The Nintendo Switch was the biggest thing to happen to indie games in 2017. And it’s not hard to see why: the system’s handheld mode is a perfect match for so many indie games. “We basically tried not to have any expectations,” Sigman says when I ask him about Darkest Dungeon’s Switch sales. Which is a really great start—like really, really good. nuts.January 12, 2018So yes, PC indie games are selling quite well on Switch, in no small part due to the Switch’s relatively small library.

Iron Harvest is an upcoming RTS set in a 1920s we never actually experienced, with giant, steam-driven war-bots and farmers earning fortunes digging up the “iron harvest” of weapons, ammunition, and shrapnel left behind by the First World War. We got a brief look at it in December when developer King Art Games released a trailer showcasing the game’s dynamic, destructible cover and said a 1v1 multiplayer mode would be out in the spring. Now the studio has taken the project to Kickstarter in sear

Vermintide 2 isn’t the only rodent-based game out this month: There’s also Ghost of a Tale, which launched yesterday. I’ve been playing it but I’m having a little trouble progressing through the beautiful stealth RPG because I keep stopping to admire my character, The Cutest Damn Mouse Ever. When you’re close to an item you can interact with, you can hold the right mouse (heh) button, and he’ll lower his head as if examining it carefully. Ghost of a Tale begins with Tilo in prison (along with a

3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet was a digital table released in 1995 as part of the Microsoft Plus! It was later bundled with Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP 32-bit, after which it disappeared forever. Hey, remember that Space Cadet pinball game?You can download it for Windows 7, 8, or 10 here — https://t.co/KMmpzzWQN1 pic.twitter.com/MaMamd4eSFMarch 13, 2018The Windows-bundled freebie is a slightly-modified version of the Space Cadet table in Cinematronic’

A security startup called CTS-Labs made waves yesterday when it claimed to have discovered 13 critical security flaws classified into four types of vulnerabilities, each one specific to AMD’s Ryzen and Eypc processor lines. Now that the dust has settled a bit, the legitimacy of the disclosure is being called into question. Gamers Nexus took a deep dive into the whitepaper that CTS-Labs put together and found several instances of aggressive language, which is also unusual for a security disclosur

Harebrained’s upcoming Battletech will offer the same sort of option by way of a “mercenary” simulation layer that takes place “a level above” the battlefield simulation. “It’s an open-ended game, which means you can fly wherever you want, and do whichever missions you want,” studio manager Mitch Gitelman explains in the video. Along with choosing the jobs you want to take on, there will also be day-to-day events aboard the ship that will have to dealt with. Some of it will be routine—recovery,

After a few rounds of betas and stress tests, open-world pirate game Sea of Thieves arrives next week, and today we got a quick peek at its mysterious boss monster. Signing off a livestream on Twitch, developer Rare showed a quick montage of video clips: pirates, pigs, ships, and that ominous skull cloud that marks skeleton forts. At the end, though, was a surprise: a glimpse of the fabled Kraken—or at least a part of it. One massive tentacle rears out of the water, looking nearly as tall as a s

Microsoft is celebrating Pi Day by offering discounts of up to 31.4 percent in the Microsoft Store. Not all of the items that are on sale are quite as deeply discounted, but there are still some interesting deals to be had. One of them is for a Dell Inspiron 15 7577 laptop with a GeForce GTX 1060 inside. The laptop is marked down to $899 today, down from its regular list price of $1,099. You can grab this laptop here, and browse other Pi Day deals here.

Cryptocurrencies were dealt a blow today when Google announced a widespread ban on related ads. The ban goes into effect in June and covers all aspects of cryptocurrencies, including initial coin offerings (ICOs), exchanges, wallets, and even trading advice. Google is following in the footsteps of Facebook, which implemented a similar ban at the beginning of the year. This blanket rule on cryptocurrencies, which ignores the underlying blockchain technology, not only seems like a step backwards,

Ubisoft is now offering a For Honor Starter Edition, a scaled-back edition of the game that will include the full story campaign and all multiplayer modes, with three fully-unlocked Vanguard heroes—Warden, Raider, and Kensai—plus three more playable heroes from the faction chosen at the start of the game. The three faction heroes won’t be customizable until they’re unlocked, which will cost 8000 Steel, For Honor’s in-game currency. The remaining heroes that were included with the game at launch

If you’re looking for a case to drag along to LAN parties, you’re probably shopping for something considerably smaller and lighter than a full-tower enclosure. Cougar’s new Panzer Evo delivers that amenity, as well as a few others aimed at gamers. You can swap the front fans out for larger 140mm fans if you want. It also supports three more 120mm or two 140mm fans up top, and a single 120mm or 140mm fan in the bottom. It’s taken a bit for Cougar to bring the Panzer Evo to market—TomsHardware mad

Project Spellbound, the mysterious magic school RPG from Starbound developer and Stardew Valley publisher Chucklefish, finally has an official name: WitchBrook. Chucklefish CEO Finn Brice announced the name on Twitter earlier today. Brice said “the most obvious ones were Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley,” adding that combat draws on early 2D Zelda games. Brice also talked about the game’s in-depth relationships, which he described as “very young adult literature in a lot of ways.” A release date

of lighter nights and softer weather with its Spring Sale—live now through March 26. To mark the occasion, it’s also giving away a collection of 24 games worth somewhere in the region of $1000. There are some right crackers in there, too—not least Total War: Warhammer 2, Grand Theft Auto 5, Civilization 6, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, and Dark Souls 3. Check out Fanatical’s Spring Sale in full in this direction, and be sure to add discount code SPRING10 at checkout for an extra ten percent o

This isn’t really a big surprise, considering Bethesda released Doom VFR and Fallout VR last year, plus Skyrim for PSVR, but now it’s official: Skyrim VR is coming to PC. The announcement trailer above shows axe-swinging, arrow-slinging, spell-casting, and fus-roh-dah-ing in virtual reality. The Steam store page shows support for both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets, and as with Fallout VR, this is the complete game of Skyrim coming to VR. It’s currently available on Steam for pre-order, p

The Fortnite 3.3 update, the one that will add loot llamas (lloot?) and remove smoke grenades, was meant to be out sometime today. We discovered an issue that will prevent us from releasing v3.3 tomorrow, March 14. So obviously there’s still time for it to arrive “today,” although given the delay warning I suspect that’s not likely. I’ve reached out to Epic for more information, and will update if and when I receive a reply.

“March 15th, 2018 6:00 am PDT,” reads a new teaser countdown on the official Tomb Raider website. It would appear this is when Square Enix plans to officially announce Lara Croft’s next outing, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, to the world. Inspecting the HTML, however, suggests September 14, 2018 is the game’s due date—as uncovered by Twitter person Nibel. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider will be launched September 14th, lol pic.twitter.com/EJAiNbVWxHMarch 14, 2018A quick check at our end appears to confirm

Sam Barlow, the mastermind of 2015’s wonderful FMV thriller Her Story, returns today with #WarGames. Out now, the interactive adventure is modern slant on the Matthew Broderick-starring 1983 movie—this time with a hashtag in tow. Besides video feeds, the game’s story unfolds via the cast’s webcams, social media and smartphones, and promises a “seamless interactive video experience” that’s personal to the player. “With #WarGames, I wanted to show hacking and hacker culture in a way that is true t

Rising from the ashes of Lionhead, PixelCount is now making its fi rst indie game, Kynseed, where the land murmurs with myth and fantastical beings tread. Kynseed is set in the Quill, a leafy country of villages and vales surrounded by forest. You can explore it at your leisure while farming the land and running a business, though there is more to Kynseed than living a quiet life. “Quill is a land where people have reverted to ancient pagan ways,” says PixelCount cofounder and design director Cha

By its own admission, Failbetter Games rolled out Sunless Sea follow-up Sunless Skies prematurely—which in part led to layoffs at the studio, despite the game’s impressive Kickstarter run. The fractured Big Ben there is from Albion, by the way, the latest region en route to the space adventure on April 4. A whole additional region brings the experience on leaps and bounds towards our final vision for the game.” That final vision of Sunless Skies is due in September, 2018. After this update, so s

GTA Online’s Occupy and Bunker series offer double $GTA and experience this week. A selection of its facilities, supercars, aircraft and other luxury items are subject to a limited-time sale. After spending the last several weeks maxing out my character in GTA Online, I’m keen to break into its race circuit. But I might opt for one of the briefs on our fastest cars in GTA Online list—a compendium I’d recommend checking out yourself if you’re on the same boat/Itali GTB Custom as me. Take part in