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Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the Stanley Parable, the legendary choices game celebrated for exploring player freedom, meta-story tropes, and a hilarious narrator to complement and mock our every action. Receiving particular acclaim from the Game Awards today in a Twitter post, the organization celebrates the ten years since the Half-Life 2 mod turned standalone release …

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The Wild Gentlemen showed off a new trailer and the release date for Zipp’s Café today, the prequel to their other game, Chicken Police. This is a cozy café simulator where you make coffee, talk to quirky characters, read the news, and try to help people with their problems while managing your diner and taking …

Zipp’s Café: A Cozy Prequel to Chicken Police Set to Launch in November Read More »

If you’ve been active on the internet the past year or so, or if you’ve been hunting on Steam for the best-selling indies, you’ve probably come across Iron Lung. This short, $6 game about navigating a submarine through a sea of blood has captured the minds of so many people with its fascinating world, and …

Second Trailer Drops for Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’: A Glimpse into Indie Game Cinema Read More »

A few days ago, the independent podcast and gaming show MinnMax interviewed Atari’s CEO, Wade Rosen, on the company’s future, and the topic of note was the notable platformer mascot, Bubsy. While important stuff was discussed here, like layoffs, acquisitions, etc., the most important thing is that Atari is looking for someone to take on …

Atari Asks Indie Devs to Make New Bubsy Game Read More »

One month ago today, one of the biggest game development platforms out there, Unity, announced policies you’ve probably heard far too much about by now. Thankfully, after a month of extreme backlash towards Unity’s attempts to nickel-and-dime their userbase, the Unity CEO John Riccitiello has announced his leave from the company. After this situation and …

Unity CEO John Riccitiello Steps Down Amid Controversy Read More »

Fans of the beloved scuba-diving sushi management sim, Dave The Diver, can return to the great blue whole with the 1.0.1 update, adding a host of new creatures, revamped farming, and quirky quests to check out! As PC Games details, the new update adds a host of late-game sub-missions to reward players for saving the underwater merpeople …

Dave the Diver Update adds Lobsters, Auto-Farming, and Seed Shop Read More »

Fans of Stardew Valley’s delightful soundtrack can rejoice at its Festival of Seasons Concert worldwide tour next year. Starring a gambit of beloved Stardew tracks like the Valley Comes Alive and Dance of the Moonlight Jellies, RockPaperShotgun details how Stardew developer ConcernedApe plans to rearrange some of the most cherished tracks for performance by local chamber orchestra. …

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If you somehow haven’t heard of it, one of 2023’s biggest sleeper hits for indie games is DREDGE, the fishing game set in depressing and dreary waters surrounding Lovecraftian cryptids and horrors. This incredibly engaging title has just hit a million sales total, as revealed by the devs in an interview with Game Developer. The …

DREDGE Surpasses 1 Million Sales, Shocking the Devs Read More »

A few times every year, Steam has an event for all the PC gamers who want to try many different up-and-coming games, mostly indie titles that need to get their name out there and are launching soon called Steam Next Fest. Naturally, it’s that time of the year again, and Next Fest 2023 starts back …

Steam Next Fest Is Back With Hundreds of Free Demos Read More »

Die Gute Fabrik, creators of Sportsfriends and Mutazione, have dropped the release date along with a new trailer for Saltsea Chronicles. It’s their new story-driven adventure game where you sail a ship and meet quirky characters with branching dialogue trees impacting where you go, all told in a beautifully done art style made entirely of …

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