Nintendo and Parodies: How Far Is Too Far?
Last week, Kill the Plumber was pulled out of the App Store for allegedly using content from Super Mario Brothers without prior approval. The game, which was made by Filipino developer Bari Silvestre,...
View ArticleForget Silent Hills And Play These Games Instead
Kojima Productions and Konami may have cancelled one of the most anticipated games in recent years by halting production on Silent Hills. They may have even buried all evidence of its existence, by...
View ArticleGames with Gold: So Many Me Review
So Many Me is the latest game that Xbox One Gold members will be able to get their hands on this month. So Many Me is a puzzle-platformer that relies on you to help yourself through each level....
View ArticleJourney Review
Since its initial release on the PS3 in 2012, Journey has been revered by the masses, and has firmly found its place in the pantheon of video game history. Unfortunately, many gamers never got a chance...
View ArticleWe Happy Few: Creepy Indie game coming to Xbox Game Preview
Microsoft’s Gamescom conference went down a storm, with both triple A titles and indie titles sharing the stage. One such indie game was We Happy Few, set in a dystopian England in 1964 that looks...
View ArticleThe Highlights of Gamescom 2015
Gamescom 2015 has proved itself to be almost as revelatory and exciting as the more popular and publicised E3, which took place earlier this year. Although many of the games showcased at Gamescom, held...
View ArticleKings Quest: Chapter 1 Review
This re-imagining of the Kings Quest series is divided into 5 chapters, and similar to the original point and click mechanics, the game does not have any complicated interfaces or controls. The...
View ArticleYear Walk on Wii U gets a release date
You wont need to take a year walk to wait as Swedish-made indie horror title Year Walk will arrive this September on Wii U. In a post on the Swedish indie-developers, Simogo’s Facebook page, the...
View ArticleShovel Knight Gets The Amiibo Treatment
After much teasing, Nintendo and Yacht Club Games officially confirmed the existence of the Shovel Knight amiibo. The amiibo will unlock a co-op mode on the Wii U and will also unlock more challenges...
View ArticleBeyond Eyes Review
Beyond Eyes is an Xbox console exclusive indie game, developed by Tiger and Squid, and published by Team 17. The game places you in the shoes of Rae, a blind girl searching for her cat and best friend...
View ArticleMicrosoft to shut down Xbox Live Indie Games
Today, Microsoft has announced that it is no longer taking subscriptions or membership renewals for its Xbox Live Indie Games platform. The platform was created before ID@Xbox and allowed indie...
View ArticleThe life of an Indie Developer: Sam Abbott, We Happy Few
The sixties were great, everyone was crazy, popping happy pills, dressing really weird and killing anyone who didn’t do the same. Okay, maybe not the last one. However the folks over at Compulsion...
View ArticleThe Problem with Xbox One Exclusive Titles
UPDATE: Having taken some reader feedback on board, I have decided to write a small disclaimer. The readers have been very vocal in the fact that I haven’t listed many Xbox exclusive titles. While it...
View ArticleXbox exclusives: six of the best from 2015
If you haven’t already lost every penny you can get your hands on to this years preorder list, here are some Xbox exclusives you certainly need to add to it; or at least your Christmas list. 1 – Ori...
View ArticleEGX Birmingham 2015 – How To Get Involved
The UK’s biggest gaming event EGX kicks off in less than 48 hours and with that in mind we wanted to know what questions you had for the developers. That’s right for the entire event we have staff...
View ArticleOctodad: in conversation with Philip Tibitoski
Having been released in 2014 after a successful kickstarter campaign to bring the game to PC and Playstation 4 , it was a huge *blub* of excitement and relief to see Octodad: Dadliest Catch finally...
View ArticleThe life of an indie developer: Tristan Moore, Grave
One of the greatest things about the indie gaming scene is that so many great ideas are given life. Broken Window Studios, developer of the upcoming title Grave are presenting a surreal world where...
View ArticleESGS: Primed to Be the Philippine E3
The E-Sports and Gaming Summit (ESGS) 2015 happened on October 24 and 25 at the SMX Convention Center in Manila. As a pure gaming convention, every aspect of it attracted Filipino gamers of all stripes...
View ArticleNovember Games with Gold Announced
This months Games with Gold will take on a new twist, with backwards compatibility coming on November 12th, this is the first month that Xbox 360 games with gold will also be available for Xbox One...
View ArticleXbox Game Preview: Layers of Fear
The Xbox Game Preview Programme has been out for a few months now, but you may not if heard of it, let alone played some of the ‘early access’ games. Launching with the likes Elite Dangerous and The...
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