Here are your Independent Games Festival finalists That headline probably goes without saying, but it’s true! The indie scene brought some genuinely great games in 2018 that will continue to stick with us for years to come. Look no further than the2019 Independent Games Festival, which rounded up its finalists this week. That’s a good starting point. The list also serves as a gentle nudge for me to check out games I’m liable to foolishly let slip by....

There was a point in my life when I was sure I’d never see a truly new “color matching” puzzle game ever again. This was around the time thatSnoodgot immensely popular, despite the fact that it was a beat-for-beat rip off ofPuzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move. I only got more worried whenPuzzle Questmade it so big, as to me, that game is justBejeweledwith level grinding.Art Style: AQUIA proves my past pessimism wrong. The game’ssuffocation-prevention premise, multiple control handles, and high pressure boss battles are all unlike anything I’ve seen in a puzzle game before....

Access is granted via your golden horn trophy Diablo 4fansluckysuper strong and talented enough totake down Ashava during the Server Slambeta event acquired a limited-time mount trophy that will carry into the full release. The trophy is a cosmetic golden-styled horn that will attach to the rear of your mount and symbolizes your victory over the powerful world boss. But a group of elite players are trying to give the trophy much more meaning....

Still looks like a Dreamcast game JRPG favoriteGrandia IIhas returned with a retouchedAnniversary Editionavailable today throughGOG.comandSteamfrom publisher GunHo Online. Good excuse to replay it! For $14.99, we’re getting enhanced textures, lighting, and shadows; English and Japanese voice-overs; keyboard and gamepad support; and a harsher difficulty setting. Also: “100 save file slots.” This trailer has a quick side-by-side comparison with the Dreamcast original. Don’t expect miracles. “Ahh, so filled with power!...

Star Path duties inDisney Dreamlight Valleyare often full of riddles that require familiarity with game mechanics, character stories, or various items. Multicolored shrimp is one example of this, as it requires you to know where to find shrimp and every variant you can find. How to go angling for multicolored shrimp inDisney Dreamlight Valley Disney Dreamlight Valleyfeatures two shrimp types for this Star Path task:regularandPrisma shrimp.You can find regular shrimp in Dazzle Beach by focusing on blue fishing circles, while Prisma Shrimp are an uncommon variant from theA Rift in Time expansion pack....

But I’ve seen the light, and it looks an awful lot like an incoming ball I never got much into my high school’s favorite rainy-day activity, dodgeball, but it was fun to half participate in, half watch. Our gym teacher would roll out carts full of fluffy, foamy, definitely-not-rubber balls and about twenty other dudes in my class would go to war for 45 minutes. This isn’t normal dodgeball, though. It’s a Steam game calledRobot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball, and it sounds much better based on this developer summary: “It plays like you enabled ‘all-throwing-knife’ mode in other shooters, and were all on skateboards, and at a rave....

For the last week, I’ve been playingTimeShifton Backlog, my ongoing crusade to rid my shelves of uncompleted games. My spider-sense is telling me that we’re very near the end now. Okay, fine, some people watching the stream gave me the heads-up that it was drawing to a close. Sue me. Tonight, I fully expect to finishTimeShift. I will use my time juice to make the bad man pay for creating an alternate, high-technology 1939....

Week two of our LT3 coverage [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] Join us tonight onMash Tacticswhile we sit down with one of the lovely ladies ofLT3, and one of the most popular cosplayers on the planet, Jessica Nigri....

In news that some may find worrying, Microsoft’s announced that it has acquired‘Splosion Mandeveloper Twisted Pixel. The former indie studio now joins the ranks of Lionhead and Rare. Let’s hope it’s as successful as the former and doesn’t follow in quite the same footsteps as the latter. “Twisted Pixel has an incredible track record of delivering innovative, critically acclaimed, and most importantly, fun, games,” said MS’ Phil Spencer.”Microsoft Studios is home to cutting-edge entertainment experiences, and the incredible creativity of the Twisted Pixel team will help drive further innovation around Kinect and Xbox Live....

‘There aren’t any plans for any remakes at the moment’ Mistwalker is a legendary name in some circles. They madeBlue DragonandLost Odysseyages ago: full stop, that’s all you need to say to some people. They completely changed how a lot of people perceived the Xbox 360 with that pair of RPGs, but we’re probably not going to see them on newer platforms anytime soon. Speaking to VGC, Mistwalker head Hironobu Sakaguchi made it abundantly clear that newer projects are their top priority....

Reminder: private servers are coming after launch Surviving the wastescan be tough enough as is, but doing so with other players who may or may not turn on you the second you let your guard down? I’m curious to see how ruthless people will be inFallout 76. Over the weekend, Bethesda’s Todd Howard spoke about PvP and griefing at QuakeCon. “We turn the assholes into interesting content,” said Howard. Basically, if a player kills someone who doesn’t fight back, they’ll appear on the map as a red star....

Naughty but NIS With Tokyo Game Show 2022 bearing down on us, publishers on both sides of the Pacific are preparing to drop a fresh round of updates and reveals from their upcoming catalogs. NIS America is the latest to tease an upcoming showcase, which will take place on the morning of Wednesday, September 7. While the publisher did not drop any hints as to which titles and localization it will bring to the party, we can expect to see no less than four new game announcements....

PortLa Pucelle: TacticsandRhapsodyagain, thanks NIS 2022 plans include new games, sequels, and ports, as the company continues to build and dip into its extensive decades-long catalog.That’s actually pretty much always in the cards for the company, but now NIS is looking to feedback as a guide. Here’s what producer Sohei Niikawa had to say to 4Gamerwhen asked about the future (as translated by Gematsu): “In 2022, we’ll release various titles, including new works, sequel(s), and port(s)....