The Cave - A Puzzle/Platformer by Double Fine

Good afternoon gamers, today is Saturday and I'm sure many of you are enjoying being in doors and watching TV or playing the Computer. So lets start with a new Platformer Puzzler from the guys of Double Fine called The Cave.

60% off on games in the Funbox Media catalog! Don't miss the offer!

DotEmu.com are having a sale with 60% off on all the games in the Funbox media catalog.

Radio Amiga Volume 2 - Music Remix time!

Another day of news updates and we have a new game give away coming up, though I will be in town enjoying some lunch with the family beforehand. But before that, check out this awesome Amiga Track list on you tube

WarZ - Stat Wipe Update

Tonight has been a really bad night tonight on the servers with players Multi-killing, long distance shotgun kills, no-clipping and wall hacking. At one point I was sniping on the hill when I died instantly, suddenly this woman appeared out of thin air next to me, takes my stuff then disappears again ( not server hopping ). So I'm hoping that after this stat wipe they really do update the Anti-Hack ban engine, because at the moment it's out of control! So when you do get killed on the game you don't know if it was legit or a hack. But less of that, back onto the stat wipe

Starbound - Action / Adventure / RPG From the developers of Terraria ( UPDATE )

Remember when we last mentioned Starbound, the Action/Adventure/Rpg game from the makers of Terraria, well today we have a special Gameplay update!

Be Mine Bundle (6) - 8 epic games for a great price!

Another epic Bundle today and it's the Be Mine Bundle that has 8 games for a great price

8BitBoy - Fun Platformer for all the family

I'm currently writing this article with a banger of a headache but the importance of this site and games always comes first, because I love you guys awwww ;). But enough about me, it's time for the game and it's a fun Platformer for all the Family called 8BitBoy.

Question : Big articles or tiny itsy little ones?

Here's a question to all the readers of Indie Retro News, which do you prefer for the length of news articles? Would like lots of long in depth ones such as you see here and here or would you like us to get straight to the point and skip all that full on in your face write up such as our screamer 2 article here ?

WinUAE Beta 28 RC4 - Amiga Emulator on your PC

WinUAE the excellent Amiga Emulator on your pc developed by Toni Wilen has been updated to Beta 28 RC4, relive all those golden oldies of Amiga gaming with improved filters, a multitude of display settings and much more all runnable in windows!.

Drox Operative Officially Released – Demo Available

Another update for our readers, Drox Operative the Space Action RPG which we had an article on before has now been officially released for purchase.

War for the Overworld - Epic new (RTS/God Game) Dungeon Keeper Style Kickstarter

When visiting the kickstarter website sometimes you just get so excited about certain games, that there is no question what needs an instant pledge and what needs an overnight think. But this one is looking like it could be well be an instant hit with the gamers. Titled : War for the Overworld this is an RTS/God Game with elements of Dungeon Keeper Overlord, StarCraft and Evil Genius. Developed by Subterranean Games a British company!

An amazing Humble Bundle, that's not an Indie Bundle?

I promised myself and our staff that I would never post a new AAA title on Indie Retro News only Retro and Indie games. However even though this awesome pay what you want bundle contains Seven legendary titles such as Company of Heroes (and its two full-blown expansions Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor), Darksiders, Metro 2033, and Red Faction: Armageddon.

Some Indie Gamers are NOT happy at all and this is the reason for the Article on Indie Retro News.

Retrobooster - Multi-Directional Shoot em up (DEMO UPDATE)

RetroBooster the cool looking Multi-Directional Shoot em up which we recently covered here on Indie Retro News has been given a demo update!

DayZ - Another Zombie Apocalypse Game ( November Update )

Another online action/fps Zombie game and it's time for DayZ! The original DayZ was basically a mod on the Military Action Simulator Arma 2 engine, however it became so popular to the point of a craze (over 1 million players) that the developer who calls himself Rocket is now developing the stand alone version. I'll go more into detail with DayZ when the full standalone version is out. This will be sometime next month, that's if it isn't delayed. As for now we've just had an update from the guy himself about what we are to look forward to in the standalone version.

Atari's Pong - 40 years today!

Atari's Pong is 40 years old today! That's incredible, I only remember playing Pong once or twice at a boot fair many many many years ago when I was a chubby little lad. But such a simple game has been played by a lot of people from around the world. There will not be many that haven't heard of Pong, I bet your Grandad probably has. So lets delve into a little bit of Pongitus ( I made that word up ).

Indie Retro News - Update : We are Hiring! :

Good morning readers, the sun is shining and I'm here writing articles to keep the news flowing and the members happy! Just a short update from us at Indie Retro News, keep an eye on the site in the next few months or so as not only do we have more news articles to post but we will have interviews with developers currently on kickstarter and interviews with others aswell.

We will even be doing pod casts and video one to one's. If that doesn't pull you in, well.... keep an eye on the site through Christmas time, as we will have some pretty great game giveaway's! The beta key giveaway we did the other day was just a teaser!. Also expect more classic retro games and brand new indie news! it's going to get crazily good here :)

Screamer 2 - Retro Racing now on GOG!

Screamer 2, the classic arcade retro racing game with detailed tracks and great driving physics, is now available on GOG.com.

WarZ Patch Update - 11/28/12

Another day another patch for WarZ, it seems as if the developers have backtracked over the expensive cost of clan creation which caused an earlier uproar and rush for refunds ( see link ). However there is still a money issue which may put people off again such as extra slots 20+ equals extra cost!, also note there has been other fixes.

Baldur's Gate 1 - Enhanced Edition has been Released!

A grand day for Baldur's Gate fans, the Epic rpg which many of us have close to our gaming retro hearts, has been released with an almost complete overhaul, thus it became the Baldur's Gate 1 Enhanced Edition. We are not talking about High Def graphics here but New quests, new characters, retooled cleric/Mage spell tables, new classes, more voice actors, Improved Multiplayer, New Cinematics and an Enhanced Interface for much bigger resolutions. Just check out this Enhanced intro, certainly gives me those nostalgic memories.

Dungeons and Butter Goblins - An iPhone RPG dungeon crawler

Another kickstarter and it's our first iPhone game on Indie Retro News called Dungeons and Butter Goblins an RPG Dungeon Crawler by Nathan Trippe. I can't believe it's not butter because it isn't, Sorry I just had to get that one in ;).

Indie Retro News - Now on STEAM!

That's right readers we are now on steam, so if  you can't get enough of us or steam check out our page group Indie Retro News. You can also click the steam icon on the right hand side next to the Indie Retro News Facebook and Twitter icon's. Come over and join the group, make a cup of tea and chat with the staff would love to hear from you, perhaps you can kick our backsides in any number of games.

WarZ - Wipe, new packages, new features roadmap, new antihack, Steam version

After that small fiasco last night with WarZ, today we have another major update, although this is not a patch it's all about the possible upcoming features and additions, including steam. For all those that don't know WarZ is an online multiplayer fps game with other players ( survivors ) and Zombies. The world is still trying to recover from a zombie apocalypse but you will most likely die from not only the zombies but the other survivors as well. So make sure you get as much loot as possible ( food, water, weapons, helmets ) to survive! Lets get back to the update!

A Man's Quest - Difficult Platformer Puzzler ( Free Indie Game )

Titled : A Man's Quest developed by Ink , This game is a difficult Platformer Puzzler whereby you have to jump and scale platforms while avoiding a gorish death from spikes all around you.

Primordia - high Quality Adventure (Demo)

Good afternoon gamers it's demo time! Today on Indie Retro News the developers of this excellent looking adventure title Primordia,  creators of the Blackwell series have released a demo for you to try before you buy.

We've recently covered this game on Indie Retro News, so if you would like to read our article check it out here but here's a quick quote from our article incase you just want to get straight into the demo

The game contains an epic storyline, Voiceover work starring fan favorite Logan Cunningham (Bastion) a gorgeous post-apocalyptic landscape, which reminds me of Beneath a steel sky and optional puzzles to learn more about the world around you. Also not forgetting the great soundtrack and adventure work that's been put into this.

The demo is available from their website , and it is mirrored on AtomicGamer and Gamer's Hell. 

WarZ - Total Wipe, a cheater and angry clan members!

Well we knew it was coming eventually but as from the end of this week say good bye to everything you've ever earned, duped or hacked in, as it will be wiped for a fresh new start.

Over 11k Views! So a special treat - Xevious ( Retro Shoot em up Remake )

When I checked the site today to do another article I was so pleased to see that my site had achieved a milestone of over 11k views. When I first created this website my goal was to give you the latest and best possible Indie / Retro news available on the internet. Although I have a lot of experience in games journalism I never expected my website to generate that many hits in such a short period of time, some of the bigger articles especially kickstarters generate nearly 200 views or more from just that one contribution. However it doesn't all just come down to just me, we have two big helpers on the site at the moment and we are aiming for more soon.  

John P Martin ( great news contributor ) and James C ( awesome admin tech guy ) both have really helped push this site even further forward, so once those interviews and reviews start coming in, expect this site to hopefully become even more popular. If you would like to contribute in any way and help out on the website contact me at admin@indieretronews.com. We'd also love for someone to do short game play youtube Talk-Throughs of old retro games!

Now onto the game itself " Xevious "

WarZ Update - Patch Notes as of 11/27/12

Finally WarZ has been updated, after all this time of waiting us Zombie killers can now play much further across the map with clan setups and... I tell you what let me just list the patch notes! it's a great looking patch and it comes in at about 158mb

You can now create clans and have a clan chat in game. You can switch to the clan chat with F3.
The entire map is now available.
Misc engine optimizations.
Added some memory optimizations.
A language filter has been implemented for chat.
Player names can only contain alphanumerical characters.
Zombies now properly react to barricades.
You can now see the amount of xp you get when killing Zombies.
Fixed some Zombie AI issues.
Fixed some crash issues.
Fixed a bug that allowed you to bind the windows and Esc keys.
Fixed a bug that allowed you to bind the same key to multiple actions.
Fixed bug that left the scope up when switching to
Fixed a bunch of animations.
Fixed the disconnecting bug.
Fixed a bug where grass was not showing up while zoomed in with Scopes, Binoculars, and Range Finder.
Fixed bugs with the chat that allowed size and color changes. 

If you haven't purchased this game yet then head over to WarZ.com and purchase a copy, hopefully the patch will start updating across the servers and our clients!.

Limit Theory has reached its Kick Starter goal!

That's right! Limit Theory has reached its Kick Starter goal of $50,000 and has surpassed it so far with a grand total of $61,745 Pledged!

Congratulations is in order for Limit Theorys developer Josh Parnell on achieving his goal. We here at IndieRetroNews.com are looking forward to playing the game upon its release. Limit Theory is going to be something truly amazing if it lives up to its developers promises.

Indie Bundle - Indie Gala 11 - PAY WHAT YOU WANT!

Well we are BACK!, yep that's right we are officially called www.indieretronews.com :) but moving on, it's game news time. It's another Indie Bundle and it's the well known Indie Gala brand, simply called Indie Gala 11. Unlike some other Indie Bundles, here you have a choice where your money goes to as a pay what you want. You can either pay towards the developers, a charity or custom so it's nice to see indie bundles thinking of charities while giving you an excellent choice of games.

Site down time - Important Message

Some of you may have visited the site earlier and ended up on a redirect message or a url not found issue. Just to let you the readers know that we will hopefully have a proper domain name up at some point without the blogspot part www.indieretronews.com however for the time being please use www.indieretronews.co.uk and if it works www.indieretronews.com as they are domain name owned redirections. So don't panic if the site goes down tonight, we are trying our very best to get the site at it's top form while giving you the reader up to date news.

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Neil79(Admin)

Chimera Mac - Retro Remastered ( Puzzle )

It's been awhile since the last remake, so today we have a retro remake for you to try out, so don't expect impressive graphics and high end gameplay but just have a bit of fun and relive the nostalgia from 28years ago! The game is called Chimera and it's an isometric puzzler, any one remember head over heals? this game was no way as good however some of you might have enjoyed this little game.

Ultima IX Ascension Music Soundtrack - Buccaneer's Den

As it's nearly 2am uk time, it's time for us on Indie Retro News to wind down and get ready to catch some zzzzzz's but before we do that it's time for a little bit of music. A soundtrack from the game of Ultima IX Ascension, so all you Brits lay back put the headphones on and chill out to this soothing music. As for everyone else, you'll have to wait till we wake up and then expect some more interesting news from games around the globe!

GOG.com now supports Windows 8

Straight from GOG.com they've just announced today that it is officially adding Windows 8 support to the gog platform for more than 430 titles, with more to come in the upcoming months. So for all those that have jumped into the Windows 8 upgrade, you'll now be able to play all those amazing retro games at great prices! If any game in their stock doesn't have Windows 8 support it will do very soon.

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Spuds Quest - A puzzle adventure ( Kickstarter success! )

Just a short news article as we've already covered everything earlier today, but it is good news! I just received a really good email about the Spuds Quest - Kickstarter that basically says

Forsaken Fortress - the post-apocalyptic survival RPG with a Kickstarter

Sooner or later I think people are going to start running out of money but at least it's for a good cause right ;), well today we have another interesting looking kickstarter but unlike the other recent games featured it isn't a space strategy. Forsaken Fortress is a post-apocalyptic survival rpg with an emphasize on simulation.

Indie Bundle - Bundle Stars #1 Dynamite : 7 games for £5

A new Indie Bundle from the guys of Bundle Stars has just appeared, titled #1 Dynamite this bundle looks action packed and at such an amazing value of only £5. What's even better for us gamers is that all the games are redeemable on steam.

Spuds Quest - A puzzle adventure ( Kickstarter Update )

Good afternoon gamers!, today we have a much needed update on the Puzzle Platformer Adventure Spuds Quest designed by Chris D. We have done an article on this game before however with only 3 days to go, the developer seriously needs your help to get the game fully pledged and it's so close to achieve that goal it would be silly to let it fail.

Maia - god sim of the future! - Kick Starter

Maia is a new god game by Simon Roth. Maia's developer Simon Roth describes his game  as being like  "Dungeon Keeper meets Dwarf Fortress on a primordial alien world" and he is looking for 100,042 to fund his game. So far his kick starter campaign has made £110,373 with just 62 hours to go until his kick starter campaign ends.

Simon Roth describes his game as been a space colony management simulator/God game which he has said is heavily inspired by the bull frog games of the 90s, for example theme hospital and dungeon keeper. Also the Maxis games from  that time period. along with more recent games like dwarf fortress.

 

Limit Theory - The possibilities are Limitless - Kick Starter (update)

Josh Parnell the developer working on Limit theory has just released an update about his ambitious and exciting new upcoming space game Limit theory, I just posted an article about Limit theory recently which you can find here if you wish to read it before watching the video.

Predestination - 4X Space Strategy ( Kickstarter Update )

A short news article but one of interest, especially for us 4X Space Strategy fans!. Yes you, the one holding that Master of Orion game, it's once again the space 4x space strategy game called Predestination. We have done an article on this nice looking space game before but we've got a huge update via the kickstarter that's still on going!.

Question of the day to our readers - What retro system did you enjoy the most?

Once again it's Sunday on Indie Retro News and that means Question of the day!. You the reader can get involved by simply using the comment option at the bottom of the news post. My question of the day is.

1) What retro system did you enjoy the most from your childhood?


Will it be the Amstrad, the Spectrum, Atari, the Amiga or some other ass kicking gaming machine!

Eternal Champions - The Thin Strings of Fate (Free Full Game)

As promised I've got a treat for the viewers today and it's not something that's been posted on the site yet, it's a Beat em up!. Eternal Champions - The Thin Strings of Fate was developed using an open source engine called OpenBOR which is basically the open source continuations of Beats of Rage. This excellent game is a throw back to the days of the side scrolling beat em ups from the Mega Drive and arcade machines we used to play and love.

Radio Amiga - Daily Remix ( Vol 1 )

It's a Sunday which means slow news day, sometimes I do like a good slow news day so I can put more time in with my games. But we do have a few more treats today no keys though sorry :(, but until that time enjoy a music remix compilation called Radio Amiga.