In a world of AAA company lawsuits, massive layoff scandals, and overworked developers, indie games are like a breath of fresh air. Every year, thousands of games are released. However, at game awards…
INCA Games: Bringing Latin American Games to the Forefront
Sometimes in life, you have chance meetings that broaden your perspective and open your mind to new possibilities and ideas previously unimaginable. While at IndieCade 2018, I was able to have many of…
Super Mario Party Demo Reveals New Gameplay Mechanics
Today Nintendo showcased several new features coming to Super Mario Party during Nintendo Treehouse Live at E3. While the franchise has been around for over 20 years now, designers are still managing …
Review: Attack of the Earthlings – Alien vs. Predatory Business
Attack of the Earthlings is a sci-fi tale as old as time. While enjoying a seemingly normal day, something appears in the sky. You see ships descend and aliens emerge to plunder resources and kill any…
Once Upon A Coma Launches on Kickstarter
The creator of Pinstripe, Thomas Brush, is back again with Once Upon A Coma. This sequel to Coma went live on Kickstarter today and includes special perks for previous Pinstripe backers. With a goal o…
Behind the Sounds: Exploring the Blizzard Universe
So far this series has covered how different game studios create sounds for their monsters and sci-fi adventures. There is, however, a video game developer whose library spans several genres and puts …
I’m Going to Blizzard World!
Blizzcon 2017 had fans at the edge of their seats as Blizzard went through the list of expansions and updates coming to its games. One of these announcements was of Overwatch‘s newest attraction…
Behind the Sounds: Creating Monsters
The second article of this series was about the difficulty of creating new sounds to bring science fiction games to life. For that genre, a lot of synthetic and metallic samples are used to give a fut…
Ubisoft Releases Free PC Holiday Bundle This Week Only
To celebrate the holiday season, Ubisoft is giving out several different PC games for free. After having many other offers during their 12 Deals of Christmas promotion, their newest giveaway is a thre…
Behind the Sounds: Bringing Science Fiction to Life
In the previous article for this series, I wrote about the evolution of sound design. An important part of this is the sounds foley artists like Alyson Dee Moore, who worked on Batman: Arkham City, ha…