Both the Game Developer’s Conference and Penny Arcade Expo have become venues for indie developers to show off their latest projects. We scoured the show floors and came across a dozen games that captured our attention. Outer Wil…
Showing posts with the label IGN ArcadeShow All
FROM THE END OF THE WORLD TO THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE, HERE ARE THE MOST EXCITING INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOPED VIDEOGAMES ON THE HORIZON VOLUME Mike Bithell is watching his words. “I’ve been playing a lot of Telltale’s games, so I’m…
Final Fantasy is the only big gaming franchise missing from the arcades, isn’t it? Everything else has got some kind of branded cabinet repping the brand amid some of the most lucrative walk-through zones in gaming, so the only q…
If a psychopathic genius kidnapped the love of your life and turned you into a high-tech cyborg, what would you do? That is the central premise behind Aero’s Quest, a 2D platformer that brings the best out of the puzzle genre. D…
Thimbleweed Park: No swings and roundabouts as point-and-click twins take the genre back to its peak
When we heard that none other than Ron Gilbert was seeking funding for an all-new point-and-click adventure in the classic ’80s pixel style, we tried to not too get too excited. We’ve been burned by Kickstarter before. And yes, w…
While many of the big publishers are hesitant to pull focus away from their triple-A holiday releases during the busy season at the end of the year, the same can’t be said for the independent game scene, where we saw lots of new …
