Indie game
Cozy detectives, urban disc golf and other new indie games worth checking out
Welcome to our latest recap of what’s going on in the indie game space. This week, the revived Acclaim held a very fun showcase (and we’ll get to some of the games from that). But on Friday, Nintendo soaked up all the attention with an hour-long Direct. Sure, it included some first-party games, such as…
Surfing sand and sea, herding beasts and other new indie games worth checking out
Welcome to our latest recap of what’s going on in the indie game space. It’s been a very busy week in that realm, thanks to Gamescom. Before we jam through a few of this week’s new releases and some of the many, many Gamescom reveals, there’s one game that has risen high above the din…
Major Gaming Store Delists All NSFW Games Following Pressure From Anti-Porn Campaigners
Following on from Steam’s delisting of hundreds of extreme adult games, indie gaming site Itch.io has made the even more extreme move of (in some cases temporarily) removing all NSFW games from its store pages and search results. The action, made in response to pressure group Collective Shout, has led to even this year’s IGF…
Every Big Summer Gaming Showcase Happening This Week And How To Watch
June is officially here which means Geoff Keighley-palooza 2025 is just around the corner. E3 might be dead, but Summer Game Fest will be kicking off its fifth year running this week with a crowded field of other gaming showcases riding its coattails. Below you’ll find the schedule for each of them, including when they…
Discord Is Trying To Burrow Deeper Into The Fabric Of Gaming
Games have never been more social but the tools for connecting with friends and fellow fans across the gaming realm are still surprisingly fractured. Discord hopes to fix that with a new Social SDK it’s making available to developers to allow them to integrate the platform’s tools and perks directly into their games. It’s the…