Posts Tagged ‘Indie’

Dec 8, 2009 - 0

Machinarium Goes Retail

You might remember that back in October a unique looking point & click adventure game called Machinarium was released for the world to buy from various online outlets, like Steam and its official website. We are now two months down the line (just shy by a week) and independent games publisher, Mamba Games has just announced that they plan on releasing a retail version of the game, here in Blighty and across... (read more »)

Oct 17, 2009 - 0

Machinarium

Point and click adventures are a dying bread these days, so much so that what once was a thriving genre is now exclusive to a few titles. Like the ever popular Sam & Max series but if like me, you find the humour a little too forced and the 3D art direction not living up to its 2D predecessor, maybe you should check out Machinarium. Machinarium has been floating around the Internet for a while and its even... (read more »)

Mar 6, 2009 - 0

Fez Coming Soon…

This solitary image has popped up on the official Fez website and already the rumour mills are going into overdrive speculating an XBLA arrival soon. Over the months since it’s 2008 Excellence In Visual Arts Award, the Fez production company has been subject to a friendly take over by Kokoromi Worldwide and gone through a cosmetic change. Fortunately these events have only improved on the already slick... (read more »)

Jan 14, 2009 - 0

Chronotron

I have to admit that I have a weakness for time travel, I’m not suggesting for one second that I have Hiro like powers, or that I own a TARDIS or a DeLorean (which would be sweet! Even if it didn’t time travel). No what I mean is as a subject it interests me and over the years I’ve devoured books, films and even games on the subject. While discussing indie games with Neil (who promises to do... (read more »)