The Smach Z is an incredibly ambitious handheld PC that aims to bring Switch-like on-the-go gaming to those who favour PC gaming.

Actor Michael Jai White has turned to crowdfunding site Indiegogo to raise funding for a semi-sequel to his 2009 Blaxploitation parody Black Dynamite. The Outlaw Johnny Black is a spoof on the spaghetti westerns of the '60s and '70s and will see White starring as Johnny Black, a man with a mysterious past who has to save a town from an unscrupulous land owner.

The Africa Boardgame Convention is about community building and breaking down harmful stereotypes. Help fund the second edition of ABCon on Indiegogo.

The SwitchCharge could be the first real big accessory for the Nintendo Switch, promising battery life far beyond what the system is currently capable of.

You see plenty of pitches these days, from developers looking to secure a couple of hundred thousand greenbacks or so for their project. Indivisible wanted a bit more than that. $1.5 million to be exact. And they got just that, and then some with mere days to spare.

Cops may not be too popular these days, but at least there’s one gang of highway patrol misfits that you can always count on. And that’s the Super Troopers. Back in 2001, comedy group Broken Lizard unleashed the anti-Police Academy of movies, a comedy starring a group of lawmen with no regard for due process unless it helped them have …

Ever wanted to date a dragon? Well, now you can thanks to Dragon Dating Simulator - should the game get funded of course.

All the indie news of the week, including the good and bad of local development and some cool news for game makers.