Starbound - Action / Adventure / RPG From the developers of Terraria ( UPDATE )

Remember when we last mentioned Starbound, the Action/Adventure/Rpg game from the makers of Terraria, well today we have a special Gameplay update!

Be Mine Bundle (6) - 8 epic games for a great price!

Another epic Bundle today and it's the Be Mine Bundle that has 8 games for a great price

8BitBoy - Fun Platformer for all the family

I'm currently writing this article with a banger of a headache but the importance of this site and games always comes first, because I love you guys awwww ;). But enough about me, it's time for the game and it's a fun Platformer for all the Family called 8BitBoy.

Question : Big articles or tiny itsy little ones?

Here's a question to all the readers of Indie Retro News, which do you prefer for the length of news articles? Would like lots of long in depth ones such as you see here and here or would you like us to get straight to the point and skip all that full on in your face write up such as our screamer 2 article here ?

WinUAE Beta 28 RC4 - Amiga Emulator on your PC

WinUAE the excellent Amiga Emulator on your pc developed by Toni Wilen has been updated to Beta 28 RC4, relive all those golden oldies of Amiga gaming with improved filters, a multitude of display settings and much more all runnable in windows!.

Drox Operative Officially Released – Demo Available

Another update for our readers, Drox Operative the Space Action RPG which we had an article on before has now been officially released for purchase.

War for the Overworld - Epic new (RTS/God Game) Dungeon Keeper Style Kickstarter

When visiting the kickstarter website sometimes you just get so excited about certain games, that there is no question what needs an instant pledge and what needs an overnight think. But this one is looking like it could be well be an instant hit with the gamers. Titled : War for the Overworld this is an RTS/God Game with elements of Dungeon Keeper Overlord, StarCraft and Evil Genius. Developed by Subterranean Games a British company!

An amazing Humble Bundle, that's not an Indie Bundle?

I promised myself and our staff that I would never post a new AAA title on Indie Retro News only Retro and Indie games. However even though this awesome pay what you want bundle contains Seven legendary titles such as Company of Heroes (and its two full-blown expansions Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor), Darksiders, Metro 2033, and Red Faction: Armageddon.

Some Indie Gamers are NOT happy at all and this is the reason for the Article on Indie Retro News.

Retrobooster - Multi-Directional Shoot em up (DEMO UPDATE)

RetroBooster the cool looking Multi-Directional Shoot em up which we recently covered here on Indie Retro News has been given a demo update!

DayZ - Another Zombie Apocalypse Game ( November Update )

Another online action/fps Zombie game and it's time for DayZ! The original DayZ was basically a mod on the Military Action Simulator Arma 2 engine, however it became so popular to the point of a craze (over 1 million players) that the developer who calls himself Rocket is now developing the stand alone version. I'll go more into detail with DayZ when the full standalone version is out. This will be sometime next month, that's if it isn't delayed. As for now we've just had an update from the guy himself about what we are to look forward to in the standalone version.

Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark 1&2 + Wax Works - Horror Amiga games Remastered! (18+)

A horror treat for everyone today, it's the horror adventure games series Elvira Mistress of the Dark 1/2 and Wax Works, both Amiga games remastered with a high end filter for PC platforms. Three amazing adventure titles that scared the hell out of me as a child and hopefully will do the same to you as well!

Atari's Pong - 40 years today!

Atari's Pong is 40 years old today! That's incredible, I only remember playing Pong once or twice at a boot fair many many many years ago when I was a chubby little lad. But such a simple game has been played by a lot of people from around the world. There will not be many that haven't heard of Pong, I bet your Grandad probably has. So lets delve into a little bit of Pongitus ( I made that word up ).

Indie Retro News - Update : We are Hiring! :

Good morning readers, the sun is shining and I'm here writing articles to keep the news flowing and the members happy! Just a short update from us at Indie Retro News, keep an eye on the site in the next few months or so as not only do we have more news articles to post but we will have interviews with developers currently on kickstarter and interviews with others aswell.

We will even be doing pod casts and video one to one's. If that doesn't pull you in, well.... keep an eye on the site through Christmas time, as we will have some pretty great game giveaway's! The beta key giveaway we did the other day was just a teaser!. Also expect more classic retro games and brand new indie news! it's going to get crazily good here :)

Screamer 2 - Retro Racing now on GOG!

Screamer 2, the classic arcade retro racing game with detailed tracks and great driving physics, is now available on GOG.com.

WarZ Patch Update - 11/28/12

Another day another patch for WarZ, it seems as if the developers have backtracked over the expensive cost of clan creation which caused an earlier uproar and rush for refunds ( see link ). However there is still a money issue which may put people off again such as extra slots 20+ equals extra cost!, also note there has been other fixes.

Baldur's Gate 1 - Enhanced Edition has been Released!

A grand day for Baldur's Gate fans, the Epic rpg which many of us have close to our gaming retro hearts, has been released with an almost complete overhaul, thus it became the Baldur's Gate 1 Enhanced Edition. We are not talking about High Def graphics here but New quests, new characters, retooled cleric/Mage spell tables, new classes, more voice actors, Improved Multiplayer, New Cinematics and an Enhanced Interface for much bigger resolutions. Just check out this Enhanced intro, certainly gives me those nostalgic memories.

Dungeons and Butter Goblins - An iPhone RPG dungeon crawler

Another kickstarter and it's our first iPhone game on Indie Retro News called Dungeons and Butter Goblins an RPG Dungeon Crawler by Nathan Trippe. I can't believe it's not butter because it isn't, Sorry I just had to get that one in ;).

Indie Retro News - Now on STEAM!

That's right readers we are now on steam, so if  you can't get enough of us or steam check out our page group Indie Retro News. You can also click the steam icon on the right hand side next to the Indie Retro News Facebook and Twitter icon's. Come over and join the group, make a cup of tea and chat with the staff would love to hear from you, perhaps you can kick our backsides in any number of games.

WarZ - Wipe, new packages, new features roadmap, new antihack, Steam version

After that small fiasco last night with WarZ, today we have another major update, although this is not a patch it's all about the possible upcoming features and additions, including steam. For all those that don't know WarZ is an online multiplayer fps game with other players ( survivors ) and Zombies. The world is still trying to recover from a zombie apocalypse but you will most likely die from not only the zombies but the other survivors as well. So make sure you get as much loot as possible ( food, water, weapons, helmets ) to survive! Lets get back to the update!

A Man's Quest - Difficult Platformer Puzzler ( Free Indie Game )

Titled : A Man's Quest developed by Ink , This game is a difficult Platformer Puzzler whereby you have to jump and scale platforms while avoiding a gorish death from spikes all around you.

Primordia - high Quality Adventure (Demo)

Good afternoon gamers it's demo time! Today on Indie Retro News the developers of this excellent looking adventure title Primordia,  creators of the Blackwell series have released a demo for you to try before you buy.

We've recently covered this game on Indie Retro News, so if you would like to read our article check it out here but here's a quick quote from our article incase you just want to get straight into the demo

The game contains an epic storyline, Voiceover work starring fan favorite Logan Cunningham (Bastion) a gorgeous post-apocalyptic landscape, which reminds me of Beneath a steel sky and optional puzzles to learn more about the world around you. Also not forgetting the great soundtrack and adventure work that's been put into this.

The demo is available from their website , and it is mirrored on AtomicGamer and Gamer's Hell. 

WarZ - Total Wipe, a cheater and angry clan members!

Well we knew it was coming eventually but as from the end of this week say good bye to everything you've ever earned, duped or hacked in, as it will be wiped for a fresh new start.

Over 11k Views! So a special treat - Xevious ( Retro Shoot em up Remake )

When I checked the site today to do another article I was so pleased to see that my site had achieved a milestone of over 11k views. When I first created this website my goal was to give you the latest and best possible Indie / Retro news available on the internet. Although I have a lot of experience in games journalism I never expected my website to generate that many hits in such a short period of time, some of the bigger articles especially kickstarters generate nearly 200 views or more from just that one contribution. However it doesn't all just come down to just me, we have two big helpers on the site at the moment and we are aiming for more soon.  

John P Martin ( great news contributor ) and James C ( awesome admin tech guy ) both have really helped push this site even further forward, so once those interviews and reviews start coming in, expect this site to hopefully become even more popular. If you would like to contribute in any way and help out on the website contact me at admin@indieretronews.com. We'd also love for someone to do short game play youtube Talk-Throughs of old retro games!

Now onto the game itself " Xevious "

WarZ Update - Patch Notes as of 11/27/12

Finally WarZ has been updated, after all this time of waiting us Zombie killers can now play much further across the map with clan setups and... I tell you what let me just list the patch notes! it's a great looking patch and it comes in at about 158mb

You can now create clans and have a clan chat in game. You can switch to the clan chat with F3.
The entire map is now available.
Misc engine optimizations.
Added some memory optimizations.
A language filter has been implemented for chat.
Player names can only contain alphanumerical characters.
Zombies now properly react to barricades.
You can now see the amount of xp you get when killing Zombies.
Fixed some Zombie AI issues.
Fixed some crash issues.
Fixed a bug that allowed you to bind the windows and Esc keys.
Fixed a bug that allowed you to bind the same key to multiple actions.
Fixed bug that left the scope up when switching to
Fixed a bunch of animations.
Fixed the disconnecting bug.
Fixed a bug where grass was not showing up while zoomed in with Scopes, Binoculars, and Range Finder.
Fixed bugs with the chat that allowed size and color changes. 

If you haven't purchased this game yet then head over to WarZ.com and purchase a copy, hopefully the patch will start updating across the servers and our clients!.

Limit Theory has reached its Kick Starter goal!

That's right! Limit Theory has reached its Kick Starter goal of $50,000 and has surpassed it so far with a grand total of $61,745 Pledged!

Congratulations is in order for Limit Theorys developer Josh Parnell on achieving his goal. We here at IndieRetroNews.com are looking forward to playing the game upon its release. Limit Theory is going to be something truly amazing if it lives up to its developers promises.

Indie Bundle - Indie Gala 11 - PAY WHAT YOU WANT!

Well we are BACK!, yep that's right we are officially called www.indieretronews.com :) but moving on, it's game news time. It's another Indie Bundle and it's the well known Indie Gala brand, simply called Indie Gala 11. Unlike some other Indie Bundles, here you have a choice where your money goes to as a pay what you want. You can either pay towards the developers, a charity or custom so it's nice to see indie bundles thinking of charities while giving you an excellent choice of games.

Site down time - Important Message

Some of you may have visited the site earlier and ended up on a redirect message or a url not found issue. Just to let you the readers know that we will hopefully have a proper domain name up at some point without the blogspot part www.indieretronews.com however for the time being please use www.indieretronews.co.uk and if it works www.indieretronews.com as they are domain name owned redirections. So don't panic if the site goes down tonight, we are trying our very best to get the site at it's top form while giving you the reader up to date news.

Thanks
Neil79(Admin)

Chimera Mac - Retro Remastered ( Puzzle )

It's been awhile since the last remake, so today we have a retro remake for you to try out, so don't expect impressive graphics and high end gameplay but just have a bit of fun and relive the nostalgia from 28years ago! The game is called Chimera and it's an isometric puzzler, any one remember head over heals? this game was no way as good however some of you might have enjoyed this little game.

Ultima IX Ascension Music Soundtrack - Buccaneer's Den

As it's nearly 2am uk time, it's time for us on Indie Retro News to wind down and get ready to catch some zzzzzz's but before we do that it's time for a little bit of music. A soundtrack from the game of Ultima IX Ascension, so all you Brits lay back put the headphones on and chill out to this soothing music. As for everyone else, you'll have to wait till we wake up and then expect some more interesting news from games around the globe!

GOG.com now supports Windows 8

Straight from GOG.com they've just announced today that it is officially adding Windows 8 support to the gog platform for more than 430 titles, with more to come in the upcoming months. So for all those that have jumped into the Windows 8 upgrade, you'll now be able to play all those amazing retro games at great prices! If any game in their stock doesn't have Windows 8 support it will do very soon.

Forum Link

Spuds Quest - A puzzle adventure ( Kickstarter success! )

Just a short news article as we've already covered everything earlier today, but it is good news! I just received a really good email about the Spuds Quest - Kickstarter that basically says

Forsaken Fortress - the post-apocalyptic survival RPG with a Kickstarter

Sooner or later I think people are going to start running out of money but at least it's for a good cause right ;), well today we have another interesting looking kickstarter but unlike the other recent games featured it isn't a space strategy. Forsaken Fortress is a post-apocalyptic survival rpg with an emphasize on simulation.

Indie Bundle - Bundle Stars #1 Dynamite : 7 games for £5

A new Indie Bundle from the guys of Bundle Stars has just appeared, titled #1 Dynamite this bundle looks action packed and at such an amazing value of only £5. What's even better for us gamers is that all the games are redeemable on steam.

Spuds Quest - A puzzle adventure ( Kickstarter Update )

Good afternoon gamers!, today we have a much needed update on the Puzzle Platformer Adventure Spuds Quest designed by Chris D. We have done an article on this game before however with only 3 days to go, the developer seriously needs your help to get the game fully pledged and it's so close to achieve that goal it would be silly to let it fail.

Maia - god sim of the future! - Kick Starter

Maia is a new god game by Simon Roth. Maia's developer Simon Roth describes his game  as being like  "Dungeon Keeper meets Dwarf Fortress on a primordial alien world" and he is looking for 100,042 to fund his game. So far his kick starter campaign has made £110,373 with just 62 hours to go until his kick starter campaign ends.

Simon Roth describes his game as been a space colony management simulator/God game which he has said is heavily inspired by the bull frog games of the 90s, for example theme hospital and dungeon keeper. Also the Maxis games from  that time period. along with more recent games like dwarf fortress.

 

Limit Theory - The possibilities are Limitless - Kick Starter (update)

Josh Parnell the developer working on Limit theory has just released an update about his ambitious and exciting new upcoming space game Limit theory, I just posted an article about Limit theory recently which you can find here if you wish to read it before watching the video.

Predestination - 4X Space Strategy ( Kickstarter Update )

A short news article but one of interest, especially for us 4X Space Strategy fans!. Yes you, the one holding that Master of Orion game, it's once again the space 4x space strategy game called Predestination. We have done an article on this nice looking space game before but we've got a huge update via the kickstarter that's still on going!.

Question of the day to our readers - What retro system did you enjoy the most?

Once again it's Sunday on Indie Retro News and that means Question of the day!. You the reader can get involved by simply using the comment option at the bottom of the news post. My question of the day is.

1) What retro system did you enjoy the most from your childhood?


Will it be the Amstrad, the Spectrum, Atari, the Amiga or some other ass kicking gaming machine!

Eternal Champions - The Thin Strings of Fate (Free Full Game)

As promised I've got a treat for the viewers today and it's not something that's been posted on the site yet, it's a Beat em up!. Eternal Champions - The Thin Strings of Fate was developed using an open source engine called OpenBOR which is basically the open source continuations of Beats of Rage. This excellent game is a throw back to the days of the side scrolling beat em ups from the Mega Drive and arcade machines we used to play and love.

Radio Amiga - Daily Remix ( Vol 1 )

It's a Sunday which means slow news day, sometimes I do like a good slow news day so I can put more time in with my games. But we do have a few more treats today no keys though sorry :(, but until that time enjoy a music remix compilation called Radio Amiga.

75% off Gothic Complete Collection - Gamersgate thanksgiving Sale

Wow what a deal on Gamersgate, it's the Gothic Complete Collection at only £4.99 that's 75% off!. If you haven't heard of the Gothic series it's a massive rpg with plenty of quests, an amazing story and very difficult third person combat. There are not many people out there that haven't heard of Gothic in the gaming world and it even has a community fan base giving us new graphical overhauls and fixes. Gothic 3 for example has a community patch which updated the original from a bug/stutter fest to a much much better game.

WarZ - The Hacker

WarZ is one of my favourite games, I play it every night from 8pm with the guys at skunkdogz, but it's very difficult to tell if a guy is a legit player or actually a hacker. Well it seems there is now a multi-hack going around which can kill anyone either on the server or in the radius of the hacker himself. Video Source WarZ unofficial.

PLEASE NOTE - VIDEO DOES CONTAIN SWEARING HENCE IT'S NOT EMBEDDED - IF YOU'RE UNDER 18 DO NOT WATCH WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM YOUR PARENTS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPKwJVLIw6E

WinUAE Beta 27 RC3 + 64BIT - Amiga Emulator on your PC

WinUAE the excellent Amiga Emulator on your pc developed by Toni Wilen has been updated to Beta 27 RC3 and even a 64BIT version, relive all those golden oldies of Amiga gaming with improved filters, a multitude of display settings and much more all runnable in windows!.

Elite : Dangerous - Space Sim Dev Diary 1 ( kickstarter Update )

Another day another update and today it's for Elite : Dangerous! the Action, Trade, Space sim created by David Braben. If you want to know more about this awesome upcoming game on kickstarter which seriously needs more pledges for a success, then check out the recent article on Indie Retro News. However back to today, it's video time showing off Gameplay footage with Dev Diary Day 1 from Elite : Dangerous

Two Full Game Steam Key Give Away's from Indie Retro News - Ravaged & Primal Carnage

Got a great treat for you guys today, we have not one but TWO keys to give away!. Indie Retro News has one key for the full version of Ravaged and another Key for Primal Carnage which both work on Steam.  Want to know what the games are about before jumping in for the keys, then check this out...

Limit Theory - The possibilities are limitless - Kick Starter

Hello everyone, I am John P Martin, and this is my first article on Indie Retro News, I hope you will enjoy it!

Limit Theory is a space sand box game in which everything is procedurally generated.The game is by Josh Parnell, and it has just recently come to Kick starter on November 20th. He is hoping to raise $50,000 to make the game and so far the kick starter campaign has raised $32,302 in just 4 days.

The best way to describe limit theory would be to say that it is a game with very few limits put on the player. Everything you can see in the game is procedurally generated by the games custom built game engine. The universe is unlimited in size, and if you can see something which interests you, you can go there and interact with it. The game is all about interaction and the unique story which is unfolding as you explore and experience the vast procedurally generated universe within it.

Let's remix - Last Ninja 3 from the C64

Good morning viewers or is it afternoon, I feel so brain fried today!. It's time for another remix and this one is good, it's Last Ninja 3 from the C64. Turn it up and chill out, oh and before I go for a long walk down to the shops we have a treat later for you, the viewer.  A new full game and it's not something we've done for a while, it's a beat em up. So keep checking the site :)

Thanks to the heads up from Glen McNamee this Remix is by Cirdan, original by Reyn Ouwehand. Download from http://remix.kwed.org/?search_id=1207

Developers Guide to implementing 2D platformers

Do you want to create a 2d Platformer but not full in knowledge on the design aspects?, well Rodrigo Monteiro of Higher Order Fun has created a brilliant guide to the implementation of a 2d Platformer.

Another day another Bundle - It's the GamersGate Indie Fort Bundles

You go a week without an Indie bundle and then they all start coming out at you from all sides, pushing you to spend your hard earned dosh on good games!. Damn you Indie Bundles, my wallet is empty!. Right enough of that, what does this Gamersgate Bundle contain and who's it from?. Well this time it's from the great guys of Gamersgate and it's not just one Bundle to tease you with oh no, it's actually going to be five weeks of bundles ( Indie Fort Bundles ) with each having a specific name. Week 1 for example it's called the Fueling up Bundle and the games listed are

Week 1: 23-29th November
Aeon Command
Genetrive 2
Space Pirates and Zombies (STEAM KEY)
Waveform (STEAM KEY)

It's Retro Remix time! - Rune-Bertil's - Auf Wiedersehen Monty

Before I rush off to play WarZ, how about a rather Jazzy music remix of the retro classic Auf Wiedersehen Monty. This fine track was remixed by Rune-Bertil, so play that music, turn it up and boogie boogie.

Super Shock Bundle - An incredible Indie bundle at an incredible price!

It looks as if a new Indie Bundle is about to go live and it's the Super Shock Bundle. Wow it's pink!, there isn't much to go on when you visit the page, however it isn't live yet but as it's going to be a good one I'd recommend you bookmark it.

Baldur's Gate 1 - Enhanced Edition is now PRE-LOADING (RPG)

That's right viewers, Baldur's Gate 1 Enhanced is nearly on our doorstep, we did a short article on BG1/BG2 enhanced but it looks like any day now we will be finally able to play the Enhanced version of Baldur's Gate 1, the epic RPG which so so many of us have played and found it very difficult to put down during it's original release. There has also been a ton of mods, new quests and you can even play from BG1 to BG2 using the same characters in one seamless adventure turn over. But anyway for now check out this game play trailer, it's nearly here.

Dizzy Returns - The all time classic retro platformer is back with a kickstarter and a History lesson

What a great day it is today for Dizzy fans, The Oliver Twins, Developers of this all time classic retro Platformer Puzzler are back. I woke up this morning and saw Dizzy appear on kickstarter and my heart nearly missed a beat, this game is so close to my heart I could almost say I grew up on Dizzy. Dizzy fast became one of the most successful European computer game brands of the late 1980s into the 1990's. But what is this game called, well it's called Dizzy Returns and it's using today's technology.

Awesome Skyrim Mod Music Remix - SKYRIM: KHAJIIT LIKE TO SNEAK

I was thinking to myself over and over should I post this on Indie Retro News and you know what?, I will!. Although we are mainly an Indie Retro news site, we also love Indie mods and this is probably the best voiced remix of race in the game in a Modded Skyrim!.

I've listened to this over and over again, it fits so well with the character race KHAJIIT and the voices doing the singing/rap is so damn awesome!.

Music Remix - Federation of Free Traders : Chiptune Visualization / Atari SAP

It's time for another Music remix!. We haven't done one of these all day! how bad of me, sorry guys n girls. So to make up for it, here's the remix of FOFT ( Federation of Free Traders ). An awesome game on the Amiga and ST which had some comparisons to Elite mainly trading, Space Sim and you could go on planets!.

Welcome John P Martin - News Contributor

Everyone welcome to the site John P Martin, he will be doing more news contributions, however please give him time to adjust to the new position, if he makes a mess he'll have to clean it up :p. Hopefully that will add more great indie/mod news to the website and we can push ever upwards in the gaming circles!.

What have you purchased? - Steam Sales

Very slow news day today, I guess Indie and Retro games can't come every day so this is to you the viewer(s).

As the Autumn steam sales are still ongoing, what games have you purchased so far?, what games are you hoping to be in the sale?

http://store.steampowered.com/

Predestination - 4x Space Strategy Game + Kickstarter

Good morning Gamers, hope everyone is having a good one. Today it's time for another Kickstarter and this time it's a 4X Space Strategy called Predestination, so get ready to pledge if it's your type of Genre!.

STORY
In the year 2350, human deep space probes discovered a mysterious cloaked star system with planets filled with advanced technology. As the galaxy's empires argued over ownership of the planets, their ancient inhabitants awoke from suspended animation and began exterminating all life in the galaxy. Star by star, the empires crumbled, every inhabited world reduced to irradiated rubble.

Refugees from dozens of races joined forces for one final attack on the enemy homeworld. They planned to use the alien's own technology to freeze the entire solar system in time, but nature had plans of its own. Ruptures in space-time opened throughout the system, pitching ships back through time and scattering them throughout the galaxy.

Jogobox - Choose from a selection of thousands of free games and play for as long as you like!

Check this out, this is the awesome Jogobox a gaming client of free games from dos based PC games to PC Indie titles!. This client reminds me very much of other based clients like Steam and Desura however all the games here are free and includes easy to run dos games which can be run via Jogobox.  Games like Dune II and Super Dune, Civilization, desert strike, Kyrandia and much more, all you have to do is click install and it shows up like any gaming client does with all the other games you've installed.

WarZ - Patch Announced ( Intense Zombie onlne Fps )

Well finally, we get the patch news and it's straight from the developers themselves, here it is!

Patch Tuesday, 11/27

We'll be ready to patch next Tuesday, 11/27.

We made this decision based on how long it's going to take to thoroughly test the build, review and fix bugs, and launch safely. We don't want to rush it out the door and break the game over a (US) holiday weekend.

What's coming in this patch:

WarZ - Small update from the developers of this intense online zombie game!

Finally we get a word from the developers of what's going on with this game, however no patch info yet and a lot of us were expecting a 24th of nov big patch, but anyway here's the latest from the devs themselves regarding the Foundation Release, state of the game and new feature.

Project GODUS - A reinvention of Populous ( Strategy/god sim ) + Kickstarter

In the last month or so we've had some incredible games come up on Kickstarter, however it just got better as a game called Project GODUS from 22cans and Peter Molyneux has been announced. You might ask why should some of us care?, well it looks to be a Reinvention of Populous for today's systems!. Populous was a computer game developed by Bullfrog in 1989 and is regarded by many as the first PC God game also winning a lot of awards in 1991.

Steam Indie Game deals are alive!

Finally the steam deals are up, bit late on the news but family comes first n all that ;), today begins the epic steam deals of Autumn. From Adventure titles, to arcade to strategy and rpg's! what will you buy?

Ultima Underworld – The Stygian Abyss ( Pc Gamer Article )

The news keeps on coming and it's past 1am, I'll need my sleep soon but what the heck this game is worthy of posting and it's the great Ultima Underworld - The Stygian Abyss !. Pc Gamer have just done a rather nice article on this great RPG classic, which was published by Origin Systems in 1992 and sold nearly 500,000 units.

So check out this short quote then head over there have a read and relive those memories!

For me, then, Underworld is almost the perfect RPG – control issues notwithstanding. It has influenced, directly and indirectly, the Elder Scrolls series, the Deus Ex games, Half-Life 2, System Shock (Warren Spector was the game’s later producer), BioShock, Tomb Raider and frankly just about every 3D RPG that has since appeared.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/18/reinstall-ultima-underworld-the-stygian-abyss/

Eschalon : Book III - The epic Indie RPG Sequel has been Announced

Great news for the fans of the Epic Indie RPG Eschalon game as the third in the sequel has been announced tilted Eschalon : Book III. According to the developers this will be the last in the series as you seek to uncover the mystery of your past, the secrets of the Crux stones, and who the Orakur really are. You’ll traverse miles of virtual wilderness and dungeons, filled with secrets and danger, in an unparalleled role-playing experience designed to feel like a true pen-and-paper RPG.

Realms of Arkania 3 - Chance of Winning Free!

Gog is giving away the amazing retro classic RPG Realms of Arkania 3 to a multitude of people by simply running a short 2min test of your bandwidth. The quote as follows

We're currently benchmarking multiple download location and servers, and to make sure that we have a good sample of worldwide results, we do need your help. We highly appreciate your help here. And as a bonus, for every test completed, you get a chance to win a free code for Realms of Arkania 3

 So what are you waiting for head over to http://www.gog.com/downloads_quality and you might win!. Using another computer or clearing cookies will mean a retest and another chance, good luck let us know if you win it!

 

Steam Autumn Sale Starting November 21st ?

Just a quick news article it looks as if the steam sale will begin as from tomorrow maybe Thursday!, here's some quotes to get your minds thinking!

"When Valve contacted me about two weeks ago to announce their Autumn (nov 21-27) and Winter (Dec 20-Jan 4) sales – and to ask whether we’d like to include SOTMC (Secret of the Magic Crystals) or not – I came up with an idea. Let’s set the price at $1.99 and try to generate a total sale of 50.000+ copies."

 We're thankful for fans, and we're showing it by putting Torchlight II on sale! Watch for it during Steam's Thanksgiving sale, coming soon. 

link

Original Story from Kotaku

http://www.torchlight2game.com/news

My money is ready to be spent for all those awesome Indie Games!, bring em on!

Hero U - Turn-based PC RPG/ADVENTURE from the creators of the Quest for Glory series

Another Successful kickstarter already today and this time it's Hero U : Rogue to Redemption, from the creators of the Quest for glory series, one of my all time favorite Adventure game series. Unlike Quest for Glory which was an adventure game with some RPG elements, Hero U is a Turn Based PC RPG but still retaining that awesome Adventure flavor.  There will be a Classic adventure of game characters, story, and puzzles, with the exploration and deep skill development of an RPG. The story apparently will be so deep it will change based on the way you play in the game.

Tiny Barbarian DX - 2D Action Platformer + Kickstarter

Another day another kickstarter and this time it's Tiny Barbarian DX. A 2D Action Platformer game with a Tiny Barbarian, who likes to slice and dice with his sword and ride deadly beasts into battle. The game now has a much improved combat system over the original TB that makes juggling enemies a breeze, they can even be knocked into each other for extra damage. Your character has a number of new moves to attack enemies from within a different direction. The platform basics are pretty simple but so much fun, even the edges of platforms can be grabbed in case you miss a jump.

Nvidia GeForce 310.61 Beta Display Drivers

Although not strictly Indie/Retro related, you will need the latest drivers in most situations for games. Be warned these are not the WHQL Nvidia drivers but Beta's which means they may contain problems or be perfectly fine as is the way with Beta's.

Lemmings - The Ultimage Compilation : The Amiga pc playable Puzzle/Platformer (REMAKE)

A lovely treat for you the viewer today and more towards our Amiga retro gamers. We have a comedy/gorish Puzzle/Platformer called Lemmings. published by Psygnosis and developed by DMA.  Not just that this compilation contains all of the Lemmings sequels such as  Holiday Lemmings 1993, Holiday Lemmings 1994, Lemmings, New Year Lemmings 1991-92, Oh No! More Lemmings, Lemmings 2: The Tribes, All New World Of Lemmings, Lemmings Demo and Lemmings - Holiday demo all playable in one simple exe on your PC!

Nearly 7300 viewers! - Website/Blog Feedback / Staff wanted

As the site is nearly hitting the 7300 view count which I'm incredibly grateful for, thank you readers!. Though we need your feedback, tell us in comments what would you like to see more of on the blog/website?, What's your favorite Genre in the listings?, Are you happy with the content in the posts is it too much info or would you prefer less?, anything just tell us.

We had over 140 views of the Star Citizen article which was pretty impressive, but reading your comments to articles really makes it all the worth while, as long as it's not too bad ;) so please get involved, be a part of the website/blog.

Also this site is still looking for news contributors, daily deal posters and reviewers. We have a set rules and regulations for new members but that's mainly as security protection, a sample of a review also needs to be sent because I'm sure our members wouldn't like to see terrible spelling and or swearing for example. As for news contributions all you have to do is get the latest release information, write up a small article doesn't have to be much at all but with pictures and perhaps a video as long as it's new. Daily Deal posters just need to look up the latest deals ££££ that's either retro or Indie games and post them, it's that simple.

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Cubeworld - Voxel-based exploration RPG

Tonight on Indie Retro News it's the game called Cubeworld and it's a Voxel Based Exploration RPG, it's unlike anything I've seen before and probably the same with you the viewers. There is not much to go on at the moment as it's still very much in development, however sufficed to say there will be a lot of exploring involved and have a Zelda feel to it with a hint of Minecraft

The Stuffing Bundle - A new Indie Game bundle from Indie Royale

After that previous article which took many cups of tea's, lunch and the odd cake it's time to dial it back a bit. However the news update is still a good one and it's from the guys at Indie Royale!. Yes it's that time again for another Bundle, The Stuffing Bundle. Full of Indie game goodness which includes

The Dream Machine: Chapters 1-3 for: steam (pc), windows, desura
Puzzle Agent 2 for: steam (pc, mac), windows, mac, desura
Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition for: steam (pc), windows, desura Anomaly: Warzone Earth for: steam (pc, mac), windows, mac, linux, desura
Adventure Apes and the Mayan Mystery for: windows, desura 

 Don't forget you can pay what you want above the average minimum so the higher you pay the lower the minimum comes down for others

 http://www.indieroyale.com/

Star Citizen / Squadron 42 - Space Sim/Combat/Trader : (The History Then and Now)

Good morning viewers today we have a big article about Star Citizen/Squadron 42 and the comparisons between the Wing Commander series and now. Star Citizen/Squadron 42 is being developed by the Legendary Chris Roberts the developer of Wing Commander, Strike Commander and the concept behind Privateer. The Wing Commander series were truly Epic games for there time and still highly regarded today, especially when the live action FMV's came into play and far higher graphical possibilities.  I remember playing Wing Commander 1 in the very early 90's on my Amiga 500 it was so involved, you felt very much in the story and a love and respect for all the characters in the game let alone the combat gameplay!.

Quest for Infamy - Adventure from the creators of the kings quest remakes ( DEMO )

Another late evening news article before I go on my nightly bandit killings online, it's the fantastic retro looking Adventure title, Quest for Infamy. Does anyone remember the Kings Quest III or Space Quest 2 remakes, well this game is from those guys and they are Infamous Quests. A very talented bunch who spent a lot of their time creating fantastic remakes of our well loved Adventure titles from the past gone days of Sierra. Quest for Infamy was recently on Kickstarter and was met with a great reception from the fans and it was a huge success raising $63,281!.

The Witch's House - Horror JRPG

Prepare to play a game that certainly will have some of you jumping in terror, just make sure the Lights are out, the Headphones are on and nobody can disturb you, because you are about to play The Witch's House!.