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Get Ricochet Xtreme totally FREE!

Reflexive Arcade is giving away free copies of their game Ricochet Xtreme a part of their 9th anniversary celebration.  All you have to do is become a member, which just needs a tiny on-line form filling out, and you can always cancel their newsletter if you don’t want it.  I was already a member so I […]

Limbo - gorgeous new platform game

The game Limbo has been doing the rounds recently, and it appears to have come out of nowhere. Very little is known about the game apart from it’s name, and a teaser movie clip.
Based purely on the video comparisons have been made between Limbo and the classic adventure games Fade to Black and Another World. […]

4colorrebellion - Nintendo64 Retrospective

Last week 4colorrebbelion did an N64 retrospective looking back at some of their favourite games, and with a couple of exceptions (there were a couple of games I didn’t play) - I agree with everything they said.

Monday - Goldeneye 007 / Perfect Dark
Tuesday - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Legend of Zelda: Majora’s […]

Physics games

Recently physics games have been getting more and more press. Games like Half Life 2 have included physics simulations to great effect. Indie games like Armadillo Run, and Gish taker things even further.
The Physics games blog, Fun Motion, recently mentioned three interesting looking physics toys, which really show the potential of physics based gameplay and, […]

Mousebreaker - Flash Game development competition

Mousebreaker.com are running a game dev competition. First prize is £2000 (US$3706)
What kind of game?
In keeping with the style of games on Mousebreaker, your game should be:

New and original (Must not have appeared on another website)
Fast-loading (maximum 600kb filesize)
Easy to understand, difficult to master
Quick to play
Level based
Highscore based
Addictive! Ideally it will have that certain something […]

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