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Notch Calls EA “Cynical Bastards”
Markus ‘Notch’ Persson, the creator of Minecraft, has openly attacked Electronic Arts, using nothing but his words. Notch decided to attack the publisher after he saw the EA Indie Bundle [...]
Solve Puzzles With Your Past Self In Reset
We’re hearing a lot about independent “Kickstarter” funds starting up nearly everyday now, with aspiring developers all trying to get funding to make their dream games become a reality. Reset [...]
Indie Review: Stellar Impact
Stellar Impact is an online-only strategy game that emulates, but greatly deviates from, traditional DotA-style gameplay, taking place in a sci-fi universe and focusing on space naval combat and micro-management. [...]
Indie Review: Angry Birds Space
Angry Birds, whether you love it or hate it, is fast edging closer to world domination. It may not be the most sophisticated game around, but Rovio faced a challenging [...]
Indie Review: FEZ
Us gamers are getting really spoiled from surprising places lately. I can’t remember a time where so many awesome Arcade and Indie games were released so close to each other, [...]
Gaming Like A Sir: Marketing Games Properly
My new column, NOW WITH WORDS! Immersion is an odd thing. Developers toss and overwork the word as if each use directly correlates to another sold copy of their game. [...]
Seven Minutes Of Magical Fez Gameplay
Fez is an indie game that’s been coming on for a long time now and it’s finally been released to the world. To go with this,we have seven and a half minutes [...]
Indie Review: Vessel
In the indie gaming world, there is one unquestionably popular genre, 2D physics based puzzle platformers. They are the dominant breed and any new indie game attempting to make its [...]
Torchlight 2 Trailer Shows Berserker Frenzy
A few months ago we did a preview on Torchlight 2, which remains one of the most viewed previews of the year even though it’s technically for an indie title. [...]
Deadlight Gameplay Trailer Is Dark But Awesome
Some time ago we showed you Deadlight, a post-apocalyptic survival platformer title from the all-star team of Spanish developer Tequila Works. Well here’s your first look at some proper gameplay [...]
Review: Journey
Pink Floyd is easily one of the greatest bands of all time. They have so many songs that still resonate today; nearly three decades after some of their best hits [...]
Thatgamecompany Co-Founder Resigns
Thatgamecompany has really made an impact on the gaming community in the last few short years. Their games, which are probably the closest things to perfect interactive digital art, have [...]
Minecraft Gives Those Birds Something To Be Angry About
Assuming those birds were in fact ravens who wish to hoard all the shiny money for themselves that is. Minecraft has already made almost as much as Angry Birds. Mojang’s [...]
The Humble Bundle For Android #2
Just the other day we told you about the very awesome ‘St. Patrick’s Day’ Indie Royale bundle. It had some really awesome games and I’m happy I got mine in [...]
One And One Story: The Indie Game That Was Stolen
A horrible truth has been revealed: people steal games. And I don’t mean theft of a hard copy game. I mean, people steal the actual code for the game where [...]
An Indie Royale “St.Patrick’s Day Bundle”
As you’re no doubt aware by now, we at eGamer like to notify you when certain Indie groups are offering indie bundle specials. We know you love indie games, cheap [...]
Indie Review: I Am Alive
Originally planned for a full retail release until it was decided that a shorter, smaller, downloadable game would be more appropriate; I Am Alive finally arrives for download. So was [...]
Indie Review: Trine 2
Before I start this review I just want to point out that I haven’t played the first Trine. So I didn’t know what to expect from Trine 2. Let’s just [...]
Bleszinski: Indie Devs Should “Go With PC”
Cliff Bleszinski, the design boss of Epic Games, recently spoke at GDC about Indie developers, and which platform he believes they should start out on. “Xbox Live and PSN, skip [...]
Indie Review: Shank 2
The people closest to you are in danger and you’re their only real chance of rescue, so what do you do? Shank the fools of course; at least, that’s Shank’s [...]
Hawken Gameplay Teaser Looks Awesome
Adhesive Games has put out a new exciting teaser for its online free-to-play mech shooter, Hawken. If you haven’t already signed up for the beta, then watch this trailer and [...]
Indie Review: Deep Black: Reloaded
Personally, I love the indie genre, and I’m always excited to play whatever I can get in it. The genre often offers something that you just can’t get in mainstream. [...]
Indie Review: Angry Birds Seasons
Angry Birds Seasons for the PC is a special edition that comes packed with practically all of the holiday and festive-themed expansion packs released from 2011 to 2012, which is [...]
Indie Review: Smash ‘n Survive
When Dean emailed Adam and I (the resident indie gamers that we are) and asked someone to review Smash ‘n Survive, I was, well I was looking forward to it. [...]
Indie Review: Crumpled
In keeping with Adam’s recent review of the flash game Arcane Arena, I thought it appropriate to introduce you to one of the best free flash games I’ve ever played, [...]
Indie Review: Arcane Arena
What are the three greatest evils you ask? Well, they are a rainbow shooting panda, an enraged clown and an overpowered mage. Now isn’t that both awesome and random at [...]
Indie Review: Dear Esther
Dear Esther is a very difficult game to review, and the complex reason for that is that it’s actually hard to consider this a game. Now, don’t freak out just [...]
In-Game: The Minds Behind Desktop Dungeons
Last year, I conducted a set of interviews for research purposes and managed to interview a couple of the indie developers at rAge Expo in Johannesburg. After a very busy [...]
Indie Review: Pineapple Smash Crew
When playing Pineapple Smash Team the word ‘explosive’ comes to mind. In the most interesting of ways the game subjects you to rapid fire shooting, the constant death of enemies [...]
Indie Review: PixelJunk Eden
The PixelJunk series of games is a leading light as far as simplicity and originality goes. Some, like PixelJunk Shooter and Monsters, have been more successful than others but all [...]




