Dec

21

Best indie games of 2009

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Straight from the keyboard of Tim W, the IndieGames.com Blog has announced its top 10 indie games of 2009. There are a few notable titles missing from it (Captain Forever [link], to name but one) although it’s otherwise a pretty fair representation of the year’s releases.
I won’t spoil things by posting the link here – [...]

Dec

20

TIGS Assemblee: Two terrific 8×8 tilesets!

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You don’t see a lot of high-quality free tilesets for games, so when a new one comes along it’s worth shouting about. But because of the creative powerhouse that is the TIGSource community, their most recent competition – Assemblee – has given us not one but two impressive lo-fi tilesets that are perfect for Roguelikes [...]

Dec

12

Saira released – win a free copy!

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Originally known as Project Q when it was first brought into the public domain some months ago, Nifflas today released Saira [link], his latest complete game and his first venture into shareware. And a fine piece of work it is, too!
After my recent verbal wranglings regarding Cave Story for the Wii, a few people seemed [...]

Dec

9

Guild Wars 2 races trailer

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ArenaNet have released another trailer for Guild Wars 2, and this time it shows off a few tasty clips of what seem to be in-game combat. Without too many more words, check it out here!

The more I see of the diminutive Asurans, the more I’m convinced that’ll be the race I’ll start out with. A [...]

Dec

1

Going Live: EVE’s Dominion

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There aren’t a lot of MMOs that I’m following at the moment (apart from an occasional glance at Aion and feverish anticipation of Guild Wars 2) – but this caught my eye.
It seems that today is the day when the Dominion expansion for EVE is released, laying the groundwork for a most ambitious vision of [...]