Sci-fi shooter Warside is looking ahead towards a release date on which to launch their game into Early Access. The game has players creating and customizing their own soldier and participating in multiplayer battles. It is planned to be in Early Access for no more than two or three months before releasing the final version to Steam. After recently getting a chance to play Warside, I feel that I am prepared to offer some initial impressions on the game.

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This week is special because we are working with Double Fine Productions Indie Space and Aylo games with her interactive adventure Lets Robot to bring you keys. In this weeks contest participants can jump on her twitch channel http://www.twitch.tv/aylobot and collectively navigate robots through obstacle courses to find treasure/keys for Doublefine's Broken Age and possibly other goodies.

When a swathe of mysterious kidnappings occurs in the town of Neria, Ozma the fox demon and his companion Ry the magic swordsman set off to solve this mystery the best way they know how - heroic violence. Through brawling and platforming in a retro-styled adventure with RPG elements in OMG Pizza Studio's upcoming Subterrestrial. Set to hit Kickstarter on May 15th, this retro-inspired 2D sidescroller looks to challenge and reward players for mastering various combat moves against a variety of enemies and giant bosses, as well as navigating through its treacherous platforming segments.

Over a decade after its initial release, RPG Maker 2003 is now officially available in English for the first time. It's available on Steam and directly from the developer for $19.99, a lower price than any of the other RPG Maker engines currently available in English. Unlike most engines in the series, RPG Maker features a side-view battle system like those typically seen in RPGs of the 1990s. This updated version has also been patched to improve the user experience and work on modern operating systems.

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I've enjoyed spending many hours floating through space and planting seeds on dead planets in Nate Schmold's Cosmochoria. I have no idea why all those aliens up there don't appreciate my efforts to bring color, life, and love to the universe, but I know they'll be especially mad now that the game is out of Early Access and into its full Steam release. Armed with a ray gun, a helmet, and oftentimes nothing else, I intend to pilot my adorable little nudist to the stars and fill them with beautiful plants whether the locals like it or not. What do they have against flowers and naked dudes, anyway?

One of the best parts of gaming is participating in epic, well-designed boss fights. We all enjoy overcoming what seems like an impossible challenge, and the feelings of satisfaction that are gained from doing so cannot be compared to anything else. Jotun took the idea of challenging and unique boss battles and based an entire game around that principle. Much like Shadow of the Colossus, the only gameplay in-between boss fights is getting to other boss fights.

Roguelike horror is a neat idea. Things are bound to get pretty tense when the monster's snuffling around your hiding spot and you only have a single life to lose to its jaws. Adding procedural elements to that mix sounds like it would make it even better, as now you have randomness keeping you from looking up a walkthrough or using repetition to learn the exact routes and placements of your enemies. It's just you and your fear, and failure means trying to survive a whole new batch of threats and a different layout. It should be scary, and it should be tense, but the results in the preview of Phantasmal mean it's far more important for the player to be lucky than to be skilled. It has some interesting ideas that could still come together, but it does require some work before I could say it was worth picking up.

Remember promising online murder mystery Devil's Bluff? Well, it never ceased to exist and it's back on Kickstarter hoping to secure the modest funds required to ensure its existence. Just hop over to the Devil's Bluff crowdfunding page and secure your copy of the 11 vs. 1 murder mystery for Windows, Mac and Linux. There's a demo to download too and everything's looking lovelier than ever.

A collaborative effort between game studio ArtonCode and the creators of Loondon, Winterflame: The Other Side is an upcoming physics-based platformer which is set in the popular Vandaria Saga universe. Drawing inspiration from an award-winning fantasy novel (Vandaria Saga: Winterflame), the game tells the story of a young boy named Lev who is looking for his lost love in a forbidden forest.

Space Dust Racers is a combat racing game that supports up to sixteen players via the use of their smartphones as controllers for the game. I got in contact with Space Dust Studios to talk a bit more in depth about the control choices, weather effects, and other features of their game. This interview was conducted with Lead Gameplay Developer Michael Davies and Senior Artist Grigor Pedrioli.