Prior to the Nindies showcase where Everspace was announced for Switch, I had never heard of the game, which is surprising as I love both space simulators and roguelikes. The ability to play a combo of these two genres on the go is somethin...

Are Games Art? Cool your jets, I'm not going down that route. Do people still care about the answer to that question? Maybe they do. I sure don't - just games, innit? Sometimes they're great, sometimes they aren't. Sometimes they pick you u...

It has been an excruciating year for me. When I took a look at DUSK in early-access back in January, I was in love. The game was everything I had wanted from a first-person shooter since the '90s passed. No regenerating health, no hit-scann...

Capybara's dungeon-crawling adventure Below doesn't hold your hand. It can be cryptic and at times obtuse, but then again, it's a game about discovery. Some initial confusion and misunderstandings just come with the territory as you suss ou...

After recently announcing that he would begin self-publishing Stardew Valley on all platforms except for Nintendo Switch and mobile, game creator Eric Barone promised more announcements would come soon. Earlier today, he had quite a lot to ...

I'm not ready to stop playing Overcooked 2, and thankfully, I don't have to! Ghost Town Games has come out with Kevin's Christmas Cracker, a free batch of DLC with five new holiday-themed levels and fresh recipes including Christmas pudding...

Below, the long-awaited new adventure from Sword & Sworcery and Super Time Force developer Capybara Games, isn't quite the game I expected it to be. Part of that is on the project's initial secrecy, and part of that is on me for decidin...

After five years of early-access, DayZ is finally available as a full game. The title that kicked off the survival craze, DayZ could also be seen as the progenitor of the recent "battle royale" fad that has swept over the industry. Basicall...

Sunless Skies, the followup to the anxiety-driven Sunless Sea, is set to come out of Early Access late next month and developer Failbetter Games has come up with an ingenious plan for its launch. For every minute that streamers stream the s...

Shovel Knight turned five this year, and it shows no signs of slowing down. He's sold over three million copies and counting. There are not one, not two, but six different books that tell his story in one way or another. His ...

[Update: Developer ConcernedApe confirmed the update is now live on Switch. PS4/Xbox updates are "in-progress," and the creator is doing "everything [he] can to have them ready as soon as possible."] Stardew Valley is about to get its long-...

It appears that the retro-infused platformer Battle Princess Madelyn is still not quite ready to launch on the PS4 and Nintendo Switch, with publishers Hound Picked Games announcing that both versions will see further delays.Originally expe...

There's a giant hole in the Bear Drives A Speedboat And Performs All Sorts Of Cool Arcade Tricks But Also Sometimes The Bear Carries Around An AK47 market. Wave Break is here to fill that void. From Funktronic Labs, creators of Nova-1...

Human: Fall Flat is the kind of game I can return to year after year and still adore. Its physical comedy just cracks me up. The co-op puzzle platformer has gotten a free new level, "Dark," which is reason enough for me to dive back in. It'...

I played a ton of Katamari Damacy over the weekend on Nintendo Switch. It's not my first time rolling up junk to make celestial bodies for my large disappointed dad, and it definitely won't be the last. It's a timeless classic. But now I'm ...

Legendary designer John Romero has unveiled his latest project and it harkens back to the past. SIGIL will be the unofficial fifth episode for the original Doom and will be released for free early next year. If you're a mega-fan of Romero's...

Bertil Hörberg's Gunman Clive series is one of the low key best platformers on the 3DS and Wii U. After originally debuting on mobile platforms, the western-themed platformer made its way over to Nintendo's portable and even ...

One of the big takeaways from The Game Awards last week is that every child of a celebrity is playing Fortnite. Also, this new Epic Store is in it to win it. Several games have pushed back Steam releases to give the Epic Store PC launch exc...

On my last day of PAX East this year, I took a look at a retro-inspired FPS called Project Warlock. Developed by Buckshot Software, the game is the vision of 19-year-old Jakub Cislo and his desire to recreate the games of his youth. With hi...

Fans of Stoic Studios' Banner Saga will have reason to step back into the beautifully animated and unforgivably tough fantasy world next week. An update to The Banner Saga 3 will add a new mode for all your sword and shield smashing shenani...

This contest is only a flesh wound: Win a copy of Knights of Pen and Paper 2! I'm not a knight, but if I were, I'd probably use a cool weapon. Not a sword, because all knights use swords. Maybe something more like a fishing rod with a flame...

Fans of physical copies have a lot to rejoice about today. Announced at the Kinda Funny Games Showcase, both Celeste and Windjammers will be getting boxed copies in the near future courtesy of Limited Run Games. Windjammers is limited to Sw...

The second of Mike Bithell's shorts, Quarantine Circular, is coming to Nintendo Switch today. Surprised announced during the Kinda Funny Games Showcase, the game is a pseudo-sequel to Subsurface Circular and follows the same gameplay templa...

Some of you might remember that The Messenger from Sabotage Studios was one of my favorite games this year. Well, good news out of the Kinda Funny Games Showcase is more content is coming its way in 2019. Picnic Panic is a free expansi...

The Kinda Funny Games Showcase kicked off with an announcement I've been waiting years to hear: YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG is finally set to release. And soon. Very soon. Like, just over a month from now. The Ackk Studios project is set t...