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Gamescom 2025 in words: Adventure game round-up part 1
Our coverage from Germany begins with a written report of more than a dozen great new adventures, including a visit with the legendary Tim Schafer himself... Read more
Supermassive Games' Dan McDonald on what to expect from Directive 8020
At gamescom 2025, we caught up with the executive producer of Supermassive's upcoming sci-fi-themed next installment of The Dark Pictures Anthology... Read more
Urban Myth Dissolution Center review
Urban Myth Dissolution Center’s bold art and an even bolder concept isn’t quite enough to spice up this slow-burning mystery visual novel with limited detective elements. ... Read more
Expelled! – An Overboard! Game review
Expelled! excels at transferring its spiritual predecessor Overboard!’s charm, replayability and depth of choice to a boarding school setting, though its report card says it must try harder at putting its new morality mechanic into practice. ... Read more
City of Voices video interview – A new Golden Idol-like deduction game from Kini Games
Will, a writer/designer for Rise of the Golden Idol, joins Cressup for an Indies In Depth conversation about his own upcoming deduction-based mystery... Read more
Kathy Rain 2 foretold – A video interview with Clifftop Games' Joel Staaf Hästö
Hot on the heels of the announcement of a Kathy Rain sequel, Cressup chats on camera with the game's creative director about what to expect from the game, plus much more... Read more
A Vampyre Story: A Bat's Tale interview – Bill Tiller & Šarūnas Ledas
Cressup conducted a live Q&A with Bill Tiller, The Curse of Monkey Island's lead background artist, and Šarūnas Ledas from Crowns and Pawns to discuss their collaboration on the upcoming A Vampyre Story sequel, and much more. ... Read more
Inkle's next game to be like Overboard! in a 1920s boarding school – Interview with Jon Ingold
Cressup chats with the co-creator of inkle about their upcoming new game with the (temporarily) long name that will closely resemble their get-away-with murder hit Overboard!... Read more
Cressup chats with the creators of Façade – Sequels, secrets & AI in gaming
Cressup talks with Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern about their 2005 AI-powered interactive drama Façade, thoughts on AI in games now, and the prototypes for a sequel to Façade called The Party.... Read more
Gamescom 2024 in video: Adventure game round-up part 2
Our two-part coverage from Cologne wraps up with a video feature highlighting ten of the many impressive adventures at the Indie Arena Booth. ... Read more
Gamescom 2024 in words: Adventure game round-up part 1
The first half of our coverage from Germany kicks off with a slew of amazing adventures, from the heart of the Amerzone to depths of Monument Valley, with many stops in between... Read more
Indies In Depth Podcast #3 – Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou and Rachel Watts
Cressup's indie-centric podcast series continues with the creative director of Röki and Mythwrecked and journalist/podcaster Rachel Watts reflecting on a variety of topics, including working with a budget, accessiblility, and interaction with fans... Read more
Strange Scaffold's Xalavier Nelson Jr. video interview on Clickolding, I Am Your Beast and more
The CEO of the innovative company behind An Airport for Aliens Currently Run By Dogs, drops by to chat about hist viral game Clickolding, whether Game Pass is still a viable model for developers, how game studios can become sustainable, and what his upcoming game I Am Your Beast will be like (despite being rejected twice by publishers twice)... Read more
Simon the Sorcerer: Origins video interview – Fabrizio Rizzo and Giulia Valentina, Smallthing Studios
We caught up with two members of the team behind the upcoming classic adventure prequel to talk all-things-Simon for a modern audience... Read more