Publisher Dear Villagers (ScourgeBringer, The Forgotten City) and developer Phigames today released a new featurette for their upcoming hacking adventure Recompile. The environmental trailer shows off the sprawling digital wasteland known as the Mainframe, accompanied by a haunting orchestral score.   In Recompile, players take on the role of a semi-sentient code trapped in a hostile supe... more.

Aeternum Game Studio announced today that their anticipated 2D hand-drawn metroidvania Aeterna Noctis has been selected to be showcased in Dreamhack Beyond, a worldwide event that is taking place from July 24th to 31st. To mark the occasion, the studio is releasing today the new gameplay footage of Aeterna Noctis that they will be showing in the event. The new footage reveals more t... more.

Brazil is fast becoming a leading hotspot for game development, and today we’d like to shine a light on seven of the brightest studios — each with titles set for launch in 2021. Following the smashing success of Brazil’s Independent Game Festival (BIG Festival), which registered an incredible 545 companies from 64 countries, the country is experiencing explosive growth in the indie scene. Wh... more.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Spain (SIE Spain) and Aeterna Game Studio are happy to reveal the second of a series of dev diaries that will show the world of Aeterna in its full glory. This second dev diary is focused on the game's soundtrack. Take a closer look at the creative process in the video below these lines. In Aeterna Noctis, players will journey through 16 different levels, each one of... more.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Spain (SIE Spain) and Aeternum Game Studio are excited to show the new gameplay trailer for Aeterna Noctis, the hand-drawn 2D metroidvania that will be released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 by late 2021. New levels, enemies and game mechanics are revealed in the latest trailer that you can watch below these lines. Players will journey through 16 di... more.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Spain (SIE Spain) and Aeterna Game Studio are happy to reveal the first of a series of dev diaries that will show the world of Aeterna in its full glory. This first dev diary is focused on the game's art. As the artists of Aeterna Game Studio put it, the art of the game is one of the pillars of the entire experience. Players will journey through 16 different levels, ... more.

UK indie developer Phigames and publisher Dear Villagers today revealed as part of PlayStation Show that their 3D sci-fi Metroidvania-like is heading to PlayStation5 to Xbox Series X. The game will also be coming to Steam as previously announced.   Recompile features intense combat, tight 3D platforming, super-powered abilities and environmental physics-based hacking mechanics - everything,... more.

Independent games studio NEOPOPCORN Corp release the dark fantasy metroidvania 3000th Duel on Switch today.   3000th Duel is an obscure exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG containing 150+ monsters and gigantic final bosses in a universe with more than 300 organically connected biomes.   “3000th Duel features speedy and exciting battles against monsters of all sizes”, sa... more.

Chameleon Games announces the launch of third-person action-adventure Tamarin in Q4 2019 with the release of a new adventure trailer. Leap into action with the world’s cutest monkey, Tamarin, on a quest to save his home and family from the industrialization of the forest by invading insects. Tamarin will launch on PlayStation 4 and PC for $29.99 / €28.99. A Deluxe Edition that includes the sou... more.

Global publisher of video games, 505 Games, part of the Digital Bros S.p.A, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with ArtPlay Inc. for exclusive worldwide publishing rights across multiple formats to Bloodstained, the latest opus from Koji Igarashi. Following a successful Kickstarter in 2015 which has raised $5.5m to date from 65k backers, Bloodstained is already being touted a... more.