Teslagrad is shaping up to be another score for Wii U. The puzzle-platformer’s newly-announced eShop release will join the Windows, Mac, Linux, and PlayStation 3 versions this fall. Using electricity and magnetism, players will solve puzzles in Tesla Tower. Two other points caught my eye: there are no cutscenes or speech bubbles — Rain Games is relying on “visual...
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Thief has been getting a lot of well-deserved buzz since its announcement, not the least of which surrounds its new Focus mechanic. Is it game-breaking, or harmlessly non-intrusive? Well, I’m here to to tell you none of that matters people, because Thief has water arrows. Yes, they are back, and still make absolutely no goddamn sense to me. I mean, is it a soaked rag at the tip? A pouch of...
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It’s always a bit scary when a new, unproven developer takes over a well-loved franchise. Sometimes the results are really good, and other times they are downright disastrous. Batman: Arkham Origins creative director Eric Holmes (no relation to our Holmes…I think) is aware of this, and confident their work is up to par. “I would say that people have the right to be cynical; they...
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Incredipede, a “game about life and feet,” is on sale for $4.99 on Steam for PC and Mac. If you are a lucky Linux user, you can download it for free. The game was successfully added to Steam via Greenlight earlier this year, and it looks like a lot of fun to play. This sale runs until June 24, so jump on it if you want to save some cash and add another indie title to your...
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If your game only really cost $30 to make in GameMaker, then yeah, you’re gonna recoup the development budget pretty quick. Former PC Gamer writer Tom Francis hoped his debut title Gunpoint might do well enough to allow him to quit writing full time and become an indie dev — that has happened and then some.  With the use of some charming graphs on his blog, Tom points out that...
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The ‘Really Big Bundle‘ was selected in a community vote to be re-released by Indie Royale, and it’s out now and renamed to “The Chosen 2 Bundle.” This bundle includes Really Big Sky, Runespell Overture, Eufloria, Cthulhu Saves the World, and Breath of Death VII. These are all excellent games, and I highly recommend Cthulhu to everyone. You can grab this bundle for a...
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