The announcement of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date has created a ripple effect in the indie game community. With the game launching on such short notice – next week, on…

In many ways, Sword of the Sea feels like a game over a decade in the making. It is an amalgam, a compilation of visionary director Matt Nava’s creative outpourings…

If you’ve ever smashed your head against a deadly Dark Souls or Elden Ring boss, you might have paused to consider how bizarre the situation looks from their perspective. A…

Check out the tenth episode of our series of Shacknews staff conversations about the new Nintendo Switch 2 system.

It’s been one hell of a year for breakout indie hits, and Peak is right up there as one of the biggest. A small project that spawned out of dev…

You'd be forgiven for having missed Öoo, a puzzle-platforming metroidvania that released on Steam yesterday. It arrived with little fanfare, few official reviews, and one of the strangest names I've…

Nintendo's August 2025 Indie World presentation included tons of games including some that are out right now, but as usual, the company released different presentations across various regions. While many…

Following last week's Nintendo Partner Direct, Nintendo returned today for an Indie World Showcase featuring 15 minutes of new indie game goodness, release dates, reveals, and more. There was a…

Another Nintendo Direct kicks off today, and this time, the spotlight is on the smaller games that'll be coming to Switch 2 and Switch consoles. While we've already had Directs…

Last week's Partner Direct was a chance for Nintendo to reveal some of the upcoming lineup of third-party games coming to Switch and Switch 2, and this week, that trend…