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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams from Black Forest Games is the story of how a Super Mario Bros. clone that was once blocked by Nintendo not only lives on but surpasses expectation with a very successful Kickstarter campaign and now release on multiple platforms and consoles.
SEGA classic action/graffiti title and cel-shading pioneer “Jet Set Radio” seemingly lost in the annals of gaming history has returned in HD for Steam, Windows, PSN and XBLA! Featuring killer music and gameplay.
With over a hundred levels spread across four environment types, Snapshot from indie developers Retro Affect games (spearheaded by Kyle Pulver) uses picture-taking as its primary puzzle solving game mechanic. Read the full review…
With Journey, Thatgamecompany presents a short but incredibly sweet offering. Leave what you know of quest games behind and take a walk to remember…
A review of German indie game developer Zero Scale’s Demolition Inc. – a physics-based puzzle game now available for PSN, Steam and Windows PC. Read the full review…
With great power comes great responsibility. Therefore, it logically follows that being invincible is a royal pain in the ass. Read the full review of Who’s the Flying?! aka WTF?!
Exploitation films have made a comeback recently and so have old-school 2D Platform games. The good people at Klei Entertainment asked, why not blend the two? Why not, indeed. Shank is certainly a strange breed, but it got the best features of both parents. Be forewarned though, the best parts of exploitation film is NOT under any circumstances meant for children.
In the June issue of Famitsu, Level 5 made the surprise announcement that Ni no Kuni, their tag team production […]
A review of indie game Shatter from Sidhe Interactive – a radical twist on a very old video game genre.
Bust out your plasticine, your silly straws, and whatever other childhood gadgetry you use when building-your-own fun. LittleBigPlanet 2 hits […]
IGR’s review of Naughty Dog’s sequel to Drake’s Fortune – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – The Single-Player Campaign Review
This review is about a game by Jonathan Mak called “Everyday Shooter.” It’s a testament to the developer that this game is actually pretty hard to describe because of the level of abstractness he achieves.
In a world of multi-million dollar budgets in video games, independent video games are gaining ground. And within that field holds some of the creative and inspiring games; one of which is Braid. Braid is a puzzle/platformer, but so much more.
Onlive: Essentially you will be able to play any game anywhere, anytime over a broadband connection without any downloads. Similarly, you can play demos for any of these games to check ’em out before committing to the full game.
Rayman’s Raving Rabbids Whether or not the game lived up to the hype, one can’t deny that the marketing for […]