Only on the show floor for two of the four days of PAX East this year, it would have been easy to miss Above, tucked into its corner of the Indie Megabooth. I’m glad I didn’t do that. This whimsical, top-down story of aviation, adventure, and exploration captured my imagination to become a game I’ll be eagerly awaiting in 2019.
First Contact. It’s a theme that’s been done in countless books, movies, and TV shows over the years, but rarely in games. The Station aims to change that with a unique new spin on the theme, and with a newly announced official launch date, it looks like gamers are going to get a chance to experience this vision soon.
Farming fans, rejoice! Stardew Valley for the Nintendo Switch has been approved and is ready to make its way to Nintendo’s newest console. Finn Brice, CEO of the game’s publisher Chucklefish, Tweeted out the news and also stated that they are finalizing the release date. It’s important to note that in August, Chucklefish stated that they don’t announce release dates until t...[Read More]
Publisher 505 Games has announced a partnership with Sydney-based indie developer Flat Earth Games to bring their retro open-world stealth-action space game Objects in Space to PC, Mac, and Linux in 2018. Objects in Space was the winner of the PAX Australia Indie Showcase, and also an alt.ctrl GDC finalist.
Every once in a while, I find myself staring at all of my games, unable to decide what I want to play. Then I look over at my NES sitting on the dresser and suddenly I get the urge to play a classic. Being a gamer for just about thirty years, I sometimes need to go back to my roots and re-live the simplicity of 8-bit pixelated games. Yes, they were pretty simple in visual design, but they were fo...[Read More]