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'Rollerdrome' preview: Twitchy dystopian bloodsport is my new favorite genre
Rollerdrome challenges players to shoot their way through enemies while completing ridiculous roller-skating tricks, unraveling a dystopian mystery along the way. It comes from Roll7, the studio behind OlliOlli — it just has four more wheels and a lot more guns than those games.
Jessica Conditt07.26.2022‘As Dusk Falls’ review: A sluggish small-town soap opera
As Dusk Falls is an ambitious narrative adventure game that fails to execute its grandest ideas, hemorrhaging tension along the way. It attempts to tell a mature, action-packed story about family and loss, but repeated missteps in logic and emotion strip the story of its power.
Jessica Conditt07.22.2022'Time Flies' turns the life of a housefly into a cute game about existential dread
I didn’t expect to laugh while playing Time Flies, but I did, out loud on the Summer Game Fest show floor. It’s a deceptively simple game with monochromatic, MS Paint-style visuals and a clear premise: You’re a fly and you have a short time to live a full life in a random house.
Jessica Conditt06.15.2022PlayStation indie darling 'Bugsnax' heads to Xbox, Steam and Switch on April 28th
After nearly two years of PlayStation and Epic Games Store exclusivity, indie darling Bugsnax is making its way to additional platforms.
Igor Bonifacic04.12.2022YouTuber reunites 'Celeste' developer with lost Game Award after finding it on eBay
For nearly four years, that award has been missing, but now it’s on its way back to its rightful owners at Extremely OK Games thanks to YouTuber Ryan B.
Igor Bonifacic03.01.2022Everybody gets hats in the first free 'Bugsnax' DLC, The Isle of BIGsnax
Who ordered the super-sized tater-tot monster?
Jessica Conditt10.27.2021Hints about the arthouse horror game created by a NIN guitarist and AAA veteran
Robin Finck and Cory Davis founded Eyes Out, a studio focused on experimental audio.
Jessica Conditt09.01.2021'Skin Deep' is a stinky sci-fi shooter from indie icon Brendon Chung
It's like Die Hard and Far Cry 2 had a blocky, intergalactic baby.
Jessica Conditt07.29.2021Age-based kung fu game 'Sifu' gets pushed to early 2022
The next title from 'Absolver' studio Sloclap needs more time in the oven.
Jessica Conditt07.08.2021'Tribes of Midgard' blends survival, RPG and co-op mechanics for a new kind of Viking game
There aren't enough video game genres to describe 'Tribes of Midgard.'
Jessica Conditt06.23.2021'Pok Pok Playroom' is a handcrafted kids' app from Alto's Odyssey veterans
Say hello to Pok Pok, a new studio founded by Snowman collaborators.
Jessica Conditt05.11.2021‘VVVVVV’ creator Terry Cavanagh’s new game only exists inside ‘Roblox’
Terry Cavanagh, best known for his work on VVVVVV and Super Hexagon, has released a free new game you can play inside of Roblox.
Igor Bonifacic05.10.2021'Among Us' heads to PS4 and PS5 later this year
The platform-exclusive Ratchet & Clank skin is suspiciously adorable.
Jessica Conditt04.29.2021'Vokabulantis' turns photogrammetry and stop-motion into a poetic platformer
It's mesmerizing.
Jessica Conditt04.09.2021Switch FPS 'Neon White' looks super weird, so here's how it works
It’s part anime dating sim, part speedrunning thirst trap, and all first-person.
Jessica Conditt03.12.2021The designer of 'Everybody's Gone to the Rapture' has a new game coming this summer
'The Magnificent Trufflepigs' is a new indie game coming soon to the Switch and PC from Andrew Crawshaw, the lead designer of 'Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.'
Saqib Shah03.11.2021'Valheim' surpasses 5.7 million copies sold in five weeks on Steam Early Access
Iron Gate co-founder Henrik Tornqvist says the studio is hiring more hands.
Jessica Conditt03.09.2021'It Takes Two' turns a good platformer into a saccharine romcom
Am I supposed to be rooting for these parents to get divorced?
Jessica Conditt03.02.2021'Terraria' will hit Stadia after all
Google and Re-Logic have settled their disagreement, which means Stadia users will get to play Terraria.
Igor Bonifacic02.26.2021See 'Solar Ash' in action for the first time in a PS5 gameplay video
Rei flies like neon butter in the new game from Heart Machine.
Jessica Conditt02.25.2021