ZERO Sievert PC Ten Minute Taster Gameplay "How To Reload? 🌲 @ZeroSievert #IndieGames #GameDev

ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Broken Universe Tower Defense Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster Gameplay "Crocodile Rock!" 🐊 @JinthreeStudio #IndieGames #TowerDefense #GameDev

Broken Universe Tower Defense. She's nowhere to be found and he's the only one who can save her.

Kaboom!

The explosion wrecked the entire universe. One might even say that it's...broken. Roco with the help of a ragtag group of scientists needs to protect his ship from incoming attacks.

Funwhole® House of Sweets F9009 Building Set UNBOXING & Build 🍬

 
This unboxing sees Rich get to grips with the Fun Whole House Of Sweets as he spends Christmas trying to build it. Welcome To The House of Sweets Stop by the House of Sweets to pick up the best treats of the Season. Packed with cakes, cookies, and many other treats the House of Sweets F9009 building set for Christmas is the perfect Seasonal display.

Life on Mars: Genesis Kai Magazine Software SEGA Mega Drive Review 8.5/10 "There’s life in the Mega Drive, as well!" 🌕 #SEGA #SegaGenesis #IndieGames #GameDev

When Life on Mars: Genesis was announced, I was excited due to the fact that there were so few (if any) Metroidvania titles on the Mega Drive. I’m a fan of the genre, especially the shorter, snappier releases such as Shadow Complex. 

I find that a sub-12-hour blast keeps things spicy and fresh, and Life on Mars: Genesis falls into that camp, feeling like a novice entry in the genre, which fits in well with the fact that it is effectively an entry to the genre as a whole on the Mega Drive.

GOTY 2022 - Rich "The year Of The Ring" AKA "100+ Hours In and I'm Still Sh*t!" 💍 #GOTY

2022 was a year dominated by me wandering around a desolate abandoned landscape with a Steam Deck in my hand.

Elden Ring was the game that took up over 140 hours of my 2022 and I would be lying if I said that I loved every minute of it as the early parts of being a Tarnished are completely terrifying and incredibly difficult. There are many moments when you think  'is this game really worth the effort?!" 

I can now conclude that yes it is worth the effort and yes I am still sh1t at the game.

Chained Echoes XSX Review 8.5/10 "I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain" 🔗 @ChainedEchoes #IndieGames #GameDev

It’s been a good while since I got hips deep into a turn-based RPG, in fact, I believe the last one to really capture my imagination to this extent was Octopath Traveller a couple of years ago.

A very different beast, Chained Echoes calls to mind 2018’s Crosscode in the visuals and style of traversal in the game world, but the setting and narrative feel more traditional and classic in terms of the delivery.

Merry Christmas Freezer Followers! 🎅🎄

Merry Christmas To ALL Of The Freezer Followers Who Have Been With Us This Year!

Next Year will be our 10th Anniversary of Games Freezer and we are really excited for 2023 but today is a day to relax with family and eat too much.

Maybe even play a few multiplayer local co-op games with family (that's the dream right there!)

Anyway, "Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animals!"

🎅🎄

A Plague Tale: Requiem PC Review 9/10 "Requiem goes hard on disgusting environments and intense squalor" 🐀 @APlagueTale

It’s estimated that the Black Death killed around 25 million people when it tore through Europe in the 14th century. You’ll see most of those corpses in A Plague Tale: Requiem, which doesn’t miss an opportunity to toss you into a charnel house bristling with rotting bones, have you clamber over giant heaps of fly-ridden bodies, or simply gently float downstream on an otherwise peaceful riverboat cruise as dead peasants serenely bob around you.

The Knight Witch Nintendo Switch Ten minute Taster "Bullet Witches In Hell!" 🧙‍♀️ @SuperMegaTeam #IndieGames #GameDev

The Knight Witch is a Metroidvania adventure game with fast-paced, shoot-'em-up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Cast devastating card-based spells, forge close bonds, and make moral choices all in your quest to save your home and discover who's behind the War Golem invasion.

Marvel Snap | Mike's Love Letter 💙 #MarvelSnap

When developers Second Dinner announced a new Marvel game featuring over 200 characters my tired heart skipped a beat, then when I realised it was a mobile card game… I died inside.

No, not the "card" bit, but the ‘mobile’ bit. If you've played any mobile games in the last five years you no doubt feel a pang of pain in the wallet at the sound of it. They all seem to be in a race to bankrupt you as quickly as possible.

To my delight, not only is that not the case with Marvel Snap but - cosmetics and bundles aside - its currency of credits and boosters is obtainable in-game.

GIOTECK HC2 Football Edition Gaming Headset 🎧 @GioteckArmy

The multiplatform GIOTECK HC2 Football Edition gaming headset can be used on most platforms - PS4/5, Xbox One and Series S/X, Switch, Evercade and PC to name a few – and the included five sticker set (England, Wales, Scotland, Brazil and a more generic football-themed logo) means that you can decorate your headset in team colours, GIOTECK has several variations on the trusty HC2, and this will definitely appeal to the more patriotic gamers out there!

Britt Removes His Trousers & Brings Down The Flaming Gavel On 2022 🏆 #GOTY

As we approach the end of another year, rich with the fruits of developer labours, I sat in my zen garden and thought about which games from 2022 still have a strong presence in my mind - for whatever reason – and the below made themselves known to me.

Presented in no particular order, my most memorable experiences of 2022 are…

The 6 Best Games That I’ve played in 2022 By Transvaal 🏆 #GOTY

#6 Primordia

Starting off with a game that I still think about often, I really found the world of Primordia an interesting one, a world of machinery with only the remnants of human life, the world is decaying and has very little life left in it. The story is a very simple one, with protagonist Horatio trying to get his stolen power core back, it’s a story that does spiral outwards, and has some very interesting twists and turns. The one criticism I’ve seen a levelled at Primordia is the character Crispin being irritating for some, but I personally found his back-and-forth with Horatio one of the best bits in the game.

2022 in review or The Toilet at the End of the World by Dr Congo Fighting 📆 #GOTY

I have been offered a "loving nudge" to write something about my favourite games of this year. I don't know what that is, but I'm keen to find out.

So here it is - my favourite video game "stuff" of the last year. 

SAVE ROOM PS4 Review 7/10 "Rotate Your Eggs & Ammo" 🥚 @RatalaikaGames #IndieGames #GameDev

 
Watch Rich's Video Review for SAVE ROOM on the PS4. It's an inventory management puzzler that is strangely enjoyable and Zen. If you enjoyed Resident Evil 4 then you'll love this!

"When you enter a save room you know you are safe, no danger can come to you, you can relax. Take advantage of this short period of time to organize your inventory, heal your wounds and reload your weapons. Can you make all the items fit in your inventory?"

8 Bit Do Ultimate Wired USB Controller Unboxing "My XBOX 360 Wired Controller Replacement (finally)" 🎮@8BitDo

 

Rich takes a look at the Ultimate Wired Controller and plugs the beauty into his PC for the first time. 

It looks like it's going to be an X360 beater already!

Visit 8BitDo Here: 

https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-wired-controller/

Ugreen launches new 100W and 65W USB C Desktop Chargers with Advanced GaN technology, compatible with Steam Deck! ⚡️🔋 @UgreenOfficial

The latest product launch from Ugreen today announced its 100W and 65W USB C Desktop Chargers with Advanced GaN technology.

With Power Delivery 3.0 and Quick Charge 4+, the 4-in-1 Multiport Chargers include three USB-C ports and 1 USB-A port (100W model) and 2 USB-C ports and 2 USB-A (65W) model, making both capable of charging a MacBook Air with M2 chip in just 1.5 hours. 

They are also compatible with MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Dell XPS, iPhone 14/13/12 series, Galaxy S22/S21 series, iPad, Steam Deck and more.

Mariachi Entertainment System – Contigo en la Distancia Social Vinyl Review 💿 #Vinyl #VideoGameVinyl #VGM

The second release that we at GF have covered from Troggo Studio recently – with the previous Lifestream being a real highlight of my year -  and this certainly takes a different approach from the progressive rock of Lifestream, being a creation borne out of a love of Mexican ensemble music.

Recorded during COVID lockdown, the title (translated: With You in the Social Distance) captures a sense of togetherness during one of the hardest – and most divisive -times in recent memory, and the feel-good heart of Mariachi music is a great way in which to do so.

Roadwarden PC Ten Minute Taster Gameplay "Beautiful Words & Pictures" 🪓 @MoralAnxiety #IndieGames #GameDev

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

TURMOIL INTRODUCES MULTIPLAYER! 🛢️ @Gamious #IndieGames #GameDev

Today, Gamious released a free online multiplayer update to their popular oil drilling game Turmoil on Steam. Millions of Turmoil fans will now be able to challenge each other in the quest to become the ultimate oil entrepreneur.

Multiplayer mode features a completely new and more compact map, where instead of just playing NPCs, players will now be pitted against each other. Players will be able to join a random game against three other players or start a custom game with friends. The same areas and technology progression as in the main game will be used. It’s also possible to start a game against just one other player, where the remaining open slots will be filled with NPCs.

“Ever since the launch of Turmoil, players have been requesting a multiplayer mode. After releasing the DLC campaign ‘The Heat is On’, and porting the game to other platforms and mobile, we finally got around to making this. We’re thrilled to offer this free update to our players, if only because we can’t wait to take on the competition ourselves!”, said Jos Bouman, Creative Director of Gamious.

Bouman continues: “The Turmoil franchise has been around for years, and it's still going strong. The release of the multiplayer update will certainly not be the last. Work has already started on new content, and we’ll have exciting news to share about that next year!”