It's impossible not to feel the sheer dedication, raw passion, and meticulous care poured into every pixel by the team behind the striking debut release from the indie developers at Wych Elm.
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Videogame Review: ‘Celestial Return’ – A Surreal, Dice-Driven Sci-Fi Noir Odyssey
This narrative adventure bypasses conventional tropes to submerge players in a gritty, hard-edged, cyberpunk-noir world falling apart at the seams
Read More »XP Game Summit 2026: The Indie Games Showcase
Four titles stood out as exceptional examples of the creativity, humor, and pure entertainment currently thriving across the Canadian indie scene.
Read More »‘MOUSE: P.I. for Hire’ Review – A Case of Curds and Corruption
MOUSE: P.I for Hire It usually starts with a dame, but this time it started with a missing magician, who was missing his dame, and then a dame showed up… Hold on, let me start again. This case smelled like overripe cheese from the very beginning. When I heard my …
Read More »Montreal International Game Summit 2018: Interview with Chris Bourassa (Creative Director, Red Hook Studios)
Batman's mortality and organic relationship with Gotham City make him a more tangible and real character; without Gotham there is no Batman and vice versa.
Read More »Montreal International Game Summit 2018 – Day 1
The Montreal International Game Summit has games to look at and interesting panels, but the expo floor is really centered on recruiting and partnerships. I learned a lot from Ubisoft, Remedy, Red Hook and more.
Read More »PAX East 2018: Indie Games at PAX, Part 3: ‘Antigraviator’ and ‘Insane Robots’
Visually striking and with plenty of raw speed, the 'Wipeout'-like 'Antigraviator' impressed me at PAX East. 'Insane Robots' proved to be incredibly interesting and just plain fun.
Read More »PAX East 2018: Indie Games at PAX, Part 2: ‘Above’ and ‘Tales of the Neon Sea’
What I saw in the 'Above' trailer clicked a whole pile of my buttons and I wanted to see more as soon as possible.
Read More »PAX East 2018: Indie Games at PAX, Part 1 – ‘The Messenger’ and ‘Black Future ’88’
Ninja and roguelike fans should have much to cheer about when these games are released.
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