This past weekend, game developers from all over the Phoenix, Az area gathered at the Phoenix Makes Games Jam event at the Tempe ASU campus. During the event, 5 teams fiercely competed to create a dinosaur theme game in only 48 hours.
The event, which was held by Tempe based game community Game CoLab, was sponsored by several pro-technology companies and organizations including Arizona Commission on the Arts, … [ Read More... ]
Then, Hyper Light Drifter came along.
2013 has been a good year for indie developers and their Kickstarter campaigns; and the good luck continues for Los Angeles based indie developer, Heart Machine. Their new game, Hyper Light Drifter, takes the action RPG formula of Zelda and maxes it out with extremely beautiful retro graphics and an over the top world to play in. Being a good game doesn’t … [ Read More... ]
The soul of Mega Man will live on thanks to fans all around the world.
That’s right, the Kickstarter, created by Keiji Inafune’s company Comcept has finally completed and not only did they hit their goal, but they exceeded it by more than 4 times. At a whopping $4,000,000 USD (combined Kickstarter and PayPal backers), Mighty No. 9, the spiritual (and completely unrelated) successor to Capcom’s beloved Mega Man… [ Read More... ]
If you’re an old school gamer like me, chances are you’ve been let down over the years by the companies who used to make your favorite games. Classic franchises like Mega Man, Gradius, and Shinobi have pretty much vanished. Good news is on the horizon in the form of Mighty No. 9. This is Keiji Inafune’s spiritual successor to Mega Man and he’s looking to the fans … [ Read More... ]