News by Matt S. A Song For Viggo is a point-and-click adventure game that explores the darkest of depression; it’s a game about the aftermath of a parent that accidentally kills their child. It’s a game that looked to Kickstarter to get funded, and with just four days left, it’s…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The Settlers is one of the most respected and venerable RTS franchises out there, and it has been a while since we last saw a proper game in the franchise. Ubisoft today has announced the The Settlers – Kingdoms of Anteria will be the next game…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Mindscape, the publisher of Tecmo Koei and Konami games in Australia, has announced a new partnership to bring retail games to our shores. That partnership is Rising Star Games, and the first games to come from this partnership will be Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Earlier this year, we noted that a really neat looking comic drawing app was coming to the Nintendo 3DS. Comic Studio had a truly great list of features for anyone who fancies themselves a comic artist in the making; capacity for up to 6,400 pages, and…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. You don’t get weirder than this; Ninja Slayer is a graphic novel that was written by two Americans, and published on the Internet via Twitter. It was then published as a graphic novel and somehow sold a boatload of copies (more than 300,000, in fact). Now…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Tale of Tales, the indie arthouse outfit behind games such as Luxuria Superbia and The Path, has launched a Kickstarter to help fund its newest game, the political thriller, Sunset. This game is, according to its description, a reaction against wargames and military shooters that are so…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As we reported a few weeks ago, a significant investment from the Australian Government into games development was stripped away. The bad news is that means no more money for game developers in Australia from its government. The good news is that there are alternate funding…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. For people who are fans of collecting collector’s boxes and the like, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has a spectacular one planned. The key bonus feature of the box is a large, 10-inch Polystone figure of The Witcher’s protagonist, Geralt, deep in battle with a monster.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. E3 has all shut up shop for 2014, and it has been an exciting one. We’re rather sad it’s all over, in fact. But we have one more trailer for you this year; introducing a new handheld console, the Steamboy. This console, which uses the Steam…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Tamara Schembri and Peter Budziszewski; an Aussie indie team with a love of the whole “games as art” deal. As you can probably guess, I immediately became a fan. Budziszewski is a veteran of the Australian games industry, having…
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