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Punch, navigate, and look out for rain Day 2 of Nintendo’s House of Indies holiday event is upon us, and the team is opening Door #2. Two more shadowdrops have arrived, as well as two announcements of upcoming games slated for 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qXjO6eQm34 First up, the play-it-now games for today. The Captain is a new narrative adventure from Sysiac Games and Tomorrow Corporation. You play a lost science officer from the space fleet, trying to work their way back home with some precious info. Lots…

An indie advent calendar for Switch owners Nintendo is ringing in the holidays with a special event spotlighting independent games. The Inside the House of Indies Holiday Event starts today and runs through this Friday, highlighting new and upcoming indie games headed for the Nintendo Switch. Each day of this week, Nintendo will upload a new video at 9 a.m. PT. Each one will shine a light on updates, announcements, and news from Nintendo’s indie partners. For a good example of what to expect, today’s Day 1 spotlight…

Day of the Devs, a showcase dedicated to highlighting indie games, held a 10th-anniversary showcase today. The hourlong stream shined a spotlight on several anticipated indie games, including Mina the Hollower, Sea of Stars, and more. This is the second stream put on by Day of the Devs in 2022, as the organization hosted a showcase as part of Summer Game Fest in June. Today’s stream celebrated its 10th anniversary and brought announcements on games that weren’t highlighted earlier this summer. The show kicked off…

On September 14, Microsoft held another ID@Xbox stream to highlight many titles in the works for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S by independent developers. While not every game shown is coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one, quite a few of them are, and they paint a promising picture for the subscription service’s future before you even consider Microsoft’s impending first-party lineup. The ID@Xbox Fall Showcase highlighted that this month alone we’re getting rhythm shooter Metal Hellsinger, wacky racing…

A bunch of new games to keep on your radar Today, and Twitch Gaming spotlighted some up-and-coming games to look out for. The showcase ranged from ghosts and magic to turnips robbing a bank. It was wild. There were plenty of cool games to see and interesting projects either revealed or more greatly detailed. And a bunch of them are coming to Game Pass as well, making for a good weekend binge candidate when they arrive. In order to keep track of all of them, we’ve put together this handy recap. It makes it a bit…

The creator of the XCOM franchise has claimed that the Epic Games Store is great for indie developers and games, after his studio Snapshot Games released Phoenix Point on the storefront as a timed exclusive in 2019. Julian Gollop, who co-created the first X-COM game in 1994 at Mythos Games, has talked about the atmosphere and benefits of launching Phoenix Point as an initial Epic Games Store exclusive (via PC Gamer). “When we did our Epic exclusive – this was the very early days of the Epic store promotion – yeah, there…

India is all set to take on West Indies in a three-match ODI series. The first match is scheduled to be played today at Queen’s Park Oval stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Indian squad for this West Indies tour is minus Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and other big guns. As a result, Shikhar Dhawan is given charge of the team. He will be leading the side for the first time in ODIs against West Indies. If you are wondering how to watch India vs WI ODI series live online in India and on TV, here’s an article…

Sony puts the limelight on some ports and projects Though big-name games can dominate the discussion, there are some cool indie projects slotted for the coming months. Today, PlayStation showcased seven indie games coming to PlayStation 4 and PS5 in the future. All of these games have either been previously announced, or previously released on other platforms. That said, it’s an honestly great collection of rad games worth keeping an eye on, especially if some have slipped you by. Sea of Stars First up is Sea of Stars,…

For its first Indie World Showcase of 2022, Nintendo revealed a colorful and occasionally violent slate of independent games coming to the Switch. The bigger-name titles coming to the console include the farming / Pokémon-style adventure Ooblets and the goofy strategy game TABS (or Totally Accurate Battle Simulator), both of which are slated to hit the Switch sometime this summer. (The Switch release for Ooblets will coincide with the game’s 1.0 launch on PC and Xbox.) There are also multiple titles launching later…