late porting the classic Mega Man games to modern consoles, it hasn't been doing such a bang up job of making new ones. In its stead though, we've seen plenty of fans rise to the occasion and deliver some genuinely knock out experiences. Mega Man Unlimited and Rockman Minus Infinity come to mind, and Street Fighter X Mega Man was so good that...