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3:00 PM on 05.23.2013

Spot all the new stuff in this Terraria 1.2 preview video

Early last year, Terraria developer Redigit released a statement that there would be no more major updates to the 2D open-world phenomenon, citing fatherhood as the main reason for moving on. Fortunately for fans of the game...

Darren Nakamura

11:00 PM on 05.21.2013

Put on your ninja shoes, N v2.0 is playable now

By now, we've seen the big reveals of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, and I can safely declare a winner: PC. Why? Because just a few days ago, Metanet Software released a huge update to its diabolical ninja platformer N,...

Darren Nakamura

4:30 PM on 05.17.2013

Dust: An Elysian Tail arrives on Steam next Friday

Dust: An Elysian Tail designer Dean Dodrill has slapped a May 24th release date on the Steam version of his acclaimed, previously-Xbox-exclusive 2D action game. This is only coming to Windows for the time being, but Dodrill h...

Jordan Devore

10:00 AM on 05.15.2013

A remake of the Amiga's Putty Squad is coming this year

I'm not sure how many of you out there remember the 1992 Amiga game Putty Squad, but an enhanced remake is on the way this year. Specifically, it's coming to the PS3, Xbox 360, Vita, Wii U, (takes a breath) 3DS, and even Win...

Chris Carter

12:00 PM on 05.14.2013

Teslagrad teleports onto Steam Greenlight

Just last week, we first learned about Teslagrad in its debut trailer. The video piqued Jordan's interest with its steampunk world, hand-drawn art, and magnetism-based puzzle platforming. If you also liked what you saw, you c...

Darren Nakamura

11:00 AM on 05.10.2013

The final Shovel Knight boss has been revealed

Yacht Club Games is chugging along with development of Shovel Knight after their successful Kickstarter, and now, they have an office. While a major congratulations is in order, I think everyone will be even more excited due ...

Chris Carter

11:00 AM on 05.06.2013

Chasm devs reach Kickstarter goal with five days left

It seems as if the promise of a stellar looking Metroidvania was good enough, as Discord Games has met their lofty $150,000 Kickstarter goal for Chasm with five days left. Stretch goals are now possible, including a digital a...

Chris Carter

2:30 PM on 05.04.2013

Starbound pre-order sales top one million dollars

Less than a month after pre-orders opened for Chucklefish's upcoming sci-fi sandbox Starbound, the developer reports that it has already netted more than one million dollars from over 45,000 pre-sales. In hitting this mi...

Darren Nakamura

7:30 PM on 04.26.2013

Such a tease: Updated Chasm demo released

Previously, a Game Developers Conference demo for 2D action-RPG Chasm was playable on Windows, Linux, and Mac. This week, Discord Games is back with an updated build. It's been long enough since I played the former that...

Jordan Devore

3:45 PM on 04.25.2013

Stealth Bastard has a fancy new name for its PSN release

In coming to PlayStation Network, Stealth Bastard needed a new name. And so the developers took to the Internet at large to brainstorm, because it seemed like a good idea at the time. While I'm sorry to say that Des...

Jordan Devore

10:30 PM on 04.23.2013

Gunpoint's stealth puzzles look delightfully morbid

This trailer for Gunpoint serves as an excellent introduction to the PC stealth-puzzle game, which you need to be introduced to if you haven't been already. The video itself is a glorified walkthrough from designer...

Jordan Devore

5:00 PM on 04.17.2013

Review: Terraria

It's always been difficult to give a one-sentence synopsis for Terraria. When it was released on PC in 2011, the first description that many gave was that it's "like a two-dimensional Minecraft," but that doesn't really do Te...

Darren Nakamura

4:00 AM on 04.17.2013

Action-platformer Rogue Legacy checks all the right boxes

The first 20 seconds of this trailer for Rogue Legacy had me slowly nodding my head in agreement to no one in particular. Then the real fun starts. From the makers of Don't Shit Your Pants comes something comp...

Jordan Devore

1:45 PM on 04.15.2013

Pre-orders open for Starbound, beta due this year

After recently being reminded by Darren why Starbound is much more than "Terraria in space," I'm inclined to throw money toward the general direction of the game's developers. With the arrival of pre-orders for this sand...

Jordan Devore

1:00 AM on 04.12.2013

Makers of Oniken channel classic Castlevania with Odallus

It's pleasant to report that Oniken developer JoyMasher will continue on the same old-school path with its next project, an exploration-action game called Odallus: The Dark Call. As you'll see in this early snippet of gamepl...

Jordan Devore

11:30 AM on 04.11.2013

This Smurfs game from WayForward could be decent

Even as a fan of the original cartoon as a child, I just couldn't get into the new Smurfs film, even on a base level. But WayForward maybe change that, at least in the videogame realm, with a The Smurfs 2 game based on the u...

Chris Carter