Indie (Page 43)

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Journals

A fine margin.

Aug. 30, 2023 Robert Purchese

14 comments

Outer Wilds - a view of a black hole against the vastness of space.

Feature

Captain's Log | Space games should be terrifying

Red alert.

Aug. 30, 2023 Tom Senior

25 comments

News

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew developer announces closure

"We decided it was the right time to prioritise our well-being."

Aug. 29, 2023 Liv Ngan

30 comments

Sea of Stars key art showing a male and female character standing back to back on a mount above a world of forests, rivers and mountains, lit in the blue light of a giant moon in the sky.

Review

Sea of Stars review - a throwback RPG laced with modern magic and care

Golden Fun.

Aug. 28, 2023 Kaan Serin

52 comments

Starfield trailer screenshot showing a black-and-white image of a planet with black crosshairs over it

Feature

Captain's Log | Will Starfield capture the little details that give space its wonder?

Endless POSSibilities.

Aug. 28, 2023 Christian Donlan

117 comments

A screenshot of Phasmophobia showing a dimly lit living room viewed in first-person at night. Its furnishing are cast in shadow and the only source of light is a TV screen showing a test signal near a window to the rear of the room. The unseen investigator surveying the scene holds up a small handheld electronic device labelled 'spirit box' with two rows of buttons beneath an orange digital display.

News

Phasmophobia's console release delayed to October due to "fire incident"

Was originally expected this month.

Aug. 25, 2023 Matt Wales

3 comments

A work-in-progress screenshot of Factorio's Space Age expansion, showing a bustling platform of interconnected machinery floating among the stars.

News

Acclaimed automation sim Factorio is exploring space for its first expansion

Expected "about one year from now".

Aug. 25, 2023 Matt Wales

9 comments

Paradise Marsh - a constellation shaped like an octopus saying "I really don't get what's the deal with legs anyway."

Feature

What we've been playing

A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.

Aug. 25, 2023 Robert Purchese

105 comments

A still from Citizen Sleeper 2's trailer showing its new android protagonist ripping free of wires connected to its body and sprinting away to freedom.

News

Citizen Sleeper 2 update reveals first new location, Game Pass release

Paranoid android.

Aug. 24, 2023 Matt Wales

6 comments

Promotional art for No Man's Sky's Echoes update showing a lone space traveller standing on a desolate alien landscape while a variety of giant robot figures loom overhead against an ominous green sky.

News

No Man's Sky gets pirate freighter battles and Star-Wars-style trench runs

Plus new robot race in latest update.

Aug. 24, 2023 Matt Wales

17 comments

News

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide finally gets Xbox release date

Won't need to Ogryn and bear it much longer.

Aug. 24, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

10 comments

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk screen showing the character skating on a rail with a yellow trail through a modernist cartoon city

Feature

One morning into it, and so far Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is an eerie act of love

Graffiti soul.

Aug. 24, 2023 Christian Donlan

42 comments

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Cafes

A cuppa chai, no?

Aug. 23, 2023 Robert Purchese

18 comments

News

Slime Rancher movie rights acquired by production company Story Kitchen

Round up.

Aug. 22, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

2 comments

Cult of the Lamb x Don't Starve Together

News

Cult of the Lamb celebrates first birthday with Don't Starve Together crossover

Much ado about mutton.

Aug. 22, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

3 comments

News

Cyberpunk platformer Replaced delayed into 2024

Pixel start.

Aug. 22, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

14 comments

Official Vampire Survivors art showing a red-eyed vampire next to his identical vampire friend, who is upside down.

News

Vampire Survivors Directer's Cut real says dev, lots more free DLC on the way

Plus, new "large feature" to be revealed soon.

Aug. 21, 2023 Matt Wales

4 comments

Preview

Video & Preview | Hands on with Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1

And three other upcoming Konami titles.

Aug. 21, 2023 Ian Higton

40 comments

Review

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre review - asymmetric horror where servers are the biggest enemy

A bloody shame.

Aug. 21, 2023 Vikki Blake

35 comments

Pacific Drive preview - an abandoned car by the road in a brown haze, the player holding a crowbar in first person

News

Pacific Drive survival game delayed to early 2024

Roadworks.

Aug. 21, 2023 Ed Nightingale

3 comments

A screen filled with numbers, and beneath them, the realisation that this is actually a game. It's Vampire Survivors, and Bertie is hanging on for dear life.

News

Vampire Survivors now has couch co-op, a Switch version, and a brand-new engine

Still no vampires, though.

Aug. 20, 2023 Vikki Blake

22 comments

News

Phasmophobia's hotfix resolves the Ascension update's sound and Smudge Stick issues

A smudge in time saves lives.

Aug. 20, 2023 Vikki Blake

A collage showing cover art and titles for 24 of No Man's Sky's named updates released over the last seven years.

News

No Man's Sky celebrates seventh birthday with tiny tease for next update

More details coming "very soon".

Aug. 18, 2023 Matt Wales

17 comments

Artwork showing Frog Detective's detective (a frog) stood atop a low plinth, a magnifying glass raised to one eye. Behind him, the scene is split in three: a night-time tropical island to the left, a dusty desert and cactus to the right, and a mysterious purple location directly behind him.

News

Frog Detective's endearingly silly adventures coming to consoles in three-game Entire Mystery collection

Out later this year.

Aug. 18, 2023 Matt Wales

3 comments

Superflight - a wingsuit flyer glides between angular rocks

Feature

What we've been playing

A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.

Aug. 18, 2023 Robert Purchese

102 comments