Indie games have produced quite a few gems over the years. From the finely crafted experiences that imitate AAA gaming, to the more surreal and bizarre. In fact, quite a few indie games tend to lean towards the unusual and unnatural. In an untapped market with lower stakes, more unconventional realms can be explored. Such was the case with Nidhogg. ...
Read More »Wasteland 3 Sucessfully Funded
Full disclosure, I took part in the crowdfunding campaign for Wasteland 3. Wasteland is a lesser known gaming franchise, but most gamers are familiar with what it spawned. The widely popular Fallout franchise owes a lot to Wasteland, and it would never had been made without the 1988 classic. Four years ago, however, the inactive Wasteland title was revived with ...
Read More »NES Classic Edition Accessories
The NES is arguably the most important console ever created, at least from a history perspective. It wasn’t the first created, that would be the Brown Box, nor was it the first to be wildly popular, that being the Atari 2600. It was, however, the console that revived North American video gaming after the crash of 1983. Gaming wasn’t exactly ...
Read More »Rumors say that Nintendo Switch launches on March 18th
Nintendo held its cards for a long time when it came to revealing its new console, the Nintendo Switch, but everything seems to indicate that it ultimately worked. YouTube views of the first Nintendo Switch trailer are now higher than the most seen Wii U trailer, and general opinion regarding the Switch seems to be fairly positive, with people agreeing ...
Read More »EVE Fanfest 20th Event Details
Milestones and anniversaries are customs that are practiced by the majority of the human race. Birthdays, days of marriage, and years of operation are all given special attention when the anniversary date comes round. Particularly when they line up with a particular milestone. For video game companies, it is no different. In fact, given the youth of the medium, in ...
Read More »UK: Xbox One’s console sales beat PS4… again
As the months go by it becomes clearer to the general public how much of a good decision the Xbox One S was, the Xbox One had a rough start and it could barely win some months in the United States against the crushingly powerful PlayStation 4, the Xbox division tried its best to improve the console’s image but it ...
Read More »Owlboy has released after 9 years of development
Passion can make a project come to life, but dedication and conviction are the elements that keep it alive after troublesome times, that is the story of D-Pad Studio. Simon Andersen had the idea to make Owlboy back in 2007, and with a team consisting of 4 people (including himself) development of a demo of the game started on that ...
Read More »Mythic Battles: Pantheon on Kickstarter
Games on Kickstarter is something that is still going strong, even after all these years. Despite the failings of projects such as Mighty No. 9, there have been many success stories coming from Kickstarter. Hyper Light Drifter, Shovel Knight, Chroma Squadron, Shadowrun Returns, all games that were backed on Kickstarter, and were very well received. As of today, another game ...
Read More »Great and underrated games are now in Humble Bundle!
Humble Bundle has been an excellent, economical way of getting fun games for a very small price while helping charity at the same time. Ever since its first appearance in 2010 hundreds of games have been available, from Saints Row to Thomas was Alone, from Metro 2033 to Thief. And until the first days of October, there is not only ...
Read More »Shadow Warrior 2 Collector’s Edition
Collector’s editions of games is a concept that has risen in popularity quite a bit. You don’t have to look far to find an example of a game offering one. There’s quite a few that come out on a yearly basis, usually for AAA games. Not all of them though. Shadow Warrior 2 is joining the ranks of these such ...
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