Outer Wilds wins IGF grand prize
Outer Wilds picked up the grand prize at last night's Independent Game Festival awards, triumphing over other nominees like Invisible, I...
2:32:00 PMSpelunky releasing on PC this August
After more than a year of investigating caves of all shapes and sizes, taking a machete to snakes and avoiding traps that should have stoppe...
2:18:00 PMTitanfall 2 release date won't fall in 2015
If you optimistically hoped for a Titanfall 2 release this year, then here's bad news: according to Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen...
2:04:00 PMIGF Awards 2015 nominees announced
We're a couple of months away from Independent Game Festival Awards #17, and so, in the spirit of competition, some finalists have been ...
1:31:00 PMYou should be playing Dirty Bomb
TRIGGERNOMETRY At its peak, when some popular streamers and YouTubers were being paid to play it, Dirty Bomb was drawing as many as 1...
1:03:00 PMNew Humble Bundle launched to support IGF chairman Brandon Boyer
A "very special" Humble Bundle popped up on Wednesday, this time in support of Independent Games Festival chairman Brandon Boyer....
12:30:00 PMSplash Damage's Extraction now called Dirty Bomb again
Remember that free-to-play, London-set multiplayer shooter that Blink/Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory developers Splash Damage have been making...
12:02:00 PMIGF 2014 Student Showcase winners announced
The Independent Game Festival has announced the eight winners of the 16th annual Student Showcase, celebrating the most innovative student g...
11:29:00 AMValve expects Steam community to help police paid mods
Today's announcement that mod makers will now be able to sell their creations directly to gamers on Steam was big news by any measure. ...
11:15:00 AMOverwatch patch notes confirm McCree and Widowmaker nerfs
The nerf to the Overwatch gunfighter McCree that Blizzard talked about a couple weeks ago is now official. is now official. Patch notes po...
11:01:00 AMIndie roguelike Catacomb Kids heads to IGF 2014 with twitch combat and inevitable death
Despite its childish name and the youth of its protagonists, Catacomb Kids looks seriously brutal. Despite its childish name and the youth o...
10:28:00 PMUnity of Command creator starts a development diary for the sequel
Unity of Command is a really good game —among the best wargames of all time , in our view—but it's been quite awhile since it came out...
10:14:00 PMIs that new Ghost in the Shell game any good?
First Assault Online is a multiplayer FPS set in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex universe that’s just launched on Steam Early Ac...
10:00:00 PMExplore 7,000 years of family history in 7 Grand Steps
7 Grand Steps looks like a beautiful, compelling, hyper-intricate game. 7 Grand Steps looks like a beautiful, compelling, hyper-intricate ga...
9:27:00 PMUnity of Command add-on Black Turn: Operation Barbarossa released
2x2 Games has released Black Turn: Operation Barbarossa, the newest DLC for its historical strategy game, Unity of Command . . The expansio...
9:13:00 PMHitman video impressions
At a recent Square Enix preview event, I was able to get my hands on the first episode of the new Hitman game from IO Interactive arriving ...
8:59:00 PMStarseed Pilgrim plants onto Steam on April 16
Starseed Pilgrim, the experimental 2D platformer and nominee for the IGF's Excellence in Design award, is getting a Steam release next w...
8:26:00 PMUnity of Command now available on Steam, DLC announced
Good news, hex-based strategy wargamers: Unity of Command , a game we like a lot , is live on Steam starting today. , is live on Steam sta...
8:12:00 PMThe Division gameplay: watch a mission on max settings at 60 fps
Ever since Ubisoft showed off footage of The Division for the first time, we’ve been waiting to see if the final game lives up to its init...
7:58:00 PMIGF announces shortlist for Best Student Game
The 15th Independant Games Festival award shortlist already contains plenty of weird and wonderful indies. already contains plenty of weird...
7:25:00 PMUnity of Command's new DLC takes a Black Turn with 1941 German invasion
After seeing red it only makes sense to fade to black. Unity of Commandis getting a new DLC campaign, Black Turn—Operation Barbarossa 1941, ...
7:11:00 PMXCOM 2 post-mission loading can be skipped, but not without risk
You may have heard recently that hitting the caps lock key during the XCOM 2 post-mission screens can cause the game to load much more quic...
6:57:00 PMHypersexed Hypertext: Porpentine and the Twine text game revolution
Porpentine is a game designer, writer, and curator for freeindiegam.es . She primarily makes Twine games, which are choose your own advent...
6:24:00 PMPC Gamer US Podcast #333 - No-scope Cornshot
Evan, Chuck, T.J. and Omri convene to collate this week's news, recently-released games, and take a moment to talk about an XCOM mod . ...
6:10:00 PMSpeed up stuttering XCOM 2 turns with the "Stop Wasting My Time" mod
Some game mods are purely cosmetic because, let's face it, we all like hats . . Some overhaul games entirely, in dramatic, sweeping fas...
5:56:00 PMKentucky Route Zero Act I released, get your magical realist adventure gaming here
Games Set in Caves are the new Games Not Set in Caves - I'm calling it now. Games Set in Caves are the new Games Not Set in Caves - I...
5:22:00 PMUnity of Command dreams of a red Christmas with its Soviet-focused Red Turn DLC
We described Unity of Command as "Wargame of the Year material" back in March, and as the year draws to a close that's looki...
5:09:00 PMXCOM 2 players have already killed 53 million aliens
The newly-opened XCOM 2 Global Overview stats page reveals some surprising, and even startling, numbers—foremost among them is that more th...
4:55:00 PMValve offering Steam distribution deals for IGF 2013 finalists
Budding gamesmiths submit their homebrewed sweat-and-code for recognition and reward during each year's Independent Games Festival, but ...
4:21:00 PMDeus Ex: Revision hits Steam later today
Nine months and two weeks ago , we said that Deus Ex: Revision would be done "in February", and boy, we were (and the mod's m...
4:08:00 PMThe first XCOM 2 mod is, of course, a Corgi Gun
XCOM 2 launched today, and so has the very first user-created mod: The ACORG-47 . . It's a gun. But it's not just a gun. It's a...
3:54:00 PMIndependent Games Festival 2013 entries revealed
The Independent Games Festival , the longest running and best-known competition for coffee-shop developers, has just announced the list of g...
3:20:00 PMDeus Ex: Revision video shows remastered levels, teases "near future" release
This new Deus Ex: Revision video is the perfect encapsulation of the heroicly scrappy spirit of the modding community. This new Deus Ex: Rev...
3:06:00 PMThe Sectopod and the Gatekeeper join the XCOM 2 cast
A pair of new alien enemies who will make your life miserable, the Sectopod and the Gatekeeper, have joined the XCOM 2 lineup. lineup. And ...
2:53:00 PMFTL is coming to Steam, Kickstarter campaign has five days left
The exciting spaceship command roguelike, FTL, will be getting Steam release. The exciting spaceship command roguelike, FTL, will be getting...
2:19:00 PMO, delay! Beck's adventure in Mighty No. 9 pushed to spring 2016
Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune's Mighty No. 9 has been delayed again, this time just two weeks ahead of its previous February 9 release ...
2:05:00 PMXCOM 2 has native Steam Controller support
The wait is almost over. The wait is almost over. For most, there's still a couple of excruciating hours to go until XCOM 2 is launched ...
1:52:00 PMSpace Hulk: Ascension Edition announced, a standalone follow-up to last year's strategy game
You can never have too many Space Hulks. You can never have too many Space Hulks. If one of them is yer actual Hulk Hogan fighting bad guys ...
1:18:00 PMMighty No. 9 beefs up its mode selection ahead of Feb. 9 launch
Mighty No. 9 from Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune and development studio Comcept will make its debut on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PS Vita...
1:04:00 PMXCOM 2 has native Steam Controller support
The wait is almost over. The wait is almost over. For most, there's still a couple of excruciating hours to go until XCOM 2 is launched ...
12:50:00 PMSpace Hulk: Deathwing announced; is a first-person shooter
The floodgates have opened, and Warhammer licences are swarming through the industry like Tyranids. The floodgates have opened, and Warhamme...
12:17:00 PMMighty No. 9 is a Mega Man speedrunner's dream
If you've never seen a good old fashioned Mega Man speed run then hit pause on this and check out one of the many, many runs hosted by A...
12:03:00 PM10 things we've learned from the full build of XCOM 2
When we got our hands on XCOM 2 last month, we weren't shy about how much fun it was. last month, we weren't shy about how much fun...
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