Hello friends! We are well and truly in the thick of it now, with the latest Fire Emblem dropping to critical acclaim across the board. The first Onimusha game in 20 years continues Capcom's hot streak. The next six weeks or so will be drop a cavalcade of highly anticipated games just in time for the end of the year, and somewhere in the middle of it all, a bunch of indies will be floating out there waiting for you to discover them. I am getting ready for an international trip back to Australia,...

Citybuilder fans are feasting right now. After what felt like an endless drought after the demise of 2013’s SimCity, these past few years we are seeing a lot of interesting indie takes that bring the sauce. Timberborn is a take where you are tiny Beavers building the best water-powered city you can muster. Against the Storm is the answer to “what if it was a Roguelike Citybuilder that kinda looked a lot like Warcraft”, bringing a lot of interesting choices to the table. Dorf Romantik is a beauti...

Happy Friday friends! This week I have been rather busy getting ready for a family trip back to Australia in a few weeks, along with my son’s upcoming 2nd birthday. Time flies, and there never seems to be enough of it. But I did manage to play some games this week, and I even got a review out for one of them which is linked below. Patrick has been banging on about how much he has been enjoying The Blood of Dawnwalker, which inspired me to finally check out 2018’s Vampyr. Released to limited crit...

There are few indies out there that command my attention, no questions asked. Messhof won my heart with their 1v1 fencing masterpiece Nidhogg, and since then th...

The best indies you should check out this week Sept 4, 2026.

Hello friends, It has been a long time between dispatches. Sickness and the stress of getting a game shipped this year has kept me busy. Who knew game development could...

Hello friends. I am barely back from a whirlwind week of press appointments and booth building for the always excellent BitSummit event! We had a nice little booth up on...

Happy Friday everyone! This week I’ve been hitting two games consistently whenever I have free time. Strangely enough my brain has decided that the best way to deal with the...

Hello everyone! Things are getting absolutely mental right now. Our son just started nursery school, AWAYSIS is getting ready for submission which means we have a metric truckload of bugs...

Happy Friday! As Steam Next Fest wraps up, I am furiously packing up for a quick 7 day jaunt down to my old stomping ground of Melbourne, Australia to attend The Game Expo with 17-BIT and AWAYSIS. I h...

Hey folks! First of all, big apologies for any spelling errors, and nonsensical musings in this newsletter. I am running on approximately 2.5 hours of sleep due to our game AWAYSIS being featured in I...

I am sitting here late on Friday night, exhausted from a week of intense work and battling the flu. Despite the tiredness, there is a ridiculous smile on my face because I also have managed to sink a ...

Hello folks, and welcome to another dispatch! I hope that this week has been treating you well. I have been absolutely S L A M M E D at work with our Steam Next Fest build, all while I am staring down...

Hello everyone! I can’t believe it is Friday already. This week I have been hard at work on a new trailer fro the game I am currently working on, alongside getting our Steam Next Fest demo prepped. Fo...

Hello friends, and welcome to the new Indie Dispatch website. It’s a bit rough right now - Patrick and I were planning to be launching this in a few months once we had some more time to get things lik...

The best indies you should be checking out this weekend

The best indies you should check out this weekend

The best games you should be playing this weekend

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The best games your should be checking out this weekend