Cave Story and
N to grow. With online distribution further helping games like
Bastion,
Journey and
World Of Goo to flourish, the definition of the indie game became: a title with big ambitions and creativity grown from small budgets and teams.
It’s not entirely wrong, but it has obscured decades of hobby development that was once at the forefront – not just the stories of BBC Micro solo-development stars, but similar ones of hobby development from around the world. In Japan, the doujin markets of Comiket and beyond serve as a home for hobbyists to make, sell and share their creations. It is the doujin gaming scene that helped major studios like Fate/ studio Type-Moon, and franchises like 07th Expansion and Touhou Project, flourish in a way that would never be possible otherwise.
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Hyper Light Drifter for their 3D co-op sequel, Hyper Light Breaker. Earlier in January, we learned that Breaker’s roguelike structure would include procedurally generated open worlds, and we’ve now seen them in action thanks to its first gameplay trailer. Breaker doesn’t look as effortlessly stylish as its predecessor, but its bullet-hell action and fast-paced traversal have me eager to learn more when it launches into early access this Fall.
Myst has been rereleased in countless forms, resurrected in 
The Wreck‘s endlessly repeating car crash has to be one of the worst fates to get stuck in. Sure, it’s not quite as bad as ‘death by exploding sun’ in Outer Wilds, say, but when each crash is also accompanied by heroine Junon reliving a harrowing memory from her past that she’ll need to sort through and analyse before she’s able to (quite literally) move on with her life, I reckon that one-two punch of sudden physical trauma and deep, emotional soul-bearing is probably just about on par with having skin and muscle seared off your own bones by a honking great supernova. You know, figuratively speaking.
System Shock remake by the end of March, but they’ve had to push the PC release to later this year, now locking in a May 30th release date. The immersive sim will release on consoles at a later date, but PC players can experience the classic this summer, complete with a facelift and a space station full of other changes.
Inkulinati is crossing over with who? The other game inspired by medieval manuscripts of course: 
Temtem has added three new challenge modes (including Nuzlocke) as part of its Season 3: Clash Of Tamers. Patch 1.3 is also bringing a new area, an island worth of balance changes, and much more.
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Samsung are also offering cashback for the same amount, dropping the price to £108 after all is said and done. That’s an awesome price for a high-speed external SSD capable of read speeds of 1050MB/s and write speeds of 1000MB/s – and one that ranks among the fastest portable SSDs we’ve ever tested.
Lightyear Frontier, a sort of