Check out this round-up of Destructoid’s time at PAX East

Indy kids

This weekend saw video game industry event PAX East take place in Boston, MA. For four days gamers and the media descended upon the developers and publishers in attendance to get their hands on some of the latest titles and hidden gems winging their way to a platform near you soon.

Our own writers were also at the event this weekend, where they got to try out some of the weird and wonderful unsung games currently in development, whilst getting the opportunity to have a bit of a natter with the men and women who work hard to make a name for themselves within a hugely crowded market.

Let’s take a look at some of cool, weird and intriguing games they got to check out, as well as their impressions on this new wave of indie goodness.

• Ion Maiden demo has me psyched

• Hands-On with Devolver’s Upcoming Adventure The Swords of Ditto

• I Hate Running Backwards is the crossover game I didn’t realise I wanted

• Shovel Knight: King of Cards has a ridiculous amount of new content

• Super Meat Boy Forever might make me a believer in auto-runners

• Antigraviator is a fast-paced, Wipeout style racer

• Bonus Level’s Fox n Forests is pretty damn fun

• Sliding and gliding is the name of the game in The King’s Bird

• Hack and Slash rogue-lite City of Brass is a whip-cracking good time

• Omensight mixes time travel and branching paths to great effect

• Rumor: Two iconic leading men are hidden characters in Runner3

• Drinkbox Studio’s Guacamelee 2 brings back that lucha machismo

• SCUM makes me realise how scary real life is

• Dragon Quest XI’s Western release is adding a lot more than English voice-acting

• Create the gun of your dreams in Mothergunship

• Chainsawesome Games’ Aftercharge is a fresh take on shooters

• Off Grid makes you hack like a middle-aged dad

• I got a distinct gothic vibe from Dark Devotions

• The Gardens Between hides its mind-boggling puzzles behind a simple interface