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Threes Coming to Xbox One

Asher Vollmer’s huge mobile hit Threes is coming to Xbox One via ID@Xbox, confirmed this morning during Microsoft’s Xbox Pre-show. The game will play with sticks or D-pad and will also be playable in snap mode. Threes is Vollmer’s successor to the ...

Braid Retrospective Review

Most of the game is a lot happier than this...   The side-scrolling platformer is a genre that in the Indie scene could be put alongside the phrase ‘dime a dozen’. As one of the easier videogame genres to make, it’s often the entry point ...

Magnetic by Nature – Full of Robotic Adventure

Imagine – you’re the last robot still functional. Your friends are scattered throughout ruins, disabled and lost, and you must make your way to each one to reactivate them. This is the premise of Magnetic By Nature, a “platformer without platforms” ...

‘Valley 2’ Beta 0.728 Features A Complete Cast Of Monsters

Do you have a metroidvania craving that needs a fix? The randomly-generated, strategy exploration game, Valley 2, is growing larger and larger and has surpassed its goal of having 114 enemies at launch. Valley 2 now has 125 monsters in-game and ...

Watch the World Take Form in Shape of the World

Looking back at the past couple of years, we’ve seen a few titles cropping up that take on a minimalist approach to art direction. With titles like Proteus and Eidolon, players enter a world with little to no textures used, just simple shapes and ...

The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight Preview – True Joy

The Burst Arm, or the Joylance, feels less like a weapon and more like an elemental force that you harness; less a tool as some powerful being that deigns to let you utilize its power for a time. You will hurtle across the battlefield with its ...

Screenshot Weekly – Laser-Loving Underwater Artists

Welcome back to Screenshot Weekly! Every Tuesday, IGM brings you exclusive looks at upcoming games in various stages of development. The featured image introducing each game will always be original, and made especially for IGM, so you’ll see them ...

LOOP – A Meditative Puzzle Game Experience

Creating a relaxing zen-like experience with a challenging game sounds like a double negative. But despite the contrary, video game developer and artist, John Cullen, managed to do just that, with his game LOOP – a tranquil puzzle game where you ...

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