Bytten Studio and Raw Fury have announced the Cassette Beasts multiplayer release date, as well as a host of other information about what's coming next for the indie creature-collecting RPG. The…
March 25, 2024 | 10:39 EDT
What would you get if you put Studio Ghibli, Pokemon, and Stardew Valley in a blender? Probably something like Moonstone Island, the newest offering from developers Studio Supersoft and publisher Raw…
September 30, 2023 | 11:00 EDT
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to…
September 21, 2023 | 03:49 EDT
This Moonstone Island Resource Guide will teach you how to get your hands on the more obscure materials you need in the game. Several items are needed pretty early on, but won’t make themselves…
September 21, 2023 | 03:50 EDT
Our Moonstone Island Starter Guide will show you the basics of the new farming-sim/monster-collecting game as well as how to get yourself set up with all the best equipment you need to get started…
September 21, 2023 | 03:50 EDT
Publisher Raw Fury and developer Cosy Computer have announced their Pizza Possum release date. The fast-paced arcade hide-and-seek game launches across PC and current-gen consoles, including…
August 28, 2023 | 09:29 EDT
Cassette Beasts is a unique blend of JRPG mechanics and monster-taming combat with 3D pixel art. After being brought to an island called New Wirral (loosely based on the Sir Gawain and the Green…
May 8, 2023 | 11:00 EDT
Just like any monster-taming game, switching tapes and forming a six-monster team is an important part of progressing through Cassette Beasts. However, it’s not exactly easy to access, and it's easy…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
At the very beginning of Cassette Beasts, you’ll be asked whether you like Sweet or Spooky. This seemingly harmless question has a massive impact on the game as it determines which starter monster…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
Partners are a crucial part of Cassette Beasts. They’re a constant presence on your adventure, and the characters themselves provide a lot of the story of the game. These characters also provide…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
With over 120 monsters in Cassette Beasts, it can be difficult to decide which ones to use, especially if you don’t know which ones are the best. Luckily, there are great options for monsters at all…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
A major part of Cassette Beasts is combat and getting through a lot of boss battles. These aren’t as straightforward as they are in other monster-taming games, and it’s important to go into every…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
Exploring the world of Cassette Beasts means solving a lot of puzzles. If you’re still at the beginning of the game, this could be a bit difficult to figure out. The very first puzzle you’ll…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
When traveling around the world of Cassette Beasts, you may run across monsters that have unique color schemes to them. These are called Bootleg monsters, or Bootleg tapes, and they are incredibly…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
Every now and then, a game comes out that tests the boundaries of gaming genres. Rarely does one create something fun, unique, and creative on a scale that rivals games with much more money available…
April 26, 2023 | 11:05 EDT
Friends vs Friends is a fast-paced action indie deckbuilder that can be played in 1v1 or 2v2 and will have no microtransactions for progression. Powers, weapons, and debuffs will be playable from the…
November 17, 2022 | 12:33 EST
In the extremely fast-paced and action-filled platformer Ereban: Shadow Legacy, players must take on the life of Ayana, who is now the last known descendent of a long-forgotten race. The main goal is…
September 19, 2022 | 04:27 EDT
The award-winning demented and pixelated point-and-click adventure Norco PlayStation release announced, where players will have a chance to take on the life of Kay as she traverses the unforgiving…
September 15, 2022 | 02:50 EDT
Every once in a while, I'll come across a multiplayer game that hits just right. Now, I don't quite play competitive multiplayer games like I did when I was a teen, but the interest in these games is…
September 6, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Sometimes the lore will live far beyond the person who brought it to light and that's the case with H.P. Lovecraft. Though he mainly wrote short stories, they led to the creation of a whole universe…
August 10, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
A new Kingdom game has been announced. Kingdom Eighties brings the indie micro-strategy series rather unexpectedly into the modern era, revolving around a small town threatened by the Greed. It'll…
May 10, 2022 | 11:24 EDT
Games are movies now with The Quarry announcing its new mode, and Loop Odyssey is now Stuck in Time after being DMCA’d by Loop Hero. We also get into what may be one of the sleeper hits of the year…
April 11, 2022 | 07:00 EDT
A point and click narrative adventure set in a sci-fi future Southern Louisiana. You take on the role of Kay, just returned home after their mother has died and their brother Blake gone missing.…
April 9, 2022 | 04:40 EDT
Any story that reaches for the fantastical has the added difficulty of balancing the unbelievable with our own understood reality. After all, we have to relate to it in some way, right? NORCO does an…
April 15, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Following the release of Cyberpunk 2077, there's been a resurgence of cyberpunk-related content. The idea of a futuristic neon world appeals to many folks for the spectacle and sense of wonder.…
March 31, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Ever heard of Backbone? No? Well, I do have it wishlisted on Steam, so that's probably more than a lot of people, including you, faithful reader. It's done well enough to warrant a sequel or a…
December 21, 2021 | 10:53 EST
Despite the monochromatic tone of the game, things in Wolfstride aren't exactly black and white. While it may look like a stylish, hella awesome mech fighting game at first glance, it actually has a…
December 7, 2021 | 10:00 EST
It isn’t often that video games get Director’s Cut editions, but I think we’ll make an exception for Kathy Rain. The debut offering from developers Clifftop Games and published by Raw Fury, Kathy…
October 26, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Kathy Rain: Directors Cut is an expanded version of the original point and click adventure game Kathy Rain, released in 2016 by Clifftop Games. Kathy Rain is the story of a young journalism major…
October 25, 2021 | 09:20 EDT
From Toby Gard, the creator of Lara Croft, comes Dream Cycle, a brand new action game from publisher Raw Fury. Play as Morgan Carter, a modern-day apprentice mage, who much traverse a realm known…
September 28, 2021 | 12:26 EDT
Be ready to take an unforgettable journey with Sable, from indie developer Shedworks. Play as Sable, a girl who must participate in her Gliding, a rite of passage for her people. As Sable, you will…
September 15, 2021 | 04:18 EDT
Townscaper is a game without a goal, more of a tool when you really break it down. Probably not the best way to open up discussing it for review, but it is important to recognize this right off the…
August 30, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
Looking for something casual to play? Look no further than Townscaper, a small indie game from developer Oskar Stålberg. Create and design your own little seaside town with a large-scale map as your…
August 30, 2021 | 06:58 EDT
Backbone is an adventure game featuring raccoon private eye Howard Lotor as he explores a dystopian Vancouver. The city is ruled by the Apes, mysterious officials that run the city with pro-Ape…
December 29, 2022 | 02:31 EST
Backbone tells the tale of Howard Lotor, a raccoon living in a walled city with thousands of other anthropomorphic critters. As a private detective, Howard barely scrapes by with jobs about chasing…
June 7, 2021 | 08:00 EDT
The Longest Road On Earth is an odd experience. Often feeling more like a movie than a game, and an artsy one at that, it can be hard to fully formulate how to even review it. So much of the way you…
May 27, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
From indie developer, Brainwash Gang comes a personal narrative story unlike any other, The Longest Road on Earth. The Longest Road on Earth is a personal and meditative narrative title, where you…
May 23, 2021 | 08:01 EDT
Even the most beautiful of tropical paradises can be host to a dark secret. Are you brave and clever enough to seek it out? Will you answer the Call of the Sea? Plucky, analytical Norah certainly…
January 23, 2021 | 12:00 EST
A Star Renegades PS4 release date delay has been announced, pushing back the PlayStation 4 launch of this roguelite JRPG to early 2021. If you haven't yet played Star Renegades, you've missed out on…
November 23, 2020 | 01:59 EST
The Signifier is a surreal adventure game from indie developer playmestudio. Play as Frederick Russell, an expert in AI and psychology, who is behind the deep brain scanner called the Dreamwalker.…
November 1, 2020 | 01:02 EST
The mind is a scary thing. Whilst we are reasonably sure of what we do and what is done to us, we have no real way of verifying if that is 100% true. You could be dreaming right now or you reading…
October 30, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Back in the distant year of 2016, a developer known as Art in Heart (made up of a few folks, including Ditto on itch.io) released a side-scrolling roguelite called GONNER. This odd little game had…
October 23, 2020 | 09:00 EDT
These days it seems like turn-based RPGs are a dime a dozen, just as much as they were in the early days of gaming. Nostalgia is currently ruling the day so many developers have tried to adopt retro…
September 7, 2020 | 09:00 EDT
From the creators of Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander comes a brand new sci-fi experience with Star Renegades. Star Renegades is a strategy RPG, where you control a rag-tag group of rebels against…
September 6, 2020 | 01:14 EDT
Welcome to the world of Wolfstride, where you pilot giant mechs in a dystopian landscape! A group of rag-tag characters, from an ex-Yakuza to a rookie combat pilot, team up to compete in the…
September 6, 2020 | 12:58 EDT
It's been just under two years since the release of Red Dead Redemption 2. That's just enough time for Rockstar's blockbuster to inspire a host of peers to present their own cowboy fantasies. This…
June 18, 2020 | 07:00 EDT
The sequel to the award-winning IGF game winner GoNNER, GONNER2 offers more frantic action gameplay. A procedurally generated action-platformer with roguelike elements, players will star as Ikk, a…
June 15, 2020 | 02:09 EDT
During the Guerrilla Collective Day 2 event, Raw Fury showed off a teaser trailer for their new game Wolfstride. Starting with a narrator telling audiences to get ready for their "midnight stress…
June 14, 2020 | 01:20 EDT