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‘JengAR’ Review – Keeping Things Balanced

Following in the footsteps of recent augmented reality games such as card-battling The Eye of Judgement and the Pokemon-esque Invizimals, comes JengAR. Created by Marcin Pucalski as part of the Ludum Dare October Challenge, JengAR is currently ...

There Came an Echo – New Gameplay Video

Back in April, we gave you our first impression of an RTS title currently in development called There Came an Echo. Currently in production at Iridium Studios, the team recently released pre-alpha gameplay footage, posted above, to showcase ...

Cipher Prime’s Auditorium Duet Conquered Kickstarter, Now On Its Way to You

Cipher Prime, the development studio behind Auditorium, Pulse, and the award-winning Splice, is bringing a new Auditorium experience to players with Auditorium Duet. The game combines the original premise of a single player using draggable on-screen ...

Hold your Bear Close and Outsmart Monsters in Teddy Terror

Whether you’re a fan of YouTuber Pewdiepie or not, his recent game jam titled Indies vs PewDiePie has one participant taking his game further. A product of the 72-hour jam, Teddy Terror is available for anyone to play, and the developer plans to ...

Please Be Nice :( Review – A Certain Level of Niceness is Required

Have you ever wanted to be a game developer? Well, that’s kind of what’s happening with Please be nice :(, a freeware game from Aran Koning & Friends. You go to the website and download the current edition of the game, then try to be the ...

Rube Works Review – Hilarious Tribute to Rube Goldberg And His Cartoons

Before we get into the review for Rube Works, a bit of history is in order. Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist and the inventor of the Rube Goldberg Machine, used very often in cartoons and other forms of media, including Tom and Jerry, Dexter’s ...

A Song for Viggo Shows a Stark and Fragile Paper World

TW: Loss of a child; this article contains sensitive details from the game A Song for Viggo.   The idea of portraying everyday life turned into A Song for Viggo.     Tragedy and depression are themes not often fully explored in ...

Humble Indie Bundle 8 Launches with ‘Hotline Miami’ and ‘Proteus’

Humble Indie Bundle 8 was released yesterday, containing five games on a pay-what-you-want scale. For a purchase above the average, buyers will receive copies of Hotline Miami and Proteus as well.   The 8th main iteration of the Humble Bundle ...

IGM Forum Finds: Moonman

Today’s Forum Find comes to us out of Australia, from a developer named Ben Porter. Moonman is a mash-up of procedurally-generated games (it’s called a “virdescent blend” by its creator) like Terraria, and the resemblance is certainly ...

Goodnight Butcher: Arcade Meets Horror on Greenlight

Goodnight Butcher is an upcoming PC title by Perfect Square Studios. Players inhabit the role of a lone butcher as they explore the Happy Knife Butchery. Guided by an ominous handbook, the butcher must use saws, mincers, and grinders to prepare and ...

Let There Be Life Review – Relaxation and Creativity, Hand in Hand

Let There Be Life is a creativity and relaxation title by Backward pieS, LLC, where your job is to grow trees by placing branches, birds, bees, plants, and other flora and fauna without blocking the sun from nearby flowers, or casting shade over ...

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