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Second Annual IndieDB Indie of the Year Awards Now Underway

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. 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...

Zen Pinball Springs On to iOS — for Free

Looking for some pinball action in the palm of your hand? Zen Studios brings its flipper expertise to the iOS platform. 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...

Square Enix Aims for Worldwide Appeal with Unreal-Powered Action RPG

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? Square Enix’s last foray into an Unreal-powered RPG, The Last Remnant,...

Stardock’s First Console Title is a Festive Retro Platformer

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. 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,...

Gunpoint Features Tactical Espionage, Rewiring and Defenestration Action

An upcoming independently-developed game features a superspy who evidently missed his calling as an electrician. 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),...

Choplifter Returns This Winter

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. 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...

This is Portal’s End Theme ‘Still Alive’ Played on Floppy Drives

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? 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...

Cthulhu-Themed Magicka Expansion Goes Live Today

Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Studios have released the latest addon campaign for chaotic co-op wizard ‘em up Magicka. 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”...

Classic Computer BBC Micro Turns 30

The popular-in-the-UK, unknown-in-the-States microcomputer that gave us the original space-trading sim Elite is 30 years old tomorrow. 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,...

The Sims FreePlay for iOS Brings Real Time Gameplay to the Series

An upcoming new free to play Sims title for iPhone and iPad gives the series something of a shakeup with new real time play. 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,...