Indie Game News

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  Don't Starve Together Closed Beta

  Klei Entertainment is now accepting closed beta applications for their highly anticipated multiplayer update to Don't Starve: Don't Starve Together. Sign up today for your chance to get access!

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  Chasm Early Access Date Announced

  The highly anticipated action/adventure/RPG platformer game, Chasm, is about to be released on Steam's Early Access. Today on Twitter, Discord Games announced that the game will be released on September 18th, 2014 at 12:00PM PDT.

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  Insert Money Here #6

  Insert Money Here #6 - Here are this week's 5 indie games that we think you should throw your money at. Help these indie games become a reality by supporting them on Kickstarter!

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  Chasm Gameplay with Commentary from Discord Games and the Hive Jump Team

  The Hive Jump team plays Chasm and speaks with James Petruzzi and Tim Dodd from Discord Games. Discord Games plans on releasing Chasm in Fall of 2014.

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  The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Trailer - Jesus Loves You Can't You See?

  The release date and a bizarre new trailer for The Binding of Isaac has been posted on Steam today. You can pre-order the game now, but you won't be able to play it until November 4th, 2014. This remake features a plethora of new features!

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  Aperture Tag - Gameplay Video & First Impressions

  A new Portal 2 mod came out today, it’s called Aperture Tag - The Paint Gun Testing Initiative. It’s not a Steam workshop mod that’s free, it’s a whole new campaign with 27 original levels.

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  Lenna's Inception Beta

  Bytten Studio, the developer of Lenna's Inception, has announced today that that their latest game is now in public beta and can be purchased for about $5 USD/£2.99 GBP. The game is a top-down action adventure game and is available on Windows, Mac and Linux.

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  Insert Money Here #5

  Here are this week's 5 indie games that we think you should throw your money at. It's a great time for Mac & Linux users - All 5 of these titles are available on Windows, Mac and Linux! Help these indie games become a reality by supporting them on Kickstarter!

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  Sunless Sea Gameplay & Early Access First Impressions - Overwhelmed Gamer

  I've played Sunless Sea for close to 5 hours now and I still feel like there's so much more to learn and experience. I feel like I've barely scratched the surface. I love games like that! By this time in most games, you have a pretty good idea of how to play the game and what you need to do to win.

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  Night Shift Gameplay & Early Access First Impressions

  I purchased this game today not really knowing too much about it. The only information on the store page was a small list of features and a vague synopsis. About 15 minutes in I realized that Night Shift was puzzle/mystery driving game(What?!) and it began to pull me in. The puzzles that I played were not all that difficult, but they were a lot of fun and gave me a good sense of accomplishment upon completion.

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  Don't Starve Multiplayer Coming Summer 2014

  Klei Entertainment, the developer of the very popular game Don't Starve, has announced that the game will support multiplayer later this summer. The update will be considered to be an alpha update and will most likely be released on Steam's Early Access or via Steam beta opt-in. After the alpha/beta testing is over, the update will be available for free!

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  Insert Money Here #4

  Insert Money Here #4 - 5 Games: The Breakout, Armello, Mark of the Old Ones, TECHNOLUST: True Cyberpunk and Pann The Game - It's been quite a while since our last Insert Money Here article. After giving $70 USD to American McGee for the Akaneiro: Demon Hunters and getting screwed over, I thought that I'd never back another Kickstarter, Indie Go Go, etc project again. Looking back, I've seen and backed some wonderful games and I thought I'd give this segment another go! Here are five games that we have selected and think look very promising!

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  Even The Ocean: Demo First Impressions

  Sean Hogan & Jon Kittaka, the two man team that created Anodyne are working hard on their next indie game title: Even The Ocean. The game is comprised of two different games: "Even" and "The Ocean". Both of the games are similar thematically and mechanically, but "Even" will be more story oriented while "The Ocean" will be a more traditional adventure/platformer game.

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  Wasteland 2 - Welcome to the Prison Gameplay Trailer

  Wasteland 2 received a major Early Access update today featuring a new prison map, new icon based inventory, character sheet, skill screen, significant combat system overhaul and well over 2,000 other fixes and tweaks. Also, the Mac version is now available!

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  Insert Money Here #3

  Insert Money Here #3 - Half Arse Edition. I'm only featuring five games this week. Five amazing games! Check them out and consider backing them if you think they look as fantastic as I do!

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  Greenlight #13 - 15 More Games

  Today is an exciting day for Indie gamers and Indie developers! Steam has greenlit 15 new game titles today, which is less than 3 weeks from the last batch. Is Steam starting to greenlight games more frequently?

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  Insert Money Here #2

  Here is our second Insert Money Here article featuring some fantastic Indie games that need your help! I'd like to thank everyone that shared the Indie games that they're excited about. I'm sorry that I couldn't add them all!

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  Insert Money Here #1

  Insert Money Here is a new Game Walkers weekly column trying to help expose some of the great indie game developers that are trying to raise money. Unless you check Kickstarter, Indiegogo and other similar sites often, it's pretty easy to miss some of these amazing games.

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  Greenlight #12 - 14 Games Greenlit

  Steam greenlit 16 projects today, including 14 game titles and 2 software titles.

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  Greenlight #1 - First 10 Games to be Greenlit

  Steam has Greenlit their first 10 titles on their new Greenlight approval system. Congratulations to the first 10 developers!