Author: Dakota Barrett

Dakota Barrett is an indie game developer with a focus on writing and design.

Whilst you’ll already find an incredible number of blockbuster titles, it’s fair to say that the PS4 also has an amazing choice of indie games. In fact, you get the best of both worlds. You can’t beat that, right? Indie takes you on a more personal route, often providing a retro feel. However, the imagination and efforts that go into some of these titles are simply incredible, and are packed full of entertainment. What’s more, you can generally pick them up for very little. Let’s explore 10 of the best indie games currently available on PS4… Titan Souls A short…

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Final Fantasy XV is very much an anticipated game for fans of the series.  One, because it’s the first single player game that isn’t a part of the horrible Lightning based story that has been taking place over the last few years, and two, because it might be able to satisfy our interest until Kingdom Hearts 3 finally releases.  But is this game really going to come out in 2015? Been Long Enough The game was originally announced back in May 2006 under the title, Final Fantasy Versus XIII.  A game which was meant to be an exclusive to the…

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With July nearly at an end, it’s time to take a look at the games which featured this month… The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Originally released on PC in 2014, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first person, horror, adventure game that takes place in 1973’s Red Creek Valley, Pennsylvania.  The location is an important focus, and is a vital portion of the game, as the core gameplay gives you the ability to explore wherever you want. Use your detective and paranormal abilities to solve puzzles and discover clues, which will allow you to find out what horrible actions…

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Who is Kitfox Games and what are you working on? Kitfox Games is four people working full time in Montreal, Canada! I’m Tanya X. Short, the designer and Captain. Jongwoo Kim and Mike Ditchburn are the programmers, and Xin Ran Liu is the artist. Plus we get help from a few freelancers, especially Ryan Roth, an audio designer and composer, and Mike Horowitz, an animator and community manager. We put out Shattered Planet last year, and now we’re in the final seven months of making Moon Hunters! What is Moon Hunters? It’s a 1-to-4 player action RPG about building a…

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If horror movies have taught us anything, it is that you do not spend your summer in a cabin in the woods.  Especially if you’re a group of young adults, you’re just asking for trouble and it’s not just because you’ll make bad decisions while you’re there.  Or perhaps it is in Supermassive Games’ new title, Until Dawn. When eight college kids go to a cabin in the woods to spend their summer they find themselves in a fight for their lives.  You play as each of these individuals as they run and hide from a psychopathic killer.  The choices…

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With Project Morpheus set to release at some point in the first half of 2016, it is about time we start thinking about what games could be on the virtual reality headset, and which of those games might just be awesome. Fallout 4 The game has yet to be given an official release date, though it will likely be Q4 2015 so it’s a bit of a stretch to consider Project Morpheus support, but how cool would it be if it did?  Imagine walking through the wasteland of Boston and feeling like you were actually there.  Seeing an enemy in…

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E3 is just around the corner, and with that said, everyone is coming up with their own predictions of what may be revealed this June. That’s so we can get excited about what to spend our holiday money on this winter.  So without further ado let’s get on to my 3 predictions for PS4 this E3… Silent Hills Will Return Back in April the game Silent Hills was cancelled by its publisher, Konami, two months ago.  Shortly after which its demo, also known as P.T. was pulled from the PlayStation store.  The game was being led by Game Designer Hideo…

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