At Gamescom this year, one of the games that caught my interest in the Indie Arena was a little known 3D platformer by Sandbloom Studio. With a voxel art aesthetic that also incorporates action adventure [...]

Since the original Outcast game came out 20 years ago, we've had a number of science-fantasy action adventure games come out and enjoy success in the marketplace. Now, THQ Nordic and Appeal Studios are hard [...]

With Soulslike games gaining mainstream popularity in recent years, one game that's stood out for me in recent months is Lies of P - a faster paced hack and slash style game that's reminiscent of [...]

One of the major problems in rejuvenating old franchises is trying to determine as to how they can be made to appeal to modern day audiences. And with the original Arkanoid game being over 30 [...]

As someone who has been in the industry since 2006, and as the Lead Producer of this year's upcoming Evil West game, Tomasz Gop is extremely aware of how hard it is for a game [...]

As one of my most anticipated games for this year, A Plague Tale: Requiem is the sequel to what was ultimately a surprise hit for developer Asobo Studio and publisher Focus Entertainment, and which won [...]

As a 2D Metroidvania with a heavy emphasis on exploration, Animal Well reminds me of a much more simpler era with its 8-bit style pixel art graphics. At the same time, the game also evokes [...]

As a company that specialises in VR games, Vertigo Games is well positioned in riding out the VR technological wave that's currently sweeping the industry. And having already developed the VR zombie shooter Arizona Sunshine, [...]

As the debut game from Kyle Banks, an Edinburgh based software engineer, Farewell North is an open world adventure game where you play as a border collie who accompanies his owner through the Scottish Highlands. [...]

Next year, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC players can look forward to Alone In The Dark - a reimagined love letter to the 30 year old classic that was responsible for pioneering the survival [...]

I was hoping to be able to go to the supermarket on Monday 19th September (after 5pm). But I don't want to be accosted with obnoxiously loud music whilst walking past a CEX store. And [...]

With E3 being cancelled this year, there's been a lot of talk on whether big consumer and industry events (like E3 and Gamescom) are even necessary in an age in which people predominantly consume videogame [...]

One of the great things about indie games today is that modern development tools enable creators to just go absolutely crazy with their passion projects - that also don't need to be approved by committee. [...]

As someone who was once the creator and editor of their own self-funded videogames magazine, it's always nice to see enterprising individuals come up with their own take of what an "indie" videogames magazine should [...]

I first heard about Brandon Yu (aka Chaoclypse) after he released his first commercial game on Steam - Hayai. What I liked about his game was that it was less than £2, and had been [...]

There have a number of FPS games recently that have featured the old school gameplay and design formula of classics like Doom. This has lead many to believe that the games industry is currently undergoing [...]

During the days of the Amiga and Atari ST, we had a little game creation engine called Shoot-'Em-Up Construction Kit (a.k.a. SEUCK). Created by Sensible Software, SEUCK allowed users to make simple shoot 'em ups [...]

Created independently by a small team of talented developers who have no interest in partnering up with a publisher, Selaco was originally conceived by Wesley de Waart who has built his Altered Orbit Studios around [...]

Made with the Unity Engine, Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow is the brainchild of a 26 year old Polish developer who started working on the game outside of his working hours in March 2020. Since [...]