Second Annual IndieDB Indie of the Year Awards Now Underway
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Do you have a favorite independently-developed game that’s come out this year? IndieDB’s awards, now in their second year, help you show your appreciation.
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Pete Davison
November 30, 2011 10:25 AM PT
2011 has been a great year for games, both in the mainstream and independent sectors. The Spike TV VGAs have the mainstream covered with a mostly predictable list of nominees, but what about more niche, less high-profile titles?
The IndieDB Indie of the Year Awards,...
Zen Pinball Springs On to iOS — for Free
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Looking for some pinball action in the palm of your hand? Zen Studios brings its flipper expertise to the iOS platform.
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Pete Davison
November 30, 2011 09:20 AM PT
Zen Studios’ pinball titles on PSN and Xbox Live Arcade are among the best pinball simulations that have ever been released. From today, you’re also able to play flipper on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad thanks to the new release of Zen Pinball as a free iOS app.
Unlike Pinball FX2 on Xbox Live Arcade,...
Square Enix Aims for Worldwide Appeal with Unreal-Powered Action RPG
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Square Enix recently licensed Epic’s Unreal Engine to create a new game. Speaking with Famitsu, the company has explained how it hopes to appeal to both West and East with the new title — haven’t we heard that before?
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Pete Davison
November 30, 2011 08:55 AM PT
Square Enix’s last foray into an Unreal-powered RPG, The Last Remnant, met with mixed reviews.
Speaking with Famitsu (via 1up), Ryutaro Ichimura from Square Enix explained a few details regarding...
Stardock’s First Console Title is a Festive Retro Platformer
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The publisher behind the renowned Sins of a Solar Empire series has made its first jump to consoles, with a title that seems somewhat out of character.
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Pete Davison
November 30, 2011 08:20 AM PT
Stardock, publisher of meaty sci-fi 4X titles such as Sins of a Solar Empire and erstwhile owners of GameStop’s Impulse digital download service, probably isn’t a company you associate with colorful pixel art platformers. But this holiday season, that’s exactly what...
Gunpoint Features Tactical Espionage, Rewiring and Defenestration Action
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An upcoming independently-developed game features a superspy who evidently missed his calling as an electrician.
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Pete Davison
November 30, 2011 08:00 AM PT
Looking for something a bit different from your stealth games? Check out the intriguing-looking new independent game Gunpoint. Casting players in the role of a superspy armed with a variety of gadgets (including jet-propelled pants), the game challenges players to break into a variety of secure buildings and steal all...
Choplifter Returns This Winter
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Apparently it’s “retro day” today. inXile Entertainment and Konami have confirmed that Choplifter HD will be with us by the end of the year.
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Pete Davison
November 30, 2011 07:30 AM PT
Computer! Game Of The Year!
What’s with all the nostalgia today? First the BBC Micro turns 30, then some enterprising young rapscallion comes up with a way to make four floppy drives sing and now Choplifter’s coming back?
Yes indeed, the ’80s hostage-grabbing...
This is Portal’s End Theme ’Still Alive’ Played on Floppy Drives
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What better way to pay tribute to Jonathan Coulton’s iconic end theme from the original Portal than by performing it using obsolete computer technology?
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Pete Davison
November 30, 2011 07:15 AM PT
Performing pieces of music on ageing computer hardware is something which has grown in popularity in recent years. Back in 2008, UK filmmaker and artist James Houston produced this short film featuring a Radiohead song performed using scanners, printers, a ZX Spectrum and a...
Cthulhu-Themed Magicka Expansion Goes Live Today
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Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Studios have released the latest addon campaign for chaotic co-op wizard ’em up Magicka.
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Pete Davison
November 30, 2011 05:00 AM PT
Magicka is great, because unlike most co-op games, you almost feel like you’re being actively encouraged to grief your buddies. If there’s no monsters around, how else are you going to “experiment” with a particular combination of magical elements other than by “accidentally”...
Classic Computer BBC Micro Turns 30
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The popular-in-the-UK, unknown-in-the-States microcomputer that gave us the original space-trading sim Elite is 30 years old tomorrow.
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Pete Davison
November 30, 2011 04:35 AM PT
If you’re a longtime gamer, you may fondly remember the home computers of the ’80s and ’90s. In the States, you may well have been using a machine by Commodore, Apple or Atari, while Europe was dominated by the runaway success of Sinclair’s Spectrum series.
In 1981 in the...
The Sims FreePlay for iOS Brings Real Time Gameplay to the Series
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An upcoming new free to play Sims title for iPhone and iPad gives the series something of a shakeup with new real time play.
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Pete Davison
November 30, 2011 03:45 AM PT
Image via IGN.
IGN reports that a new Sims title is on the way for iOS. Like The Sims Social, it’s a free to play game, but unlike the Facebook offering, it’s not based around the coin-op style “pay to play” energy model. Rather, in a striking departure from the rest of the series’...
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