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Raising $3.4 million may have been far beyond Broken Age's crowdfunding goal of $400,000, but Tim Schafer has said that "didn't stop me from getting excited and designing a game so big that it would need even more money." Facing running out of cash to make the adventure game...

As lovely as Steam is, it's a shame that many people refuse to buy games not on Valve's store when indie developers need to jump through hoops to get on there. Another eight games have manager to clear the Greenlight process and secure a Steam release, including Guncraft, Co...

Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians caught our eye--and our ear--last year with its weird metroidvania-ish underwater world. Come August 6, publisher Reverb announced today, we'll all get to poke around and mess with musical flora and fauna to solve puzzles when it hits PC, Mac...

Richard Cowgill (Frontlines: Fuel of War, Borderlands 2) discusses his next indie title, a mystery adventure horror game called Abducted.

Double Fine's Kickstarter campaign for Massive Chalice has ended, raising about $1.2 million from its initial $725,000 goal.

Starbreeze's recent FPS reboot Syndicate did offer some jolly pleasant cyborg murder machine co-op action, but it was certainly nothing like the original. It may not matter if rights-holder EA has no interest in careful top-down tactical games, as Syndicate Wars co-creator M...

Valve has opened up the current version of its Source engine to modders, bringing several shiny new features to play with. Chief among these are native support for the famed Oculus Rift cybergoggles, and the ability to create Mac and Linux versions of Source mods.

An pleasing pay-what-you-want Humble Bundle launched yesterday, this time of the variety which includes versions for your Android doodad as well as the usual PC, Mac, and Linux. Games up for grab include Aquaria, Frozen Synapse, and Stealth Bastard Deluxe.

If you've got friends and enjoy beating them in video games whilst yelling in their faces, you should pre-order local multiplayer bundle Sportsfriends and honestly, do something about that aggression. It's a fantastic $30 collection of top local competitive games J.S. Joust,...

Publisher Oddworld Inhabitants has revealed another four platforms for Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, bringing it up to seven. As well as PC, PS3, and Vita, Just Add Water's "re-creation" of vintage platformer Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is now confirmed for PlayStation 4, Wii U, Mac ...

Who has the time to play games anymore? No, we're growed-ups, spending our personal time with our roller skates and bills. So bring on the June 18 launch of "meta RPG" Knights of Pen & Paper, confirmed today by publisher Paradox, where a group of roleplayers can play a table...

Europa Universalis 4 is coming on August 13, Paradox announced today. Pre-orders have opened, with your choice of the regular edition ($40) or Digital Extreme Edition ($45).

The latest Humble Indie Bundle was already one of the finest yet, packing wonders from Hotline Miami to Proteus, but oh my stars it's even better now. Another four games were added to the pay-what-you-want pack yesterday: top puzzler English Country Tune; physicular platform...

Turns out, people are pretty keen to see more games from Double Fine. Who knew? The Psychonauts dev's pitch for roguelike-inspired strategy RPG Massive Chalice has apparently struck a chord, passing its crowdfunding goal of $725,000 in only five days. Gosh, and it still has ...

Kentucky Route Zero act 2 is now out, and developer Cardboard Computer promises a patch to fix some of the most common bug reports soon.