Like many of you I've been trapped inside due to the coronavirus lockdown for over a month now. I feel it's time to take a long needed break from development of The Flawless: Art's Tale and get all nostalgic about a PlayStation 2 classic... The original TimeSplitters by Free Radical and Eidos. (more…)
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I've been meaning to write about ITTA for quite some time. Since seeing the isometric pastel pixel art of the blue caped girl and her ghost cat in early development I've been captivated. Also being fond of shooters and exploration based games, ITTA is right up my street. The game exudes style and desolate mystery in a way similar to
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Final Fantasy VII is probably my favourite game of all time. With the Final Fantasy VII Remake just around the corner I though it a great time to get all nostalgic about the RPG that blew me away back in 1997 on the original PlayStation. It was a game brimming with emotion, where plot twists lay around every corner and
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We’ve had a busy few months launching our retro space shooter Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo on Switch, Xbox One, PS4 and PC. I’ve finally had time to have a gander at some indie games by other developers for our March award. ‘There is No Light’ looks like a really cool isometric hack ‘n’ slash dungeon crawler. Its developed
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Super Fantasy Zone by Sunsoft is one of my favourite childhood games. It's still one of the games I come back to as a retro gamer and game developer. Released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis in the US) the game was massively original with loads of cool mechanics that made it stand out. I spent hours taking
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Well I've been really busy over the last few weeks adding the finishing touches to the PS4 and Nintendo Switch versions of Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo which launches in a few days. Even with the game development and media chaos around me I have still managed to find the time to seek out an amazing indie game to
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We previously published an article about the retro inspiration behind the none turbo version of our frantic space blaster. We limited the article to cover only a few games. This article will expand on these games and also add some of the not so retro game inspiration behind the new massively expanded 'Turbo Edition', Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo.
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Well after a long break from our 'Best Indie Games' series I'm glad to say we are bringing it back. In fact, not only are we bringing it back we're making it even better by giving out an award. So on the first Thursday of every month we'll release a 'Best Indie Games' article about a game that we've bestowed
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Super Mega Space Blaster Special's frantic blasting action was inspired by loads of retro shmups and shooters from Asteroids on the Atari to Super Fantasy Zone on the Sega Megadrive (Genesis). Lets have a gander at a few of these inspirational classic video games. (more…)
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Last night we decided to take a break from game development on The Flawless: Art's Tale and The Last Pilot and go out for a few drinks in Manchester. So I donned my Flawless t-shirt and trotted off to The Lazy Lizard in The Printworks with Tony for a night of gaming, indie games, and cocktails at Manchester Gamers Unite.
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