🔠 Word Forward | Nintendo Switch | Review | 8.5/10 | "Word Up" 🔠 @thalamusdigital #IndieGame #IndieGames #GameDev

Amidst all the 100+ hours of RPG-ing, shooting, adventuring and racing, sometimes it’s nice to take things slow and get casual. Word-based games have always held an allure for me and I’m pleased to say that Word Forward is the newest title to suck me in.

👨‍🍳 Epic Chef | Nintendo Switch | Ten Minute Taster | "Chef Raekwon" 👨‍🍳 @EpicChefGame #IndieGame #IndieGames #GameDev

Get ready to embark on a comedic culinary quest unlike any other as you take on the role of Zest in this story-driven adventure game; from humble beginnings, you will build a farm, grow delectable ingredients, craft machinery and cook your way to becoming the most Epic Chef in Ambrosia!

Watch Me Take On My First Jobs in Ambrosia as we take a ten-minute taster of this cool indie game!

Last Ninja 2 | Reformation Vinyl | Review | "I just enjoyed wandering around, being a ninja" @mattgrayc64 #VideoGameVinyl #Vinyl #VGVinyl #LastNinja2

https://6581records.com/products/reformation-last-ninja-2-double-picture-disc-vinyl-downloads-matt-gray

It’s always a pleasure to be blindsided by pure joy and, when this Last Ninja 2 vinyl arrived, I couldn’t believe how quickly I became completely infatuated with it. Over two weeks on from arrival, it is still getting daily spins in my record player with no signs of slowing up. For the record, the A-side of this album consist of three songs that are so strong that they rank up there at the top of the genre in terms of album kick-offs, it’s unbelievably good stuff.

📚📒 The Art of Creaks | Book | Review 📚📒 @Amanita_Design #IndieGames #IndieGame #GameDev

Purchase Link - https://merch.amanita-design.net/products/the-art-of-creaks

Creaks is a game that is very much adored by its fanbase for the care and craft that was clearly put into it, resulting in a title whereby the visuals and music are just as important as the fundamental gameplay.

It therefore makes sense - following the ‘making of’ documentary focusing on the music of Creaks (https://youtu.be/67S-rAyku3U) - that a book dedicated to the art is released. As was made clear in my review of Creaks a few months ago - https://www.gamesfreezer.co.uk/2021/06/creaks-review-xbox-series-x-910.html – it is a game that really made an impact on me and I often find myself discussing it or listening to the soundtrack, and now – I can get lost again in those wonderfully detailed visuals thanks to The Art of Creaks.

🐦🦃 Beyond A steel Sky | Nintendo Switch | Gameplay | "Big Steve Is A Right Pain!" 🐦🦃 @RevSoftGames #IndieGames #IndieGame #GameDev

From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’.

You are Robert Foster. A child has been abducted in a brutal attack. You have vowed to bring him home. But the trail has led you from your community of desert wasteland dwellers, to Union City, one of the last remaining mega-cities in a world ravaged by shattering wars, and political meltdown.

Fortified and impenetrable, it is a utopia in which people live happily under the surveillance and control of a benign AI. But all is far from what it seems...

‘Beyond a Steel Sky’ is a dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller in which engaging puzzles drive a fast-paced narrative set in a dynamic game world that responds to – and is subverted by – the player’s actions.

🚜 Farming Simulator 2022 | PC | Ten minute Taster | "We Plough The Fields & Scatter" 🚜 @farmingsim #GameDev #IndieGames #IndieGame

In Farming Simulator 22 you get to create your farm and let the good times grow! 

Harvest crops, tend to animals, manage productions, and take on seasonal challenges.

I manage to do none of this in my ten-minute taster but I'm ready for more by the end!

 

🚀🐟 G Darius HD | Nintendo Switch HD | Review | 7.5/10 | "Laser Duels With Hulking End Level Bosses .... YES PLEASE!" 🚀🐟 @ININ_Games #Retrogaming #SHMUP

G-Darius HD comes in all guns blazing on my Nintendo Switch and once again we have another absolute classic SHMUP gunning its way through new audiences on the Switch as the list of legendary Shoot Em Ups on the console grows longer and longer.

Flying through a level on this beautiful conversion of the arcade game on your switch is a joy to behold as you pivot and swivel through enemy waves with pinpoint accurate controls and classic arcade visuals. 

📓Hermitage: Strange Case Files | Xbox Series X | Review | 5/10 | "One is The Loneliest Number" 📔 @ArrowizStudios #GameDev #IndieGames #IndieGame

I recently had a conversation with my brother - I explained to him how I've grown tired of games using HP Lovecraft as inspiration, how there seems to be a plethora of them and most of them aren't very good, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth being the biggest exception. 

I had major reservations for this game from the start as more Lovecraftian horror is not what I particularly wanted, but I'm always happy to be proven wrong and so hoped this game would ease my tiredness of Lovecraft and bring my list of good games inspired by his bibliography to a whopping two.

🤖 Paco Rabanne Phantom - Connected Fragrance | "Stop Smelling Your Fists!" 🤖 @PacoRabanne #welcometothefuture #daretobedifferent

https://www.pacorabanne.com/uk/en/fragrance/c/frag-men-phantom--frag-men-phantom

I’ve been a fan of Paco Rabanne’s scents for quite a while now. From not being able to wear the divine Ultraviolet due to the age-old problem of too many people in my circle of friends also wearing it through to a moment about six years ago when I first came across their eau de toilette ‘Paco’ whilst waiting for a flight to Paris and was told off by my now-fiancée to ‘stop smelling my fists, it looks weird’ (I had tried a few scents out in the airport and my knuckles were the only free spot left on my hands/arms for Paco, and it was an addictive smell!).

🪙🗿🔱Treasures of the Aegean | Xbox Series X | Review | 8/10 | "Imagine a 2D Lara Croft, with Prince of Persia Moves..." 🪙🗿🔱 @NumskullGames #IndieGames #IndieGame #GameDev

Imagine a 2D Lara Croft, with Prince of Persia moves, graphics reminiscent of the great Another World, and you're getting close to Treasures of the Aegean.

Marie, the main character, is a puzzle-solving, treasure-grabbing force of nature, able to run, jump and slide around an absolutely massive map at high speed and without getting tired. 

🦝 Backbone | XBOX SERIES X | Review | 6/10 | "One small step for noir, one giant misstep from Backbone" 🦝 @backbonegame #IndieGames #IndieGame

The word noir conjures up so much joy for me, I absolutely adore it - if I see the word in a description of any piece of media, it's almost guaranteed I will consume it.

In theory, Backbone was so far up my street, I could have bought a three-bed terrace house there and lived a very happy life… or so I thought.

🗞️📰 Xbox Looks Towards A Grim Dawn | VIDEO GAME NEWS 🗞️📰 @GrimDawn #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieGames

Crate Entertainment’s critically acclaimed ARPG, is coming to Xbox on December 3rd!

Crate Entertainment's monster PC hit ARPG Grim Dawn heads to consoles this December 3^rd to be featured exclusively on Xbox. 

The Xbox definitive edition will wrap the base game, all DLC’s, and all the expansions into a single package for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S players to enjoy.

For the first time ever on console, Xbox players are able to explore the darkest corners of Grim Dawn’s vast, immersive world, where secrets abound, and untold terrors lurk. 

Grim Dawn and DLCs have collectively sold nearly 7 million copies on PC, with Grim Dawn standing at a 94% positive rating on Steam.

 

Xbox Players can pre-order the game now in anticipation of the global Xbox launch on December 3^rd 2020.

 

💿📀 Kingdom Come: Deliverance Album Review 💿📀 @valtajan #VideoGameVinyl #Vinyl

by Jan Valta - @ValtaJan

Thank you to Warhorse Studios! - Warhorse Studios - Warhorse

Firstly, a huge thank you to Warhorse Studios for this opportunity. For the reasons I’ve written below, this game was a big part of a unique section of my life and, although it is sold out and not widely available at present, they kindly send over a copy that they had in their office specifically for this article, which is very cool of them and hugely appreciated, I definitely owe them a beer, Na Zdravi!

🍕 Pac-Man: Birth of an icon (by Arjan Terpstra & Tim Lapetino) | Book Review 🍕 @cookbeck #RetroGaming #PacMan

https://www.cookandbecker.com/en/artwork/3012/pac-man-birth-of-an-icon-pac-man-bandai-namco.html

Few games are as iconic as the occasionally ghost-devouring, yellow dot-muncher, Pac-Man. In this 300+ page, full-colour tome, you’ll find everything that you could possibly want to know about this timeless classic. From origins to impact, legacy and beyond – all accompanied with crisp, high-definition images, insider commentary, well-researched information and vibrant artwork all presented through accessible writing.

💿📀 Metal Slug X Original Soundtrack Record Label - Wayo Records Artist - SNK Sound Team 💿📀 @WayoRecords @WayoRecordsJP #Vinyl #VideoGameVinyl

PURCHASE LINK: https://www.wayorecords.com/en/vinyls/110-metal-slug-x-vinyl.html

‘The iconic soundtrack from the legendary game Metal Slug X for the first time as a stand-alone release in vinyl format, for the 25th Anniversary of the legendary SNK game series! Go Peregrine Falcon Squads!’

👾 Super Life of Pixel - A Box of Gaming History (PS4/Switch) 👾 @RealStrictlyLTD #IndieGames #Retrogaming #IndieGame

Strictly Limited Games, together with Reset Games, are excited to give Super Life of Pixel a physical release, exclusively at the Strictly Limited Games Shop.

Super Life of Pixel is a 2D puzzle-platformer that lets you enter a living, playable museum of video game history.

A museum that spans across three decades and 19 historically inspired consoles, giving you a historic tour that is sure to put a smile on your face.

https://store.strictlylimitedgames.com/collections/super-life-of-pixel

🪱 ‘Earthworm Jim’ Set For Small Screen Revival 🪱 #EarthWormJim

Interplay Entertainment Corp., the software publisher and developer, has partnered with APA to bring its Earthworm Jim game series back to the small screen with an all-new creative team behind it.

Played by millions worldwide since it first launched on the Sega Genesis in 1994 and celebrated for its meta-humour, edgy art style and tight platform gameplay, Earthworm Jim is a cult classic.

Last seen on TV in 1996 after a successful run of 23 episodes on the WB Television Network, the new series follows the adventures of Jim, a worm in a robotic suit who fights a plethora of eccentric enemies. 

It will feature a host of new faces as they navigate an absurd, hostile and colorful galaxy, where each planet is home to a race of anthropomorphic animals. 

Jim's ultimate quest is to find his true home among the stars: a near-mythical planet called Earth.

Watch the interview with Earthworm Jim about the upcoming series at  www.beyondthegroovy.com. 

🚀🪨 Gleylancer | Advanced Busterhawk | Nintendo Switch | Review | 7/10 | "A No Nonsense Scrolling Shmup!" 🚀🪨 @RatalaikaGames #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGames #RetroGaming

The Nintendo Switch has become a system choc full of classic shmups oer the years and now it has another cracking release in the form of Gleylancer. 

This was a title that I had never come across before and now I have had the chance to play it I'm smitten for its rock hard gameplay and lovely pixel graphics.

🤓💻 The Benefits of Hiring Unity Video Game Developer 🤓💻

What is it with Unity that makes it so unique?

Of course, it's the technology! While many C++ programmers exist, working with Unity necessitated the usage of C# programming abilities. C# is a higher-level programming language that is easier to learn and utilize. It comes at the cost of being unable to deal directly with memory, which is often why C++ is used by many developers.

🕹️ Atari - 50 Not Out? 🕹️ #Atari #RetroGaming

So Atari has nearly hit the big 5-0! Here's an insight into what the legendary Atari brand has in store for its 50th year of birth...