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Humble Bundle to Offer Monthly Subscription Service

The popular bundle service Humble Bundle announced Thursday that they would be offering a monthly subscription service. Interested players can pay a monthly fee starting at $12 a month, and have…

October 1, 2015 | 08:57 EDT

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Go! Go! Meatball coming to Android

Today Parta Games announced that their debut game Go! Go! Meatball will be released for Android on September 25th. Go! Go! Meatball was originally released for iOS in August of 2015. Soon the mobile…

September 15, 2015 | 11:46 EDT

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A Fistful Of Gun – Reach For The Sky!

Load 'er up and take 10 paces, we got us some shootin' to do! A new top-down shooter has mosied into town and wants to pick a fight come September 24th. Get ready for a lot of shootin', ye varmint…

August 29, 2015 | 08:30 EDT

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Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows Update Trailer

  Following the success of Yacht Club Games' NES style action platformer Shovel Knight, a free update dubbed 'Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows' has surfaced on the developers' website with a flashy…

August 26, 2015 | 12:05 EDT

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IndieDevKit Now Live

IndieDevKit is now live. It was founded by Leoni Manshanden, owner of SouthPaw Strategy, former VP of Irrational Games, and Tim Ponting, owner of Renegade PR, who also developed IndieDevKit. It's a…

August 20, 2015 | 10:52 EDT

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Episodic Horror Game Albino Lullaby Coming September

Horror fans are always on the search for a truly terrifying, atmospheric experience. Development company Ape Law says their debut title Albino Lullaby may be that experience. Albino Lullaby appeared…

August 17, 2015 | 08:27 EDT

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Indie Developers: Ouya Owes Us Thousands Of Dollars

On Monday, gaming peripheral company Razer announced its acquisition of the Ouya, which somewhat infamously raised over eight million dollars through Kickstarter back in 2012. The buyout is…

July 28, 2015 | 01:21 EDT

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E3 2015 - No Time to Explain

The popular indie platformer No Time to Explain is coming to Xbox One, tinyBuild announced at E3 this year. No Time to Explain began as a flash game on Kongregate. After the game became quite popular…

June 28, 2015 | 09:21 EDT

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E3 2015 - The Solus Project Announced

Earth is on the brink of destruction but you alone may have the answer. However, there is one issue. You are stranded, alone on an alien planet as your spaceship has crashed. A merciless world full…

June 23, 2015 | 11:15 EDT

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PC E3 2015 - Beyond Eyes

Beyond Eyes was revealed at the the PC Gamer presentation at E3. Beyond Eyes is an experimental game, where the player controls a blind protagonist, who must explore the environment using her other…

June 16, 2015 | 11:50 EDT

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Microsoft E3 2015 - Ashen

New Zealand based developer Aurora44 has revealed their new game Ashen today at the Microsoft E3 press conference. Ashen is a game where you play as a wanderer searching for a new place that they…

June 15, 2015 | 04:02 EDT

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Humble Nindy Bundle Marks Humble Bundle's First Foray to Consoles

Humble Bundle has teamed up with various indie developers to create a new bundle of games. Dubbed the “Humble Nindie Bundle”, the "pay what you want" bundle has games for both the Nintendo Wii U and…

May 26, 2015 | 07:59 EDT

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Indie Developers Speak Out Amidst Desura Payment Issues [Updated]

UPDATE: Desura's parent company has now filed for bankruptcy. Desura is a service once known as an alternative for indies that Steam turned away. Before the rise of itch.io and other sites, it was…

May 26, 2015 | 10:00 EDT

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Sproggiwood Adds A New Game Mode, Achievements, And More In Update 1.2

Despite receiving great praise from players, Sproggiwood, Freehold Games' Finnish mythology-inspired strategy RPG has flown somewhat under the radar of critics. One of Sproggiwood's signature traits…

May 25, 2015 | 09:27 EDT

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[Updated]The Dead Linger: Early Access Woes Over Indie Zombie Sandbox

Ed note: Portions of this article have been removed/changed for as they included too much speculation and/or opinion. The Dead Linger started as a promising Kickstarter back in 2012, raising over $…

May 22, 2015 | 12:00 EDT

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Hatred to be Released on June 1st

Developer Destruction Creation's upcoming independent shooting game Hatred is slated for a June 1st release. Since it's announcement, Hatred has been a controversial title for the gaming press, with…

April 30, 2015 | 12:53 EDT

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Battle Brothers Sees Early Access

Battle Brothers, a turn based strategy RPG being developed by Overhype Studios, has made its way onto early access as of April 27th. The game has been in development for a little over a year. Battle…

April 28, 2015 | 12:23 EDT

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Hipsters vs Zombies is coming to Kickstarter

In the midst of a Zombie Apocalypse, it’s hipsters who'll save the day!... Or, at least, the part of it that’s worth their while. If you thought hipster culture could not be parodied any further…

April 16, 2015 | 09:05 EDT

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Expansion Announced for The Talos Principle

The Talos Principle, the award-winning first person puzzle game made by Croteam and Devolver Digital, will have its first expansion pack. Named Road to Gehenna, the expansion promises to show the…

March 25, 2015 | 12:29 EDT

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Indy PopCon announces Reboot Indie Game Awards

Indy PopCon has announced the establishment of the Reboot Indie Game Awards (RIGA) to promote video game development and technology interests: RIGA will provide competitive divisions for…

March 24, 2015 | 07:21 EDT

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Hit The Trail With Convoy On April 21st

Convoy might be a title that slipped beneath the radar of many folks, but it's had me drooling since I saw it in November. Convoy is a tactical rogue-lite that borrows heavily from the art style and…

March 24, 2015 | 12:47 EDT

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Unreal Engine 4 is, and forever will be, free

This is big news for any aspiring game developer out there. Unreal Engine 4, the fourth version of one of the most powerful game development tools currently available to public, is now free for…

March 2, 2015 | 01:52 EST

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A Sure Thing: Death's Gambit Revealed

Evocative of a Dark Souls 'demake' crossed with a bit of Shadow of the Colossus, Death's Gambit is a 2-D sidescrolling slash-'em-up punctuated by titanic, acrobatic boss battles. Described as a non-…

March 1, 2015 | 02:42 EST

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Square Enix offers Eidos IPs to indie developers

Today, Square Enix announced it would begin accepting pitches on game ideas from independent developers based on Eidos IPs Gex, Fear Effect, and Anachronox. Square Enix released this information via…

February 18, 2015 | 12:18 EST

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New details for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth's DLC

For the joy of all the basement dwellers (as in Isaac's basement) out there, Edmund McMillen revealed the world the first details about the new content that is going to be introduced to The Binding…

February 14, 2015 | 09:28 EST

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Gratuitous Space Battles 2 Enters Open Beta

Here's hoping that there's no Hitler-class ship. Gratuitous Space Battles made big waves in the strategy game scene back in 2009, and as recently announced in a blog post by Cliff Harris of Positron…

February 6, 2015 | 10:51 EST

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Zoink! Zombie Vikings coming in 2015!

Have you been craving for some insane hack 'n slash action full of silly moments and nonsense? Well then... you may have to wait a bit because its going to be hard to top the upcoming Zombie Vikings…

December 11, 2014 | 10:00 EST

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PS Experience: Skytorn coming to PS4

Playstation Experience continues to reveal new games coming out in 2015 for the Playstation 4, as Sony attempts to make the most of the anniversary and celebration event. Skytorn is another of the…

December 7, 2014 | 05:42 EST

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The Forest Announced for Playstation 4

The Steam Early-Access hit "The Forest" is coming to Playstation 4. This was announced at the Playstation Experience Keynote in Las Vegas this weekend. The game is being developed by Endnight Games…

December 7, 2014 | 04:55 EST

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PS Experience: Shovel Knight To PS3/PS4/Vita

Hot off its win of Best Indie of the Year at The Game Awards last night, Yacht Club Games has announced today at the Playstation Experience that Shovel Knight will be coming to the Playstation 3,…

December 7, 2014 | 12:01 EST

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Kickstarted Survival RPG Dead State Released

Its December of 2014, and that means game company's are racing against the clock in attempts to meet 2014 release dates, as the time to push it off and stay in this calendar year is fading away…

December 4, 2014 | 08:42 EST

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Dreamfall Chapters Book 2: Rebels Announced

Dreamfall Chapters second book has been announced along with a name and a new trailer for it. Rebels, is the name of the second book and a few details have been released about it for those paying…

November 28, 2014 | 09:02 EST

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Tales of Aravorn: Seasons of the Wolf Released

It was only last week on To The Green that we discussed Tales of Aravorn: Seasons of the Wolf, but it seems that they have wrapped up their final pieces of work on chapter 4 and released it in full.…

November 17, 2014 | 01:18 EST

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Red Goddess - Upcoming Action Platformer

Have you been looking for an action platformer coming in the next year? If so, Red Goddess may be for you! In Red Goddess, you play as Divine, a young goddess who’s been attacked somehow and is…

November 15, 2014 | 09:05 EST

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Indie Gamedev Greenlight

Greenlight as a process has numerous issues, among them being buried in Steam, a process that makes no sense to anyone and a lack of proper updating. However, that is not what we are here to discuss…

October 31, 2014 | 10:16 EDT

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Humble launches its 13th Indie Bundle

While it can be kind of hard to keep track of all of the different bundles offered on the Humble site, the main line of Humble Indie Bundles are always worth the attention. The newest brings with it…

October 28, 2014 | 10:57 EDT

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Forward to the Sky, to the greenlight!

It’s a special day in an Indie games life when it feels that its far enough along to produce a trailer and send it off to Steam Greenlight to try to push through. And that step is one that Indie Dev…

October 23, 2014 | 09:30 EDT

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Conflict of Interest At Indiecade

NOTE: Before this article was written, a request to Indiecade was made for comment on the matter with no response received. UPDATE: See bottom of article for information from Indiecade. Indiecade is…

September 18, 2014 | 11:45 EDT

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BoI:Rebirth Steam Pre-Sales Huge

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth experienced a large volume of pre-sales in its first three days of availability on Steam, according to a post made on bindingofisaac.com Monday.  The post goes on to…

September 13, 2014 | 09:15 EDT

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Minecraft to Release this Friday on Xbox One [UPDATED]

The sandbox block-building game, Minecraft, will make its long-anticipated next-generation debut on the Xbox One this Friday, September 5th, according to an update published at 9 PM last night on…

September 3, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Hohokum Soundtrack Preview Released, Is Fantastic

Hohokum, an upcoming indie release for the Playstation 3, 4, and Vita, revealed it's complete soundtrack today. Like it's beautiful artwork and mesmerizing gameplay, the soundtrack is something worth…

August 5, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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OUYA Announces All Access Yearly Subscription

OUYA wasn't as well received as the initial hype surrounding the console made it out to be. A large library of games to be sure, but the majority of which could be played on smartphones, and better…

July 1, 2014 | 01:17 EDT

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Former "The Last Guardian" Team Members Form Indie Game Studio

The Last Guardian was officially announced five years ago, and since then we've heard all sorts of rumors about the team, its development, release date, etc. After news that some Sony staff members…

June 23, 2014 | 02:52 EDT

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Dear Esther Dev Leaves the Comfort Zone to Work at Valve

On March 11, successful indie developer Robert Briscoe announced via his blog that after a long work visa application process, he would be taking a position at Valve Software, creators of notable…

March 17, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Monstrum Submits Players to a Horror Filled Challenge

Being stranded on a ship that is glazed with traps and has environmental hazards lurking throughout the location is cause enough to have concern. Then throw in another passenger who just so happens…

February 19, 2014 | 01:57 EST

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All-New Updates Have Arrived For Both Console and Mobile Versions of Terraria

Hot on the heels of the news that Terraria has achieved an incredible 3 million PC sales, 505 Games and Re-Logic have announced that multiplayer has arrived for Terraria on mobile platforms, with a…

November 10, 2013 | 09:00 EST