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Google Stadia announces plans to add over 120 games this year, including over ten exclusives
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The polygons of Another World: Super Nintendo
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Indie Games and Developers
This year I wanted to make a point to support and follow more indie game developers. I thought I'd post this topic to spread some love. Let's share indie game projects and developers that we are...
This year I wanted to make a point to support and follow more indie game developers. I thought I'd post this topic to spread some love. Let's share indie game projects and developers that we are currently following to help them get some more exposure. Here are a few from my end:
Pizza Tower:
https://pizzatowerguy.itch.io/
The demo feels so good to play. Controls are really tight and art/animation is really charming albeit eye-straining on higher resolution.
Guinea Pig Parkour:
https://twitter.com/GPigParkour
This game is not as far along as Pizza Tower, but the game-play footage looks superb. Seems like a taxing process considering the level of polish being demonstrated. Looking through GPigParkour's twitter, apparently this is something that they have been working on since 2016.Headcannon (Stealth):
http://www.headcannon.com/vertebreaker.html
You probably know Headcannon as the development team behind Sonic Mania. Despite the amazing job they did on Sonic Mania they don't receive much of anything for their hard work. The only pay from Sega that they received was the commission to create Sonic Mania and don't receive any revenue from sales. A recent kickstarter for the game Vertebreaker had be be cancelled because they were unable to raise enough funds for it. The founder and head of Headcannon Stealth goes into detail about this in the linked video. I highly recommend you check them out and donate to their Patreon if you can. They certainly have the talent and know how to create some cool ass games.
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Google is working to bring official support for Steam to Chrome OS
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Ubisoft revamps editorial team to make its games more unique
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Inside TASBot’s semi-secret, probably legal effort to control the Nintendo Switch
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Cyberpunk 2077 delayed to September
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What are some games that exceed expectations?
I'd love to hear about some games that are surprisingly good, deep, or different. As in, the premise or the presentation of the game does not bode well or looks weak, but the game itself rises...
I'd love to hear about some games that are surprisingly good, deep, or different. As in, the premise or the presentation of the game does not bode well or looks weak, but the game itself rises above those preconceptions and limitations to be greater, richer, or more interesting than you expected. Think games like: a surprisingly good movie tie-in, a really great edutainment experience, a well-executed corporate mascot platformer, etc.
What is it about the game that sets your expectations low, and how does the game overcome that low anchoring?
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Humble Australia Fire Relief Bundle - $25 for 29 games including Hollow Knight, Void Bastards, and Hand of Fate 2, with all proceeds going to help the wildlife affected by the Australian bushfires
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Introducing the GamesIndustry.biz Academy, a new section of the site for guides on a variety of topics related to game development and the industry
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Rocket League | Lucky Lanterns event trailer (Starting January 20)
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Horizon Zero Dawn will come to PC this year, according to sources
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Ray tracing, VRS, and DLSS in id Tech 6 and Wolfenstein: Youngblood
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Many games are held together by duct tape. Looking behind the curtain can be eye-opening.
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The afterlife of Android: Netrunner - The community taking a beloved card game's future into their own hands
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The story of how Microsoft's Kinect grew from a skunkworks motion-controller project into a company-wide effort with massive resources, and was eventually abandoned
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Resident Evil 3 Remake | Official Nemesis trailer
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Final Fantasy VII Remake release delayed to April 10, 2020
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Epic Games Store has generated $680 million in revenue so far, largely from exclusives. Weekly free games will continue through 2020
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Return to Dark Tower - An epic fantasy game pitting 1-4 heroes against an intelligent, malevolent tower - Designed by Rob Daviau (Pandemic Legacy) and Isaac Childres (Gloomhaven)
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Magnus Carlsen breaks record for longest unbeaten streak in chess history – world's number one chess player makes it 111 games without defeat
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Slay the Spire - Patch 2.0 released, including the fourth character "The Watcher" along with many other updates
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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DOOM Eternal | Official trailer 2
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The untold story behind the design of Transistor
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Riot Tabletop - A new team from Riot Games focusing on creating board games, starting with Tellstones: King’s Gambit
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The original Game of Life was quite different from the one we have now
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Grand Theft Auto 4 for PC is currently not available to purchase digitally due to depending on the defunct Games for Windows Live service
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Half-Life: Alyx - Nine exclusive screenshots and what they tell us about the game
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Daniel Floyd's favorite game animation of 2019
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Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, a week-long charity fundraising event featuring speedruns, has begun
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Brink - What Happened?
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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2020 Vision: The Witcher 2 - RED engine analysis and performance on modern PC hardware
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The invisible art of game titles
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Indie game VVVVVV's source code is now public
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Magnus Carlsen: ‘You need to be very fortunate to be number one in fantasy football’
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Pokémon Direct - January 9, 2020
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A condemnation of time - Discussion of how to tell a linear story in a medium that is inherently nonlinear
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Alienware’s Concept UFO prototype imagines a gaming PC that’s shaped like a Nintendo Switch
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Magic: Legends | Gameplay trailer
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Fantasy Flight Games appears to have laid off at least ten staff, and is shutting down Fantasy Flight Interactive
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What are some good idle/incremental games?
I get heavily into Universal Paperclips about a year ago, it really just scratched a particular itch in my mind. It was particularly nice to be able to play it at work and not need to worry about...
I get heavily into Universal Paperclips about a year ago, it really just scratched a particular itch in my mind. It was particularly nice to be able to play it at work and not need to worry about it being open 100% of the time!
What are your recommendations for similar idle/incremental games?
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Steam 2020 Lunar New Year Sale announced to be from Jan 23 to Jan 27
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Finalists announced for 2020 Independent Games Festival awards
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Meditation Games: a launcher that has a different small game for each day of the year
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On the PlayStation 2's 20th anniversary, the former bosses of Sony Computer Entertainment UK, Europe and US take us behind the scenes of the console's launch
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Humble Choice - January 2020
The second Humble Choice (the new version of Humble Monthly) is now available, with 12 choices for games this month: Middle-earth: Shadow of War Graveyard Keeper Two Point Hospital Dirt Rally 2.0...
The second Humble Choice (the new version of Humble Monthly) is now available, with 12 choices for games this month:
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War
- Graveyard Keeper
- Two Point Hospital
- Dirt Rally 2.0 (and 3 DLCs: H2 RWD Double Pack, Opel Manta 400, The Porsche 911 RGT)
- Street Fighter V
- Bad North: Jotunn Edition
- TrailMakers
- Unrailed!
- Whispers of a Machine
- Them's Fightin' Herds
- Mages of Mystralia
- GRIP (and 1 DLC: Artifex Car Pack)
Having 12 choices this month is fairly significant, since it means that even people on the grandfathered "Classic" plan aren't able to take all the games and have to miss two of them. It seemed to be a pretty common assumption that there would always be 10 choices so Classic members would always still get everything, but that obviously isn't necessarily true.
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What are some games like VA-11 HALL-A and Read Only Memories : 2064?
I played VA-11 HALL-A quite a while ago and recently played ROM 2064. Both have similar aesthetics, sound, themes although they have different mechanics. I really liked how ROM had voice acting...
I played VA-11 HALL-A quite a while ago and recently played ROM 2064. Both have similar aesthetics, sound, themes although they have different mechanics. I really liked how ROM had voice acting too which is a shame to say is not the case of VA-11 HALL-A but I still quite enjoyed both. 2064 perhaps more since it felt more engaged but perhaps that's just memory tricking me.
I know there's N1RV Ann-A and ROM Neurodriver coming in 2020 but well, after that, I'll still have nothing so, what games have you played which are similar?
PS : Have a happy new year and hope I've not posted in the wrong place, I'm not sure if it would've fit in the recurring topic.
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