Oddworld New ‘n’ Tasty launches this week on the PlayStation 4, bringing the puzzle platform back to its rightful home where it started it all, on PlayStation. New developer Just Add Water has stated that this is not a full on HD remake though, and it instead has used the original 1997 classic, Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, as merely inspiration to build an entirely new game from scratch....
Who hasn’t been inspired by Indiana Jones? I can tell you one group of people who especially have: sadistic indie game developers of brutally difficult 2D platformers. On today’s market exists a groundswell of quality games starring a fedora wearing, whip wielding archaeologist who digs through the trap infested dungeons, deserts, and jungles to find their secret treasures.
WayForward's sassy mascot Shantae will no longer be restricted to handheld devices for the first time in franchise history. Already sporting a loyal fanbase through the Nintendo 3DS and iOS platforms, the series finally has a chance to branch out to a whole new audience with the release of Shantae: Risky's Revenge on Steam on July 15. The news was announced in an update on WayForward's...
Sony Worldwide Studios Boss Shuhei Yoshida is a fan of all kinds of video games, be it the indie scene or the AAA shooters which pull in the big bucks. He even always has something nice to say about rival Nintendo. To him, variety is key to the success of the market, and it makes him worried whenever gamers react negatively to something beyond the norm. In response to "winning" another...
Awww, isn’t he so cute. Even his name is adorable. Tuffy the Corgi and the Tower of Bones is a recently added pixelated 2D platformer available on PlayStation Mobile. Tuffy is so anxious to eat those bones at the top of the tower that he just can’t stop running. You won’t directly control Tuffy, but you can change his direction with a simple tap of the left side of the screen. He will...
Now that game design and digital distribution is “relatively” easier and more accessible than ever, indie game developers have stepped up to make what has long been a popular genre of us old-timers: classic 2D “metroidvania.” Explore an open world, collect powers, and use those powers to open new areas. La-Mulana 2, Heart Forth Alicia, Shantae, I’ve backed more than my fair share of...
He might not be a household name to most game enthusiasts, but Yoshitaka Murayama is a name near and dear to my heart for creating Konami's fabulous and forgotten RPG series, Suikoden. Now, he has teased a new indie game aimed at Western audiences to the good folks over at Suikoden Revival Movement, that he and Blue Moon Studios are working on. "It's hard to say with certainty what...
Shovel Knight is nigh. Mere hours from this highly anticipated indie release, Yacht Club Games has one last launch trailer to show you exactly how epic its 8-bit retro throwback really is. I've gone hands on with Shovel Knight once or twice at game shows, but even I was unprepared for how great this launch trailer is. Shovel Knight was pitched as a tribute to classic NES games, most...
Former developers working on Sony's The Last Guardian have started their own indie studio based in Tokyo, Japan made up of an international staff. Friend & Foe, as the studio is named, is hoping to self-fund and self-publish the two projects it currently has in development: Vane and Dangerous Men. "As many before us, however, we grew tired of working for big companies and chose...
It’s no secret that a majority of Kickstarter games have been inspired by the classics of old. I’ve backed games like Mighty No. 9 and Shovel Knight, both throwbacks to Mega Man, and Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians, a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy Tactics. Well, if the big publishers aren’t going to be supporting my older, and primarily Japanese, gaming habits, then I am...