Passage: A Game That is Beyond Widescreen
Jason Rohrer's free, enigmatic PC game Passage is rendered at a resolution of 600x96--that's an aspect ratio of 25:4, or three and a half times...
READ MORE >Shacker Creates Insanely Impressive Tactical Gaming Guide, Available Online or in Print
Shacker dslyecxi is well known among the Shack community for heading up the Shack Tactical online gaming group, better known as ShackTac, which...
READ MORE >"I remember hearing about this when you first mentioned it on here, dslyecxi. Never actually got ..."
see all 14 commentsIGF Audience Award Finalists: Synaesthete
"The fire-breathing voxel king rules over a machine world made of funk and rhythm. The darkness in his heart has plunged his realm into an eternal...
READ MORE >"my god.. on a whim, I used those 360 controller drivers to get the Rock Band drums working on ..."
see all 5 commentsBarkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden Finally Released
Nearly one year ago, I made mention in Late Night Consoling (RIP) of an indie RPG enticingly entitled Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, then...
READ MORE >"This is pretty ubar. Reminds me of the Columbine game in it's cheese."
see all 14 commentsThe Video Game 65 Days in the Making
God creates Dinosaurs. God creates Man. Man destroys God. Man creates Off-Road Velociraptor Safari. Get the Flash Player to see this...
READ MORE >"A lot. If this is any kind of indication, at all, of what web-based gaming has in store for us, ..."
see all 16 commentsStranger Invades North America March 3
Sudden Strike developer Fireglow Games' PC fantasy RTS/RPG is heading to the New World. Already released in Europe, Stranger will hit the...
READ MORE >"Remember kids, no matter what it says, this game does NOT have candy in the back of it's van!"
see all 3 commentsConflict: Denied Ops Preview
bit-tech.net has posted a Conflict: Denied Ops preview, offering hands-on impressions of the first person shooter sequel.
READ MORE >Stargate Worlds Interview
Stargate Worlds Explored is an IGN interview with the people at Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, asking them about their plans for the MMORPG based...
READ MORE >Independent Game Festival Audience Award Voting Opens in Partnership with FileShack
Game Developers Conference organizer CMP Media has opened up voting for the Audience Award component of its annual Independent Game Festival....
READ MORE >"Oh snap! The Shack's moving up in the world! Congrats! Now I've gotta check out some of these ..."
see all 5 commentsStarCraft Patch 1.15.2 Released
New patches for StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War are now available updating both to v1.15.2. Neither games require the CD to play anymore now.
READ MORE >First Official Screens From GarageGames' Web-based Fallen Empires: Legions Released
Developer GarageGames has sent over the first official screenshots from its upcoming browser-based action game Fallen Empires: Legions. Alpha...
READ MORE >"I dont know it sounds like it will play in a browser window. I hope not. Why? Well even if ..."
see all 65 commentsStargate Worlds Q&A
TenTonHammer has a new Stargate Worlds Q&A, asking the Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment folks about the game after seeing the first trailer.
READ MORE >Battleships Forever, Space Combat for Free
The Game Developers Conference is coming up, and along with it the Independent Games Festival. The other day I checked out one of the IGF...
READ MORE >"This is pretty cool. I like the Warning Forever-like art though I would have preferred more ..."
see all 2 commentsYou Wanna Be the Guy? This Game Will Kick Your Ass
Back when my buddies and I played Neversoft's classic Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 on Dreamcast all day, we had the Start-scroll-A button motion down...
READ MORE >"My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing... It may be a great challenge but damn that's one ..."
see all 11 commentsValve Brings Extended Portal Demo to NVIDIA Gamers
An extended PC demo of Valve Software's 2007 hit (and Shacknews Game of the Year by both readers and editors) Portal (PC, PS3, X360) will be made...
READ MORE >"I responded to this message when I got it. This is the response from customer support: I ..."
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"I was confused at first, but then it made sense. The future is hazy, and as you go the past ..."
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