Review: The Wolf Among Us – Episode 1 “Faith” – from Telltale Games
Indie developers Telltale Games, known for their work on Sam and Max and The Walking Dead launch a new adventure based on Bill Willingham’s Fables comics. Read the full review…
Review: Gone Home – If the Walls Could Talk…
After traveling overseas, you return home…but your family is missing. You must search your home to unravel the mystery behind your family’s disappearance..
Review: Rymdkapsel is full of stars
Rymdkapsel from Grapefrukt games is a space time management sim that blends Tetris with Missile Command to amazing effect. Read the full review…
Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine – An Indie Game Review
Monaco by indie devs Pocketwatch Games is a slick co-op robbery adventure. Assemble your team of criminal specialists, and reap the spoils of the perfect heist.
Review: Teleglitch – A fast-paced arcade-style roguelike. Yes, it is.
Three years in the making, Teleglitch is a fast-paced arcade style Rogue-like inspired by DOOM 3 that will get your heart pumping and palms sweating as you blast your way through procedurally-generated levels and face permadeath.
Review: Mark of the Ninja (XBLA)
Rather than draw on corny Ninja tropes, Klei Entertainment’s latest platformer Mark of the Ninja relies on real Japanese history and earned experience in game design. Review…
Torchlight II by Runic Games – An Indie Game Review
From indie game developers Runic Games comes the highly anticipated sequel to their award winning dungeon crawler Torchlight. With more content, multiplayer and randomly generated outdoor levels, how does it fare?
Dear Esther – An Indie Game Review
Dear Esther from indie developer thechineseroom is, quite simply, a sublime inspiration in experiential gameplay. It is also a game that is slippery to define because of its complexity. Read the full review…
Review: Thomas Was Alone – Why We’ll Love Indie Games Forever
Thomas Was Alone by independent game developer Mike Bithell is the perfect embodiment of the power of an indie game to communicate and evoke thought and emotion. Read the full review…
Dust: An Elysian Tail for XBLA – An Indie Game Review
Dust: An Elysian Tail from tiny indie development team Humble Hearts for XBOX Live Arcade is a beautifully rendered, multi-layered platform that forms the near-perfect play experience that is the basis of this review…
Review: Journey for PSN from thatgamecompany
With Journey, Thatgamecompany presents a short but incredibly sweet offering. Leave what you know of quest games behind and take a walk to remember…
Fez – An Indie Game Review
Five years in development, huge expectation, multiple pre-release awards and a small legion of doubters later, Fez from Polytron Corp, spearheaded by Phil Fish finally arrived on the XBOX Live Arcade marketplace. Does it climb the pixel mountain and reach the dizzying heights?
Review: A Valley Without Wind – A Procedurally Generated Genre-Mashing Platformer
A Valley Without Wind from Arcen Games (creators of AI War) is an astonishing procedurally-generated genre mashup as platformer. Read the full review…
Review: The Dream Machine – A Surreal Stop-Motion Point and Click Adventure
The Dream Machine is an awe-inspiring near cinematic point and click adventure indie game. Read the full review…
Waveform racks up the stars – An Indie Game Review
Eden Industries’ Waveform occupies a strange niche between platformer and rhythm game, something like Sonic the Hedgehog meets Dance Dance Revolution. It’s conceptually quite simple; so simple, it’s a little surprising that there haven’t been more games like it. While it can be frustrating at times, its “one more turn” addictiveness makes it a hard game to dislike.