Cube World - More Voxels please!

Cube World is a fantasy rpg set in a huge voxel world. The game is in development as a one-man effort by a guy called Wollay. Check it out one of the videos:

Castle Story

Castle Story by Sauropod studio is an open ended Lemmings meet Minecraft sandbox game where you control little workers that can build castles, create mines and chop down trees. The world is voxel based and as such everything in the world is destructible/modifiable. The game is currently in alpha but it already looks really awesome.

Gunpoint

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game currently in development by indie developer Tom Francis. In the game you need to infiltrate buildings, incapacitate guards, short circuit alarms, ltghting and elevators to reach your goal and escape with whatever it is that you are set to steal. The most innovative feature of the game is the crosslink tool. With this tool you can see how things like doors, elevators, lights and cameras are wired and rewire them to get passed guards and locked doors. Check out the video where Tom show case some of the levels. It looks really interesting and fun!

Legend of Grimrock

Legend of Grimrock has finally reached beta status! If you like me spent hours upon hours playing Dungeon Master, The Bards Tale and similar games back in the day Legend of Grimrock will be right up your alley. It has the same grid based game play and dungeon crawling but with nice graphics and sound. I'm really looking forward to giving this game a shot!

FEIST

FEIST is an acclaimed (IGF Finalist, Unity Awards winner) 2D platformer made using Unity. It has the same silhouetted style of graphics as titles such as Super Goblin War Machine and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet but it stands out even more visually than other similar titles. The game is scheduled for summer 2012 and despite being at least 6 or 7 months away from a release it looks really polished and fun. The physics, enemies and the little furry hero look really beautiful. Can't wait to give it a try!

Feist Trailer 5 from Adrian Stutz on Vimeo.

Serious Sam - The Random Encounter

When I first saw the video of Serious Sam The Random Encounter on Steam I thought "jesus christ, a cool co-op side scrolling shooter with some RPG elements", but when I read further I realized that this is a turn based game. Yet, the video seems to indicate other wise. Has anyone bought it and care to share some insights? I guess I'll have to buy it and check myself...

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter - Gameplay Trailer from Vlambeer on Vimeo.

Steambirds for Android

If you enjoyed the Flash version of Steambirds you will be thrilled to hear that the developers have teamed up with Halfbrick (the people behind Fruit Ninja) to release a sequel to Steambirds for Android devices! The game is scheduled for release in October and it's said to be free.

Offical trailer

Diablo III beta has started

Two days ago the offical Diablo II beta program launched and the first lucky people have been invited. People who have opted in for the DIII beta are first in line, but Blizzard will also hand out keys via different promotions. The things I've seen so far of the game really makes me drool and I can't wait to try it myself.

Source: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/3542796

Skillz

Skillz is a new DJ game by Playpen Studios for iOS and Android tablets, scheduled for release on the 8th of September. Judging by the game play videos Skillz is a perfect example of a game very well suited to the tablet format. It probably doesn't beat having a real mixer and turntables as in DJ Hero, but I think it will work well enough on a 10" tablet (maybe not as much on the smaller 7" tablets though). It's also great to see more tablet only games as I believe there's a lot of compromise that has to go into a game if you want to target both the smaller 3-4" screens as well as the larger 7-10" tablet screens.

Skillz Hands On Video: What's On Your Mind? from Playpen Studios on Vimeo.

Mario + Portals = Mari0

What happens if you cross the old NES classic Mario with the innovative Portals puzzle-platformer? Well, you get a lot of interesting ways to kill Koopas, that's for sure...

http://stabyourself.net/mari0/

More Hawken - Desert Gameplay from PAX 2011

Another Hawken video was released today. Looking good!

Hawken Story Teaser

Adhesive Games, the people behind the in-dev mecha combat game Hawken, have released a teaser trailer revealing some of the backstory of Hawken. Not only does the video feature some really nice environments but it also shows some more in-game combat footage. For some weird reason I begin to drool every time I get some more mecha videos to look at. I wonder why?

Games that I want to try

I've been slacking this summer when it comes to keeping up to date with the latest and greatest releases on the indie scene. I've started building a list of games that I'd like to test, and by the looks of it I will have lots to play the entire autumn. Here are some of the highlights:

Infested Planet
This game is still in beta, but I have acquired a copy and intend to start playing soon. "Take charge of 5 veteran solders and fight an alien army of 100,000. It's all about striking hard and killing lots of squishy alien bugs. To do this, you get an arsenal of awesome weapons; from walking tanks with miniguns to field artillery, you're set to kick the aliens back down their slimy hole."

Infested Planet Trailer from Alex Vostrov on Vimeo.

Bastion
Bastion seems like a mix between Torchlight and the old Fallout games. It's set in some kind of post-apocalyptic world recreated in stunningly beautiful hand painted graphics. It promises a deep storyline and a lot of action.

http://supergiantgames.com/?page_id=242

Capsized
"Capsized is a fast paced 2d platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!" How could things possibly go wrong when you're equipped with a jetpack and a gravity hook?

http://beta.indievania.com/games/capsized

Hammerfight
"Hammerfight is about 2D battles of flying machines equipped with various slashing, piercing and blunt weaponry". The controls seem rather unique with the physics of the game tied to how you wave/swing your mouse pointer to build momentum with your weapon.

http://www.koshutin.com/

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

I've seen trailers for, and read about, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet in the past, but this latest trailer done for E3 is the best so far. The game looks so incredibly cool with the unique black shadowy world with giant constructs, huge alien lifeforms and beautiful landscape that you explore with your tiny, but versatile, little spacecraft. The game seems worth buying an XBox for...

http://michelgagne.blogspot.com/

Retro City Rampage

Retro City Rampage looks like a wonderful GTA meets 8-bit mix with some crazy action. Flame throwsers, tazers, cars, bar brawls, fast cars and a good sense of humour. The game is scheduled for release on XBox Live and WiiWare during 2011. Have a look at the official trailer:

Retro City Rampage OFFICIAL Trailer from Vblank on Vimeo.

Hawken - more videos

The Hawken team have released a bunch of new videos/interviews where they talk about their design goals and some of the features of Hawken and the mechs within the game.

The mechs in hawken will be rather small (similar to the ones in Avatar) but still feel like heavy machinery when you control it. You will have the ability to sidestep, boost forward, use your jetpack and do quick 180 turns, but all of these movement abilities burn fuel, so you need to keep an eye on your fuel guage. When it comes to using your weapons you have unlimited ammo, but constantly firing your weapons will overheat your mech. You will be able to customize your mech in several ways, and different mech classes can use different weapons and items. You will have a primary weapon and a secondary weapon, with the secondary weapon have a long cooldown time.

The game will feature seven maps and four game modes (death match, team death match and two yet to be disclosed game modes)

The team aims to release in early-mid 2012.

Tags: GameTrailers.com, Hawken - Design Goals Walkthrough Part I, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Tags: GameTrailers.com, Hawken - Design Goals Walkthrough Part II, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

PC Games - E3 2011 - Hawken

Luftrauser - More WWII airplanes

Less serious but with a lot of action! This little indie title has not been released yet as the devs are looking for funding, but I must say it looks fun in all it's stylistic simplicity. Less clutter and cleaner graphics should make it easier to dodge those enemy planes and bullets shouldn't it? Judge for yourself:

Luftrauser - Gameplay Video from Rami Ismail on Vimeo.

Voxatron

Voxels were probably one of the coolest things you could use in a game or a demo some 15 years ago. I remember some demos on the Amiga which boasted scrolling voxel landscapes. At that time they were pretty awesome, but now they are erm... not so cool anymore.

Something using voxels that I still find very cool though is Voxatron. Voxatron by Lexaloffe games is an arena shooter built completely using voxels. The game features destructible terrain and cute pixel (or should I say voxel) graphics. Check out this video: