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Sling spells, hurl hexes and curve curses in Ignis: Duels of Wizards, a distillation of the MOBA formula, which allows players to steer their spells in tight 1vs1 duels. Ignis: Duels of Wizards, from Moonlit, is a magic dueling game where…

Tic-Tac-Toe meets RPG in Keg Wars, a browser-based, multiplayer strategy game which will also launch for PS4. Keg Wars, from Flying Pan Studio, is a strategy game based around classic RPG classes. Each of the classes have different actions…

A frantic, explosive action game where you must defend the inner space of a rotatable shape, Pixel Soldier is fast, hard fun. Pixel Soldier, from Accidentally Awesome, challenges you to move around within an object, defeating enemies and…

FAR: Lone Sails tells a wordless story of a lonely journey taken by a red-hooded protagonist and their odd, yet somehow personified mechanical vehicle.

Games come in many genres, styles and forms. Some are more experimental, others focus on story, some provide quick gameplay, and some, some make you rage. Force of Habit have released two games so far on the Nintendo Switch; Toast Time:…

As if there weren’t already enough problems in Chernobyl, you now have horrors from an alternate reality to deal with in your quest to solve a mysterious disappearance.

Classic fairy tales come in many forms, from original story books to movies and now to video games, children of all ages are still able to experience the same fairy tales that have existed for many, many years. In Theatre Tales, you (or…

Developer Muse Games have a habit of creating rather enjoyable gaming experiences and with their latest title, Embr, this hasn’t changed. Pitched as a tongue-in-cheek firefighting video game, players become an “Embr Respondr” and must take…

Some days, I want to see more indie games that are being developed. Even as somebody who actively seeks out games everyday, there are still so many more games being created that just fly slightly under my radar, buried with the other games…

Voidrun is an action-filled arcade tribute to the nail-bitingly difficult arcade shooters of the eighties. Trading bullets for bombs, you navigate your ship through enemy-filled terrain, blasting holes through the ground and sending baddies…

The World is Square is a jazz/rock tribute to some of the best RPG music ever released from classic Squaresoft titles.

Radio Commander offers you nothing but a radio and a map. We have been playing its Kickstarter demo.

Tied Escape: The Curse of Cortez starts with you and a friend each tied to chairs and to each other. You need to work together to hit the correct buttons to escape… err.. well, get the fastest time. While at GDC, I spent some time playing…

Sometimes, fast paced mini-games need a theme to string them together. In Plünge, that theme is plumbing. Playing head to head against another player in order to make a plummer fall in-love with you, Plünge was designed to be played using…

If you’re following my Twitter, you’ll know that I am in America for a bit, hanging out with my dad. My dad doesn’t really understand the internet, doesn’t know much about what I do, and lives in a very small town — he doesn’t have a…

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles is an important example of leaning on your art design. The vibrant open fantasy world in Yonder dabbles in magic here and there, but most of the magic is found through discovery and exploration.

Wooden Nickel, by the developers of Burly Men at Sea, takes you into a simplistic looking wild west, where you can explore loads of strange adventures. This narrative adventure puts you in the shoes of a traveller, looking to explore the…

Starstruck, a game completely set within a miniature diorama, sees you both following music and becoming a giant hand. In a game where everything looks like clay, you can play as Dawn or Edwin, two children whose lives are tied with the…

Melon Journey 2 takes you into a retro-themed RPG where you play a young animal character, whose world is seemingly wonderful. However, in Froach Club’s Melon Journey 2, not all is as cute and charming as it seems. Your character is looking…

Blast your way to the top in Shump, a juicy, three-button, shoot-‘em-up platformer. Shump, from Alex Johansson, is an effort created to solve a problem the creator saw in the vertical platformer sub-genre: ‘They often feel clumsy and…