There are a ton of household names that just roll off the tongue when discussing the characters within the AAA scene. Kratos, Lara Croft, Master Chief, Cloud Strife. I could spend all day naming elite gaming characters, and I would imagine you would nod your head as I did, mumbling, ‘Know that one, and that […]
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Just in case you’re so rooted in the world of indie games that you missed it, Xbox had their dirty laundry aired out this week courtesy of their ongoing court case with the FTC. The company has been embroiled in a legal battle to get its acquisition of Activision-Blizzard over the line, and in the
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‘What is an indie game?’ It’s a question that has always been shrouded in mystery, mostly because no one within the medium of gaming can quite agree on a definitive separation between indie, AA, and AAA gaming. You would think that, much like the indie music scene, or the indie movie scene, we might have
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An immediate confession. Despite growing up in a time when dial-up internet was still a thing, and people uncovered gaming secrets through magazines and guidebooks, I still get lovingly referred to by my wife as ‘an iPad kid’. This is because even when I’m doing something, I need to also have one or two other
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I’ve been an avid Xbox gamer for several years now, and I watch their showcases religiously. With the AAA games, we usually have some idea of what to expect to be announced, but the great thing about indies is that they’re nearly always a surprise. This was definitely the case when Jusant was announced during
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When you think of top-down shooters, you probably think of Hotline Miami, Enter the Gungeon, or a similarly high-energy game. However, Sobaka Studio has shown a trailer for their new game aiming to tweak the formula called Remedium. This new project tries to mix the gunplay in these games with an aesthetic that looks at
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Devout Inspectors can get back to work with the release of LCD Please, a Papers Please demake that dumbs down the passport inspection game into a hyper-retro, LCD-handheld style game with minimalist graphics and lovingly antiquated controls. Made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the beloved passport inspection game, Rock Paper Shotgun details how the demake is particularly
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When you think of indie games, you probably think of cozy, wholesome adventures. Well, not all indies fall into that category. Certainly not upcoming souls-like Deathbound! Publisher Tate Media and developer Trialforge Studio have worked together on almost every game they’ve made, and announced today is a game that’s no different. While the studios have
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For the longest time, I had a bit of a strained relationship with the top-down RPG genre, or more specifically, isometric RPGs. There was something so alien about them that made me shy away from their often meticulously crafted worlds. Whether it was the density of the systems on offer in games like Fallout 2,
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The Absolute Radiance terrifies me. Standing at the end of an hour-long boss gauntlet dealing two mask attacks with almost no room for us to focus, Hallownest’s moth goddess always sends my heart into a fluttering frenzy. Even so, the Absolute Radiance holds two of the best endings of Hollow Knight, allowing us to free
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