Indie Game Previews

It cannot be denied that there is something about the thought of space, the last frontier, that draws humanity like a moth to a flame. Is it because we are so lonely that we hope...

Housing ex-talent from Bungie, Harmonix, and Irrational Games; The Molasses Flood, an Indie studio of self-described "AAA refugees,” is nearing completion on their first project, and you should be excited. Kickstarted in 2014, The Flame In...

In the decade that the world seemed to stop loving Sonic the Hedgehog, I'd like to think that – in some alternate universe – Freedom Planet was the best Sonic game Sega actually made but no...

Somewhere among the stars, there's just gotta be a story that goes something like Rive's does. It's a simple story – all about a man, his ship, and his dreams of space booty. Of course,...

In Lovely Planet, I think I might've died and gone to heaven – a six-year-old's heaven, splattered in crazy colors and crayon monsters. Or was it hell? That's the gist of QUICKTEQUILA's eccentric first-person-shooter, a...

Even in the deepest, darkest corners of my mind, I've never dreamed of anything as beautifully strange as Soul Axiom. Like a meeting of the minds behind Bioshock, Portal, and Tron, Soul Axiom is an experience in the...

Shadworun: Hong Kong is the third game within the RPG series from Harebrained Schemes. This stand-alone game has an entirely new crew an upgraded Shadowrun Editor and the magic and cyberware has been expanded. Here...

Tonight's tedious manual labor has left you exhausted, but under the watchful eye of the oppressor, rest is not an option. Long ago you saw past the illusion of success through hard work honesty and...

While roaming around the show floor of a game developers' conference, I came across four Super Nintendo controllers on a table. Flummoxed by what I was seeing due to the majority of the games on...

One indie game really caught my eye last weekend at Insomnia 54, and although it had already been released, was the first time I had seen it; Pneuma: Breath of Life. It instantly interested me...

Let's face it folks, recycling is something we do because we know its right help out the Earth we live on. But its not very exciting to think of all our recyclables becoming new material....

If you’ve always wanted to get your ass to Mars, but find it’s distance from home and lack of wifi unappealing, Lacuna Passage could be the next best thing. The 25 square miles of traversable...

Created by Copenhagen based indie studio, KnapNok Games, Affordable Space Adventures charmingly presents itself as a slick, futuristic travel agency offering to bring space exploration to the common folk, for a reasonable price. By cutting...

If giant- killer robots from outer space don't spring to mind every time you think about the ancient Mayan civilization, you're not thinking hard enough. Created by the two-person, indie fledgling Sileni Studios, Mayan Death...

Produced by Team17 Digital (of Worms fame) and developed by Modern Dream (Typing of the Dead), L.A. Cops is a far from serious look at the dangerous lives of some, badass, no-nonsense, 1970s Los Angeles...

If you stripped every truly unnecessary element from a game, leaving only the most fun, core gameplay mechanics, you'd have Yin Yang BANG BANG. The second project from John Butler, founder of Moose Knuckle Games,...

Continuing our coverage of this year's Boston Festival of Indie Games, we present the second half of our Bagogames BFIG Superlatives! If you missed it, check out part 1 here! Best Platformless Platformer - Dash...

Hosted annually at M.I.T., the Boston Festival of Indie Games has grown by leaps and bounds since it began just a few years ago. Despite featuring roughly 200 indie exhibitors from all over the northeastern...

This article was originally posted on GamersInBeta.com by CapnMikeM Day One of PAX Prime 2014 was about playing as many of the big Triple A games as possible. Day Two was geared more towards Indie...

GunBlocks is a ‘round-based-platform-adventure game’ and the first game of German developer ‘Cookie Engine’. It combines turn based combat with Tetris along with a cute writing style. The gameplay works by giving you a place...

Want to be treated like a rock star? Want to be given sage advice and nurtured through the process of releasing your video game? Well, Midnight City is here to provide the needed promotional, production,...

The first day of PAX East 2014 is over and I spent the majority of my day walking through the Indie MEGABOOTH. Below are some of the titled I got hands on time with and...