At PAX Prime 2019, we talked to Tim Schafer about the future of Double Fine after the E3 announcement that the developer would be joining the Xbox family of studios. One particularly noteworthy thing Schafer mentioned is that he didn't know...

Dtoid sister site, The Escapist, is proud to announce that they’ve partnered with GOG.com to host their very first Indie Showcase event from June 11-14, 2020. This completely digital event will begin on June 11 with a "direct"-style s...

The annual Japanese indie festival BitSummit is going digital this year and is bringing fans 75 games from some of Japan's most prolific developers. Onion Games, which has had a presence at the festival many times in the past, will be on ha...

In today's contest you can win a physical PS4 or Switch copy of visual novel Arcade Spirits! The last true arcade I remember seeing was an Aladdin's Castle at the mall in Virginia Beach. I have fond memories of going there and wasting away ...

After several successful years in Early Access, Factorio, one of the best-rated games on Steam, finally has a release date for version 1.0. The crazy-deep factory-building sim will launch on August 14, 2020. Here's the amusing part: that da...

Friday fact: More games could stand to let us play as legion-leading necromancers. The Unliving, a roguelite action-RPG from RocketBrush Studio and Team17, looks like it could be one of the good ones. You'll raise hordes of skeletons, sacr...

Industria, a first-person shooter set in a parallel dimension "shortly before the end of the Cold War," looks cool enough. Not out-of-this-world cool, or give-it-to-me-now cool, but cool enough. It's the kind of game you might see pop up o...

Hello everyone! It's ya boy Phil, back with another sweet contest for you. On today's docket: Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling is making its console debut today. The game a lot of folks were comparing to Paper Mario is finally hitting ou...

If you're the kind of person who likes to spend time tracking down collectibles in strange go-with-the-flow game worlds, Sludge Life is worth playing. The surreal graffiti adventure game launched on the Epic Games Store today and it's free...

[Update: You can watch the stream right now at the link below!] We haven't reached critical mass with the summer-long not-E3-but-close-enough live streams, but I can feel it – we'll be there soon. At some point, likely in June, I'll h...

Sometimes a video game comes along and is touted as the "[genre game] for people who hate [genre]." I think Signs of the Sojourner wants to be that game for deckbuilders. As someone who has been lukewarm on the genre as a whole, the id...

Publisher 505 Games has released the "Randomizer" update for the Nintendo Switch edition of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.Released for PS4, PC, and Xbox One back in early May, the new update will allow players who have achieved Bloodsta...

Hopoo has been steadily checking milestones off the Risk of Rain 2 roadmap, but there's a change of plans for the 1.0 launch. Originally bound for spring 2020, the Steam Early Access version will now be updated to 1.0 in August 2020, and th...

Observation is worth checking out today if you were holding out for the Steam version. Exactly one year after its Epic Games Store debut, it's now on Steam for $12.49 thanks to a limited-time promo. Observation is a surprisingly thrilling ...

Combining a beloved barnyard animal with unbelievable physics proved to be a million-dollar idea for the developers of Goat Simulator. Even if it only provided a slight chuckle and several minutes of entertainment, the gif-able nature ...

Growing up, I never had guppies or goldfish. Weirdly, I never even bothered to ask my parents for permission even though, in retrospect, they probably would've said yes. (I once had a pet turtle.) But I did get super into freshwater aqua...

I love Symphony of the Night and its metroidvania ilk as much as anyone, but sometimes, I want to go back – all the way back. When the "less is more" mood strikes, there's no topping classic Castlevania. Lords of Exile sounds like it...

Remember when Punks were the bad guys in everything? When comics, movies, TV shows, and, in particular, arcade games of the '80s and early '90s all considered punks to be the street-walking vilification of society? From Class of 1984, to Fi...

Indie game publisher Devolver Digital has announced that it will still be broadcasting its annual summer press conference this year, despite various cancellations across the board from staple events such as E3, gamescom, and Paris Games Wee...

I'm always down to check out what Ronimo is up to post-Awesomenauts – that's how much the 2D MOBA means to me. The team is collaborating with Devolver Digital on its next title, Blightbound, a team-centric hack-and-slash game that ha...

In today's contest you can win unique deckbuilding narrative adventure game Signs of the Sojourner! There are plenty of card games on the market these days -- hell, the genre practically blew up a few scant years ago. Most focus on using de...

In today's contest, you can win a Steam copy of Speed Brawl! I know we typically give out new games, but where's the love for the older titles? I mean, it's like someone who won't watch a movie because it's like two years old. It's rude. I ...

The next time you're in the mood for a point-and-click adventure, you might want to consider VirtuaVerse now that it's out on Steam and GOG. It's a cyberpunk romp with "hardware graveyards, digital archaeology, tribes of cryptoshamans, and...

Triband's great "Golf game for people who hate golf" - What the Golf? - is finally ready to tee off on Nintendo Switch. The loopy links will be available to download from the Nintendo eShop on May 21, priced at around $20.Originally release...

Indie developer Bertil Hörberg has been on a roll. Not only did they create the lovely Gunman Clive series, but they also recently branched into a more modern affair with the Contra-like Mechstermination Force. The premise is delightfu...