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Game Trailer: Eufloria
Eufloria, previously Dyson, is an ambient game of space exploration and conquest that employs surprising themes of plant growth and bio mechanical evolution. ...
Game Trailer: Capsized
Capsized in a platforming actionfest being developed by AlienTrap for XBLA and Steam in 2010. ...
Game Trailer: Merry Gear Solid 2
A short peek at Merry Gear Solid 2: The Ghosts of Christmas Past from the Podunkian. The video showcases a couple of the items that you’ll be using this time around. Expect this freeware game to come out around the holidays. ...
Game Trailer: Shank
Shank is a violent side scrolling action beatemup coming to XBLA. It’s from the makers of Eets and has fantastic animation and 2D art. Definitely one to keep your eyes on. ...
Game Trailer: Tobe’s Vertical Adventure
Tobe’s Vertical Adventure is a retro-style platformer coming soon to Xbox Live Indie Games. In the game, player will face some retro platform puzzles similar to those you see in mario, sonic, megaman, etc… except that the player have a f...
Gratuitous Space Battles Preview
Gratuitous Space Battles by Positech Games is OUT NOW! If Ascendancy, Starcom II, Dune II, Starcraft and Command & Conquer mean anything to you, then Gratuitous Space Battles (GSB) from Positech Games is probably a game to start getting excited ...
Game Trailer: Machinarium
Machinarium by Amanita Design is available now for $20. It’s a point and click adventure game with some inspired aesthetics. ...
Game Trailer: Altitude
Altitude is a fast-paced, online multiplayer aerial combat game with 2D physics-based gameplay and a cartoony aesthetic. It features 5 unique planes, a perk system inspired by CoD 4, crazy powerups, a map editor, and an account system that helps you...
Game Trailer: Deflector Pool
Deflector Pool by http://www.drpetter.se is a free flash game that should be hitting portals soon. ...
New Indie Hotness
Brandon Boyer of Offworld.com had my favorite panel so far… not a lot of information in it… but he did highlight 7 upcoming indie games that’s he’s excited for: The games kicked off with Brandon poorly playing Spelunky. Spel...
Action Fist Preview/Interview
Japan just got their lucky hands on “Contra:ReBirth”, the 16-bit styled return to form for the series that hit WiiWare only a week after it was announced. It’s a nostalgic delight for fans that remember when Contra’s classic r...
Game #3 by the Behemoth
The Behemoth has revealed more about it’s 3rd Game in this development video. It looks like Game #3 is going to be a collection of competitive platforming game types. The video shows off the “soul” mode and the highly customizable...
Fig. 8 Preview and Game Video
Check out the Trailer for Fig8 from Intuition Games. These guys are “hungry for sandwiches” so it’s important that we do our best to help spread the word and get this game sponsored so their hard work isn’t for nothing. The...
Super Laser Racer is Coming
Super Laser Racer is an interesting title from New Star Games that fuses geometry wars with racing. Despite the graphics being directly influenced by Geometry Wars, the game does look to be a unique top-down combat racer…I mean come on, how ma...
A Pixellated World: Casual vs. Hardcore is Becoming Moot
The line between casual and hardcore continues to blur. Well, not blur so much as pixellate. As casual games make their way onto consoles and infiltrate digital distribution channels the days of judging a gamer by his choice in hardware are numbered....
Space War Commander Preview
Space War Commander is a "Real Time Real Strategy" game where you attempt to conquer the galaxy and eradicate the destroyers of mankind. The game was just released at the beginning of 2009. "Real Time Real Strategy" is Dreamspike's way of emphasizin...
Preview: Space Exploration: Serpens Sector
Serpen's Sector is a space sci-fi RPG by Metal Beetle. The game focuses on exploring the long abandoned Serpen's Sector of space. Encounters and discoveries are randomized and each game is different and relatively short (you are given 200 days to ...
Preview: Osmos
Osmos, by Hemisphere Games, is nominated for 3 2009 IGF awards including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize Design. The game is an interesting fusion of asteroids and flOw. You control a little amoeba ball called a 'mote' that can thrust itself by firing...
Caster Preview
Caster is an upcoming 3rd person shooter action game from developer Mike Smith of Elecorn. The game controls like a first person shooter with the keyboard moving your character and the mouse handling all your aiming and shooting. The basic premis...
Awesome Soccer Preview
Awesome Soccer by Red27 Studios is a no frills soccer (football) game that focuses on simple and deep gameplay. Awesome Soccer immediately reminds one of the classic Sensible World of Soccer. Awesome soccer has a simplified control system where you m...
Everyday Shooter Preview
Everyday Shooter is THE BEST downloadable game I have played on a console. It takes the popular geometry wars formula and adds a chain system and puts it all to music. Playing the game really is like playing through a music album. Each level has a un...
Preview: World of Goo
I recently preordered World of Goo and was lucky enough to sample the first chapter (which I have almost completed....blasted tower of goo level!). Let me start off by saying that I absolutely love the art style. It's hard to explain exactly what it ...
Preview: Band of Bugs
Graphics: The Graphics are VERY good for Xbox Live Arcade and very clean. I think they pop a little bit more when the colored team shading is not on, but the convenience of identifying the different teams was not worth leaving off for me. The bugs al...
