Jiri

Journalism student at Charles University in Prague who likes to write about video games and hacking. I mostly play on PS Vita and PC.

Lonely Mountains: Downhill Kickstarter campaign is live!

Yesterday, Berlin-based Megagon Industries finally started the Kickstarter campaign for their much-awaited biking game Lonely Mountains: Downhill (LMD). In addition, they revealed a new trailer for the game! Between our last update on LMD and the start of Kickstarter, Megagon Industries made headlines after winning the ‘Best International Indie Game’ award …

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Kickstarter & new features of Lonely Mountains: Downhill

I’m sure you all remember the biking game Lonely Mountains: Downhill (LMD), which we covered at Gamescom, On Thursday, Megagon Industries, the studio behind the game, revealed new information and their plans for the weeks to come. Plus LMD now has a Steam page! The Kickstarter campaign will begin on October …

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Kickstarter campaign for RTS ‘Bannermen’ is now up!

It has been almost two weeks since we introduced you the RTS prodigy Bannermen from Swedish indie studio Pathos Interactive. Today, its Kickstarter campaign has started . Bannermen is a real-time strategy set in a semi-fantasy world inspired by a medieval period in northern and western Europe. The game will feature both singleplayer …

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Biking indie Lonely Mountains: Downhill is on the right track

When I was little, I used to play mountain biking games whose names I do not even remember from time to time. Maybe that is why the currently developed Lonely Mountains: Downhill caught my attention several months ago. Or maybe it was due to its gorgeous design. Anyway, it was one …

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Overview of the upcoming RTS Bannermen

Although my Gamescom meeting with the guys from Pathos Interactive was kind of spontaneous, I was delighted with their 2-year project. And its Kickstarter campaign starts very soon. Pathos Interactive is a small Swedish indie studio that is working on a new, refreshing real-time strategy game called Bannermen set in a …

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Magical world of ‘Ary and the Secret of Seasons’

Apart from stunningly beautiful graphics, Ary and the Secret of Seasons introduces a game mechanics you have never seen before. I’m glad the first occasion when this adventure was publicly presented was at this year’s Gamescom. Belgian indie studio eXiin are currently working “Zelda-like” game, whose every aspect is based on main’s character …

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Our first impression of “bullet hell” Mothergunship

Thanks to the fast-paced announcement teaser with great music and stunning graphics, a “bullet hell” FPS Mothergunship was the game I had to try at Gamescom. Mothergunship is being developed by Grip Digital (The Solus Project, Atomic Ninjas) and Terrible Posture Games, whose sole member is Joe Mirabello, and are known for developing a well-received …

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4 new games shown at Gamescom by Kalypso Media

German publisher and developer Kalypso Media hosted a series of presentations for small groups of journalists at Gamescom 2017. We at Hackinformer were lucky enough to attend one of them. The first of them, actually. We were presented 4 games to be published by Kalypso Media within the next year …

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Gamescom: A look behind the upcoming football strategy game Football Empire

We had an opportunity to spend some time at Gamescom with Digamore Entertainment, a German studio behind the upcoming Android/iOS football strategy Football Empire. We asked about the beta and plans for the future, as well as what exactly the partnership with Jürgen Klopp means for the game. Digamore Entertainment …

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Indie MMO ‘Dual Universe’ funding reaches $7.4 million

As you know we will be at Gamescom this year and we will be visiting Novaquark who are creating ‘Dual Universe’ right now! French indie studio Novaquark has announced receiving additional investment to fund their virtual reality MMO. The recent investment from private investors worth of $3.7 million comes ahead of launch …

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Introducing Embers of Mirrim and interviewing Creative Bytes Studios

With GDC and PAX East behind us, it seems like the perfect time to introduce the upcoming current-gen adventure-platformer Embers of Mirrim. Embers of Mirrim is being developed by Canadian Creative Bytes Studios. It is their second own game, but they have taken a big step from the puzzle game …

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