OpenXcom - A top Quality open-source UFO: Enemy Unknown release!

This day just gets better and better, as we now have the brand new open source release version 0.9 of OpenXcom. But what is OpenXcom and why should you care? This is an open-source reimplementation of UFO: Enemy Uknown, the incredible Strategy game developed by Mythos/Microprose in which you take control of the X-Com organistion to fight off aliens invading earth. OpenXcom has given X-Com a real boost into the new generation but keeping the original feel, which the developer states : The goal of this project is to bring back the tried and true feel of the original with none of the issues! Play the game natively without any need for emulators or fancy hacks, with none of the limitations and bugs that plagued the original. No more 80-item-limit, personnel limits, funding overflows, disconnected facilities, broken proximity grenades, floating soldiers, etc.  There's even more to drool over with this release, so check out the release log and download!

Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight - A PC portable edition of an incredible Amiga classic

Someone stop me from fainting, as TheCompany.pl has just released v2.6 of the remastered version of Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight. This was the most incredible and gorish Amiga hack and slash/Beat Em Up game of it's time, which was developed and published by Mindscape in 1991. You the player, take on the role of a knight who is sent by the druids to return the mystical 'moonstone' to Stonehenge. You probably would've turned down the deed if you had known how brutal your life may end in ths game. Through each fighting scene you could end up fighting any number of strange beasts, and this pretty much determines your end death. You'll either end up being smashed into a pulp, ripped in half, eaten or spiked through the chest! Can you be the greatest knight and return the mystical "moonstone" ?

Life of Pixel - A game dedicated to the brilliance of classic gaming machines (kickstarter)

Imagine if you could play a character throughout the history of gaming, instead of loading up Emulator after Emulator, that character could be played through all the historic levels, as if it were those good old days. Well now you can, with a game called Life of Pixel. This title which is currently going through a kickstarter, and developed by Super Icon, is a game dedicated to the brilliance of classic gaming machines. Life of Pixel has a large amount of levels, 72 in fact, which are spread over 9 historic gaming machines, such as the Amstrad or Spectrum. As you traverse the levels collecting gems, the game takes on the graphical tone as if you were playing on that very machine, brilliant eh? But there's more!

Ray's The Dead - Control your own zombie army in this kick ass story driven game! (Kickstarter)

Certain games just scream fun, even by a graphical cover page, and I'm glad I looked at this neat looking title. Ray's The Dead is all about the control of a Zombie army through Ray, but unlike other Zombie titles this one has a damn fine cartoonish art style with a slight sense of humor. Thanks to Ragtag Studio, they are developing Ray's The Dead with a blend of action, tactics, puzzles, stealth, adventure all with a lovely story driven experience. You play as the character Ray, who is a newly risen zombie and it's through Ray you control all the other zombies, who can sneak, smash, laugh and groan through a 1980's backdrop, a game that I seriously can't wait to get my hands on!

TinyKeep - Action RPG set in procedurally generated dungeons, with a Kickstarter

Developed by Phi Dinh and featuring art work from Matthias Andre, comes a new Action RPG set in procedurally generated dungeons. This is TinyKeep, which is also a 3D dungeon crawler that both Windows and Mac users can enjoy. The game was originally inspired by classic roguelikes and RPGs such as Rogue, NetHack, Ultima IV, and boardgames like Hero Quest, but to live up to those games will take some doing!

Iron Assault - A lets play by David G

One of our staff members "David G" has done a lets play of Iron Assault. It's his first play through, so give him some feedback, though he seems to enjoy the game :). * Warning does contain some swearing *

The Stomping Land - Survival with Dinosaurs

The Stomping Land is a new survival based multiplayer game that contains Dinosaurs and Hunters. Some have called this the DayZ Dinosaur game, however i'd fit this title more towards being a survival Jurassic Park online. The Stomping Land has already smashed it's Kickstarter goal and considering it's being developed by just three people (Alex, Nick and Lee Fisk) it looks seriously impressive. In this game you'll come across a beautiful online world and it's in this world you must survive by any means possible. As a hunter you have the ability to scavenge for food by killing dinosaurs with bow and arrow or by laying traps, but be careful as if the T-REX smells the kill, he will be after you as well. There's even more to this game such as camp creation and dealing with other players, but as you know, players can't be trusted!

The House of Correction - Dungeon Crawling is back once again with a playable prototype!

Dungeon Crawlers are still very popular even today, as they take us back to the days of the classics, such as, Eye of the Beholder and Dungeon Master, with it's tight corridors, grid based movement, enemies and puzzles to solve. Thus we have another Dungeon Crawler in development that even has a playable prototype. This is The House of Correction, by developers NotByDesign. If you want a dc that really appeals to us crazy dungeon walkers than you can do no wrong with this title.

Super 1-Bit Space Arena - Old School retro blasting action!

Prepare yourself for another high class Ludum Dare 48 Hour Compo Entry with Super 1-Bit Space Arena, developed by Orni. Face waves and waves of many different species of aliens with three different weapons, in this power house of a retro blaster title. The graphics might not be up to much, but the game play sure is!

Pokemon 3D - I haz 3D Pokemonz!

Well look who's back! It's your favourite pokemon fanatic! Well favourite for some of you, as some of you may raise pitch forks when you see me ;). So here comes Pokemon 3D! Now when I first heard of this I thought it was to do with the 3DS, but I was sorely mistaken. It's a PC game! From first glance it seems to be based solely on Pokemon gold/silver,  it also advertises having 20maps, whether this includes entering caves and buildings or just the routes and cities I'm not sure, but here is the latest update for you to gander at

The Forest - First person survival horror simulator.

It seems as if developers can't get enough of the Horror genre, as another game wants to push the scare factor, and unlike other titles thus far, this is an Amnesia/Minecraft mix. The team behind this game is SKS Games and the special effects artist worked on both Tron and 300, so you'll know what to expect with the Horror. But what is the game really about? Well.... Your journey begins as the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, so it's up to you to survive in the forest but you're not alone as a society of cannibalistic mutants want your blood!

Cubeworld - Voxel-based exploration RPG (UPDATE)

Probably the most gorgeous of upcoming Indie games is Cubeworld, which is a voxel based exploration RPG title. What can only be described as Zelda on Minecraft steriods, is one beauty of a game and it's coming to your PC! We've done a big feature on the game before but sufficed to say, if you want an RPG in a living breathing world with beautifuly randomly generated buildings and landscapes, big bosses, extra classes, map, crafting, skill trees and hand gliders then this is the RPG to look out for.  So take a look at the video and drool!

The Despicable Caverns of Deadly Doom - A retrotastic ode to the 80's of multi game modes!

 
Developed by BumpkinRich for the 48 Hour Compo Entry is a game not about high end graphics, but gameplay and an ode to the 80's. The developer, just like myself, remembers the days of the 80's with the Amstrad and the Spectrum and it's this, that the game era is based upon. You'll also be pleased to know that there are multi game style modes in The Despicable Caverns of Deadly Doom, so for such a small game, you'll have plenty to enjoy.