Geek Native gets no shortage of indie game designers wanting attention for their Kickstarter or Steam projects. Maybe we even had the heads up about Skymap Games’ mad Bacon Man Kickstarter… but we missed it. Denny’s didn’t. we just backed "Bacon Man: An Adventure" on @Kickstarter because it looks tight cc: @skymapgames http://t.co/MYuz7otdYO — Denny's […]
Chrono Trigger arrives on Steam
Square Enix announced today, surprising many, that an updated version of the classic RPG Chrono Trigger is now available on Steam. Here’s how they announced it on the Steam profile page; Surrrrrrprise! We’ve decided to both announce AND release CHRONO TRIGGER today on Steam! OK, so if you’re reading beyond that last line then you […]
October 10: all proceeds of Hellblade go to mental health charity Rethink
Ninja Theory have released a new trailer for their horror action-adventure game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. The game follows a Pict as she struggles her way through a hellscape of reality and mind. The Cambridge based developer’s latest trailer doesn’t use reviews but messages from fans about their own mental health issues. Tomorrow, October 10, is […]
Fighting Fantasy Legends launches
Tucked away in the English down of Lymm, in Cheshire, there’s a small team of veteran digital designers called Nomad Games. They’ve got their hands on the Fighting Fantasy license! Here’s what Steve Jackson had to say about that! We are proud to have been working with Nomad on Fighting Fantasy Legends. Throughout the development […]
Short film: Rakka
This is a short and hard hitting sci-fi from Neill Blomkamp. Mankind is suffering badly at the hands of cruel alien invaders. The South African director is already well established thanks to titles like District 9 and Elysium. Watch out for Sigourney Weaver as a bad-ass human boss. Rakka is the first project from Blomkamp’s […]
Character illustrations for those who can’t draw: A review of ePic Character Generator
It’s frustrated for me for as long as I can remember; I can’t draw. I’ve been envious of friends with the talent to create little sketches of their roleplaying characters and NPCs. Needless to say I was interested when ePic Character Generator popped up on Steam for free. The software really is free. Yeah, of […]
Robby Cook’s Enter the Gungeon
It’s not a Dungeon. It’s a GUNgeon. Geek Native has shared plenty of Robby Cooks’ art before. This time round there’s a game to buy as well and you can pick it up from Steam or the PlayStation Store for the price of a few beers. It currently has a very positive rating on Steam […]
Quirky, horrible and fun: A review of The Guild of Dungeoneering
I was curious about the Guild of Dungeoneering but had only heard a little about it. I had heard you build the dungeon and add monsters while the hero automatically wanders around. A bit like Dungeon Keeper then, right? So I thought. I was wrong. The Guild of Dungeoneering is nothing like Dungeon Keeper. It’s […]
Dark adult themes for A Land Fit For Heroes game-book app
The indie developer behind the Narborion Saga, Liber Primus Games, has teamed up Gollancz to transform Richard Morgan’s bestselling A Land Fit For Heroes trilogy into a game-book app. The app will be available for a range of platforms; from Apple’s App Store for the iPhone, iPad and even iPod Touch, via Amazon for the […]
Will Beserk Games’ Tabletop Simulator open up RPGs to even more players
In recent years we’ve seen a growth of online tabletop RPG software. In particular Roll20 has been very successful, merging with Tabletop Forge, and picking up thousands of players. Now indie developer Berserk Games has created a generic tabletop simulator, suitable for many games, and is well aware of the RPG potential. The RPG section […]
