Yesterday I whipped up a handsome feature on how the gaming industry is responding to not having an E3 in which to offload a year’s worth of announcements in a single one-week period of reveal trailer climaxes. For some reason, I kind of like the idea of a digital transition to showcase events that are more spaced out and allow …

In my brief history on this planet, I’ve played many, many horror games. It’s one of my favourite genres, often probing into the mind of the player more than any other kind of game. There’s a creative space in horror that when tapped correctly can yield some of the most deeply personal and cathartic experiences you’ll find in this industry. …

Nintendo held their latest Nindie Direct yesterday, and in that short span of time a whole lot of fantastic-looking content was shown off. Highlights include Enter the Gungeon getting a sequel by the name of Exit the Gungeon that happens to be out right meow, a card battler game with a living board to play on by the name of Faeria and Moving Out giving physics victims PTSD with its wacky application of the laws of Newton.

Bloodroots is an aesthetically gorgeous, grindhouse inspired action game with a glorious combat system that’s unfortunately spoiled by some poorly designed platforming segments that just refuse to gel with the game’s core mechanics

Announced last night by Devolver Digital, the trailer shows off the game’s charmingly simple art style and plenty of serrated edges covered in blood.

Launching sometime in the near future, Steam China will restrict what kind of games will be offered in China as well as who can develop them. Name a more iconic duo than Internet Censorship and China. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Established over the course of a decade, given the boom of Internet culture, China’s government hasn’t shied away from the …

With a special livestream to highlight all the indie magic coming in 2020, Nintendo showed off more than a dozen new games from studios working on charming new IPs and even a long in development sequel to a cult classic. Here’s everything that was shown off on the latest Indie World Showcase.

Once again, the year that was 2019 was a showcase for the scene that rolled out hit after hit with nary a break to catch your breath between each release. Here’s a look at the best indie games of 2019.