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 [...]

With the PC proving to be a fertile ground for indie developers, the platform is also proving to be immensely popular amongst shmup evangelists. To this extent, we've seen big-hitters such as Blue Revolver, ZeroRanger, [...]

As someone who really liked Alien Breed on the Amiga, what initially attracted me towards Xenosis: Alien Infection was its retro-inspired look that pays homage to Team 17's sci-fi franchise. At the same time, the [...]

With Apple Arcade making a splash last year, one of the developers it wooed for its fledgling subscription service was a small Lithuanian studio by the name of Hidden Layer Games. Comprising just two people [...]

Coming from the same development team behind Slain: Back From Hell, Valfaris is a run and gun game in the same mould as Contra. However, whilst Slain was considered as being a bit of a [...]

With the monumental box office failure of Terminator: Dark Fate, many critics are espousing the idea that the franchise is done, and has been ever since the release Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Theirs is a [...]

I remember interviewing Josh Fairhurst of Limited Run Games in 2016, and since his company's formation, there have been a number of viable competitors entering the limited print run niche. With Strictly Limited Games being [...]

The product of a 3 person team based in Germany, A Juggler's Tale is a small indie game that is being made by young creatives from the internationally renowned university, "Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg". Still only the [...]

Having never heard of Deliver Us The Moon until very recently, I was intrigued by the premise of a sci-fi thriller that's set in space during a time period when Earth's natural resources have been [...]

With Sega looking to revive its "idle IPs", it was only a matter of time before Streets of Rage would be getting resurrected. And whilst the company has decided to take an off-hand (supervisory) approach, [...]

As a major fan of Capcom's long-standing survival horror franchise, Michele Giannone was part of the Resident Evil 2: Reborn project that got shut down a month after its public unveiling. Not discouraged by these [...]

As someone who enjoyed the first Dying Light game, I was intrigued by the news of a sequel being in development. Promising to be bigger and better than the original, Dying Light 2 is shaping [...]

With DreadOut being the most popular horror game made by an Indonesian developer, it was only natural that a sequel would be announced. And with DreadOut 2 coming out in 2020, I spoke to Rachmad [...]

Both Fear Effect and Panzer Dragoon caused heads to turn when they were first released on consoles during the 32 bit era, and were major sellers that also drew wide critical acclaim. However, with both [...]