On a site simply called Sword or Whip, Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi seems to be teasing that his long rumoured spiritual successor to the series may be resurfacing very soon. The site has someone resembling Iga-san, dressed as Dracula from Symphony of the Night, sitting on a throne and asking…

The 3d, third person brawler is an under-represented genre, having its day with the Power Stone series back on the Dreamcast before fading into obscurity, along with Sega's relevance in the console market. However, this genre which has been dormant for many years is planning to make a comeback with…

Due to the tremendous success of Yooka Laylee’s Kickstarter campaign, Playtonic Games are well and truly set to begin the development of their first 3D platformer. Although they have had the good fortune to have worked on some of the industry’s most popular titles in its history, experience does not…

The actors are ready, the rubber suits have been delivered and the pyrotechnics are armed. Is Behold Studios’ Chroma Squad a rip-roaring sentai simulator, or should this strategy RPG be condemned to obscurity like so many bad Power Rangers knockoffs? I previewed Chroma Squad back in the early stages of…

With Titan Souls, the three man indie studio Acid Nerve have blended elements of the Souls series, Shadow of the Colossus and the Legend of Zelda to create its own take on the boss fight focused adventure game. Does their attempt create a titanic experience, or is it a colossal…

After missed deadlines and some rocky production, Jamestown+, the frantic 4 player co-op shmup, is finally coming to PS4 this Wednesday. This enhanced edition of this bullet hell shooter will contain 3 new characters with 2 unique Special Weapons and 6 shot types, 2 brand new levels which include new…

After a long time in Alpha and currently going through the final stages of Beta testing, Behold Studios' studio management/super sentai strategy RPG, Chroma Squad, is finally releasing to the world on the 30th of April for PC, Mac and Linux. Chroma Squad met to quite the success on Kickstarter…

In a post today from Edmund McMillan on the Binding of Isaac dev blog, more details have been revealed on the new Afterbirth DLC, which is due to launch hopefully in the middle of this year. This new DLC, according to Edmund, will aim to have: 100+ new items A…

Teased at on Twitter and finally revealed in this month's Edge magazine, many ex-Rare employees are getting the band back together to form Playtonic Games, a brand new studio which aims to capture the old school joy of 90s era Rareware games for a new generation. To cap off this…

You’re down to your last torch as you stagger through the polluted ruins. Your Plague Doctor babbles about the horrors in the dark, while your Crusader hacks up blood from his infected wound. As you push through into the final room, you are startled by a party of undead warriors.…

Failbetter’s gothic sailing adventure has left the Steam Early Access drydock and is now headed for open water. We’ve taken a look at the preview version but is the complete vessel ready for the water, or is it doomed to end up in Davy Jones’ Locker? I’ve covered much of…

In welcome news, Failbetter's gothic RPG Sunless Sea, where you command a ship across the gloomy Zee, releases this Friday. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe…

In news straight from the KSP Tumblr page, Kerbal Space Program, the award-winning, indie space agency sim game from Squad, released its latest update, Beta Than Ever and it’s available to download today through the KSP Store, Steam and other participating online retailers. Updates are free to existing players. While…

In a big announcement from the team behind Rivals of Aether, two new characters have been revealed to the public. These are Kragg, Earth's Bastion and Wrastor, the Wind's Fury. Wrastor looks like a mix between Fox and Marth from Smash Bros, focusing on blinding speed and aerial mixups to…

In an announcement from The Game Awards, Adam Orth and threeonezero have announced Adrift, a new first person space survival game. You are tasked with rebuilding your space station and your EVA suit as you try and find out what happened. Adr1ft will be coming PS4, Steam and Xbox One…

Lucas Pope, the developer of the indie hit Papers Please, has released a playable demo of his next PC game, Return of the Obra Dinn. The game is a first person adventure game, set on a 19th century merchant vessel which was supposed to be lost at sea, but one…

You sail past undersea vents belching up green smoke. Your armoured guinea pig mascot tells you a giant crab is closing in on your ship, while coffins rattle in your cargo hold along with animate mudmen. This is the world of Sunless Sea, the first videogame from Failbetter Games who…

After two and a half years, as well as $2.9M+ in crowdfunding, Wasteland 2 is officially out on PC. Continuing on from Larian Studios with Divinity: Original Sin, inXile Entertainment have created a sequel that mixes both modern graphical power and older CRPG design. The original was known for eventually spawning the Fallout series, as well…

Thanks to a hefty pledge of nearly eighteen thousand Australian dollars, Super Indie Kart Grand Prix has made across the finish line and been funded by Kickstarter. After an unsuccessful first lap, OneLeggedSeagull reworked the game and made it more appealing by adding indie characters from various games to broaden…

If you smashed baseball, hip hop and Dragon Ball Z together, you’d probably get Lethal League, the new projectile fighting game by Team Reptile. Like Divekick before it, Lethal League strips away many of the complexities of fighting games to leave the satisfying core of reading your opponent, making split…

As the old saying goes, if at first you don't succeed, try again. This is certainly the case with One Legged Seagull's kart racer Super World Karts Grand Prix, which has reappeared on Kickstarter with a new name, and a roster of characters that will be slightly familiar to anyone…