Review by Matt S. Be careful what you wish for. The SteamWorld series, by developer Image & Form, has always offered stellar production values and tight, engaging gameplay, across the many genres that it has crossed over the years. There’s been a tower defence, two platformers, and a 2D XCom…
Read MoreImage & Form’s SteamWorld franchise has been steadily growing into a quality indie IP. From humble beginnings as a simple, but effective tower defense title in SteamWorld: Tower Defense on the DSiWare downloadable platform, to SteamWorld Dig, which was a breakaway success across almost every platform out there, we now…
Read MoreImage & Form are one of our favourite indie developers at Digitally Downloaded. Its breakout title, SteamWorld Dig, wasn’t its first game, but it was one to find success across multiple platforms and remains a very good example of how a simple idea, when executed well and with a balanced…
Read MoreImage & Form has released 3DS-specific screenshots of its upcoming cross-many-platforms 2D strategy game, SteamWorld Heist. One look at them will be enough to convince you that this will be the superior version. As you can see from the screenshots below, SteamWorld Heist on the 3DS makes heavy use of…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. SteamWorld Dig was a title that, regardless of its general lack of a plot, we had trouble powering off once we discovered our first glistening mound of precious minerals: “Just one more dig!” screamed Brad L., rejecting the Sand Man’s attempts to put him to bed…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. “Just one more dig!” was a common sentence I uttered during my time with SteamWorld Dig. Not since Diablo II have I played a game that caused me to stay up longer than I’m accustomed to, just for the sheer fact that I was completely hooked…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I was truly impressed by SteamWorld Dig when I reviewed the original release of it on the Nintendo 3DS last year. It was a hugely creative little game that successfully merged platformer and Mr Driller-style play together, and mixed in a really neat steam punk theme…
Read MoreHi everyone, Through the course of the Kickstarter I’ll be leaving writing regular updates on new developers that have come on board to be interviewed, and so forth. Today we’ve got an exciting announcement of a new developer who has agreed to participate in the interviews. Like Steampunk? Like digging?…
Read MoreA few weeks back developer Image & Form released a rather spectacular little platformer on the 3DS eShop. SteamWorld Dig is a hugely creative and charming game, and promises some great things for the SteamWorld franchise into the future. While Image & Form doesn’t restrict itself to Nintendo platforms, it…
Read MoreNintendo’s first attempt at a handheld download platform, DSiWare, wasn’t one that put up many classic or memorable games. There were a handful, though, such as the Art Style games or more experimental puzzlers like Spin Six. SteamWorld Tower Defence was one that came so, so close. As its name…
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