Video game art/music/merch store iam8bit announced the latest in their line of video game vinyl soundtracks today, with the album Fastfall - the soundtrack to Dustforce by artist Lifeformed. The pre-…
December 2, 2015 | 03:49 EST
This Week in Kickstarter we've got a questionably legal streaming device, a 3D rebirth of a 2D browser RPG, and a point and click ghost hunting adventure. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/…
November 23, 2015 | 11:00 EST
The second big expansion for Don't Starve, the gorgeous open world survival game with a Lovecraftian theme, has officially gotten a release date. Don't Starve: Shipwrecked will be available in Early…
November 19, 2015 | 10:15 EST
Whitebox Interactive, an up and coming independent development company, will be unleashing their MOBA Warhammer 40K Dark Nexus Arena as an Early Access title this December. Warhammer 40K began as a…
November 18, 2015 | 02:19 EST
The Living Dungeon is the first game from indie developers Radiation Burn. The game is a tabletop-like experience that is now available on Steam. Players will have to use their brains and skills to…
November 3, 2015 | 02:52 EST
When I first started writing for TechRaptor at the beginning of 2015, I was keen on attending any interesting gaming events in my area. When I heard about a game developer expo that was going to have…
November 3, 2015 | 01:00 EST
This week in Kickstarter we have a a wearable device you can control computers with using movements in your hand, a collectible card RPG, a 3D scanner for your phone, and more!Dropfleet CommanderAn…
November 3, 2015 | 10:00 EST
In the middle of October I had the pleasure of attending Playcrafting's Fall Expo. Dozens of video and board game developers were getting together in Microsoft's Times Square location in order to…
November 2, 2015 | 01:00 EST
Resonator, a new venture by Steve Copeland (responsible for coding and game design) and Jeff Spoonhower (art, animation, story and sound design), have just announced their first game. The game, an…
October 29, 2015 | 09:37 EDT
The UK government announced funding program earlier this year has finally been made available to local game makers. A whopping £4 million (in grants of £25,000 per prototype) will be granted to …
October 12, 2015 | 06:38 EDT
The organization behind the Boston Festival Of Indie Games, a yearly event based in New England centered around independent game developers and designers, has just announced that they will host the…
October 11, 2015 | 02:06 EDT
Factorio, a game about creating a factory that can efficiently run itself, has been in development since May 2012. Wube Software, the developer of Factorio, has announced that they will be able to…
October 10, 2015 | 12:50 EDT
I have spent countless hours wandering a bombed-out wasteland in Fallout, venturing to alien facilities in Halo, and warring with dragons in Skyrim. Each of those worlds are fondly remembered, but…
October 5, 2015 | 01:00 EDT
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
Fran Bow is almost the polar opposite of the recently released Dropsy. Instead of being a whimsical adventure with lots of hugs and peeing dogs, Fran Bow is a point and click about a deeply disturbed…
September 17, 2015 | 01:00 EDT
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
PAX Prime 2015 was a sprawling behemoth. Centering on the Washington State Convention Center and spilling over into numerous surrounding hotels and venues, PAX Prime is ever growing, from the main…
September 5, 2015 | 12:00 EDT
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
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
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
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
One of the interesting things about being here at TechRaptor is the opportunities that can occasionally arise. As someone who loves pen and paper RPGs, when our tabletop editor mentioned that the CEO…
August 15, 2015 | 02:00 EDT
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
Greenlight mockery has become a bit of its own field on some places lately—the low barrier for entry does definitely invite some of that by allowing anyone to submit a game to it with a $100 donation…
July 15, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
A 360º camera, a new game by Keiji Inafune, and secret potion societies! All that and more This Week in Kickstarter! Seven Seas Playing Cards - Master Collection Swanky pirate playing…
July 6, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
As of late, there seems to be a movement of sorts against several independent games that, by all intents and purposes, do not conform to the standardized identity of a “game.” Titles like The Stanley…
July 5, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
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
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
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
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
No Thank You, Evil! is the latest kickstarter project by Monte Cook Games, their fourth to be precise. They’ve had successes in the past with Numenera, The Strange, and the Numenera box set, but…
June 15, 2015 | 11:06 EDT
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
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
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
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
Technobabylon is the upcoming point and click adventure game that is going to be released tomorrow, May 21st, developed by Technocrat Games. It was originally started back in 2010 as a freeware…
May 20, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
I had the opportunity yesterday to speak with Corey and Lori Cole of Transolar Games on their current project Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption, currently on Kickstarter, with just under half of its…
May 15, 2015 | 01:00 EDT
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
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
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
This Week In Kickstarter we've got a personalized sunrise, a game thats part Uncharted and part Dark Souls, and custom audio for tabletop gaming. Little Devil Inside Part Dark Souls, part…
April 13, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
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
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
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
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
To The Green is our weekly look at one game on Steam Greenlight trying to get onto Steam. With To The Green, we hope to highlight one worthy game each week that is attempting to get greenlit and let…
February 20, 2015 | 11:00 EST
Welcome back to our Interview with Adam Maxwell on Revival, the MMO currently in development by Illfonic Studios. Adam is one of the Lead designers on the game, and last time our interview talked…
February 19, 2015 | 09:00 EST
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