Indie game news, reviews, previews & developer interviews
Omerta – City of Gangsters is full of promise as it takes on an undercovered genre – the prohibition era in Atlantic City. But did a premature release lead to and underpopulated albeit beautifully designed sandbox? Will recent patches pick up the slack? Read the full review…
The original creator of beloved karate game Karateka for the Apple II revisits his own title with a beautifully animated HD remake after having taken a break to build the Prince of Persia franchise. In this review we consider whether the new look revises the old glory for a next gen console generation.
The interstellar sherbet reserves are being raided! Suit up with a jet pack and load up with some high-powered alien doohickeys and send those thieves a-packin’! Read the full review and watch the gameplay video…
Ever wonder how that annoying black pixel appeared on your expensive display? Help one dot on his journey to slip the bonds of his flat screen prison.
IndieGameReviewer.com presents its epic year-end game round up for 2012, top ten indie game list and lots of honorable mentions along with the most anticipated games for 2013. Dive in!
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.
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…
A video interview with indie game developer Adam Spragg about his IndieCade 2012 finalist “Hidden in Plain Sight” available now on the XBOX Live Indie Game Marketplace. Watch the full interview shot at IndieCade in Culver City now…
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.
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…
RobotRiot is a classic shooter/platformer reminiscent of a wide array of classics from the arcade era. The gameplay will be instantly familiar to anyone who enjoyed retro titles like Contra or Megaman; you take control of a small robot with a rapid fire cannon, running, gunning and puzzling your way through various levels set on space ships. RobotRiot certainly ticks the retro box but does it bring anything new to the table?
To say that there is a glut of 2-D platformers in the indie scene is a bit of an understatement. But The Adventures of Shuggy from Smudged Cat games, stands out. Read the full 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?
Escape Goat for XBOX 360 indie marketplace, in its puny title glory, comes to us from Magical Time Bean, the makers of Soul Caster (which has just been released for the PC) Read the full review…
You may be wondering why a site called Indie Game Reviewer is covering The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – a massive AAA title from a well established company like Bethesda that will sell millions of copies. Let me explain…