Indie Gaming Archive

Review: Conga Master

Posted on September 19, 2016 | No Comments
A variation on the Snake formula, Conga Master is a simple arcade party action game about club hopping, forming lengthy conga lines, being mean to pigs, and evading alien abduction. Yes, it really is as silly as it sounds. Your dance with extraterrestrials, cats, pigs, […]
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Ninja Theory Wields Hellblade Against the Living Nightmares of Mental Illness

Posted on June 10, 2015 | No Comments
Ninja Theory, the studio behind DmC: Devil May Cry, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and Heavenly Sword, has released the first gameplay trailer for its next game, the independently developed and published Hellblade, which was first revealed last year at Gamescom. Hellblade looks fantastic, sort […]
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Hotline Miami 2 Dials Up a Release Date and Another Payday 2 Cross-promotion

Posted on February 25, 2015 | No Comments
Draw a big circle around the date of March 10th, preferably in blood rather than ink. That’s the official launch date for neon murder spree sequel Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, and you won’t want to miss the call. Hotline Miami 2 will be available […]
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Ninja Theory Unsheathes Hellblade

Posted on August 12, 2014 | No Comments
Despite having a title that is the yin to Heavenly Sword‘s yang, Hellblade, the new “independent AAA” game from Ninja Theory, doesn’t sound like it has any direct connection to the studio’s PS3-exclusive cinematic masterpiece. Like the studio’s most recent titles, Enslaved: Odyssey to the […]
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Below Descends Upon Gamescom

Posted on August 12, 2014 | No Comments
Capy’s Steam and Xbox One indie roguelike, Below, is back and looking better than ever this week at Gamescom, showing off more of its atmospheric dungeon crawling in a new gameplay trailer set to the captivating score of Jim Guthrie. This game needs to come […]
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E3 2014: Hotline Miami 2 Has a Level Editor? Sweet!

Posted on June 15, 2014 | No Comments
That’s right. Dennaton Games has confirmed that indie mass murder simulator sequel Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number will feature a full level editor so players can lay out custom murder scenes to test the murdering skillz of other wannabe murderers. There’s going to be a […]
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Massive Terraria Update Opens a Whole New World of Possibilities on Consoles and Vita

Posted on April 17, 2014 | No Comments
The PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and Xbox 360 versions of Terraria are now up to par with the PC version of the game thanks to the official release of Update 1.2, which is basically a “carbon copy” of the update that already came out on […]
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Transistor to Succeed Bastion on May 20th

Posted on April 10, 2014 | No Comments
Coming full circle from last year’s PAX East unveiling, Supergiant Games returns to PAX East this week with the announcement of the official launch date for Transistor. The indie studio’s sci-fi action-RPG follow-up to Bastion will be available May 20th on PC (via Steam or […]
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Indie Roguelike Below Confirmed for Steam in Addition to Xbox One

Posted on April 10, 2014 | No Comments
Previously revealed as an exclusive for Xbox One, Below, the atmospheric roguelike from Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP developer Capybara Games, will now also be released on Steam. The news has been discovered today in a clever reveal at the end of a new trailer […]
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Outlast Prequel DLC to Blow the Whistle on Mount Massive Asylum

Posted on October 31, 2013 | No Comments
Here’s a little Halloween treat to snack on from Red Barrels. (Actually, you may not want to snack on it. Who knows where Red Barrels gets its treats from…) Indie horror game Outlast, available now on Steam and coming early next year to PlayStation 4, […]
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