Everyone’s favorite post-apocalyptic game show will be coming to Steam Early Access for $19.99 on September 24th! Whether you’ve never heard of this gory game show before or you’ve been grinding mutants to a bloody pulp in this roguelite brawler, new and returning fans of Gone Viral have quite a lot to look forward to […]

  Eagle-eyed fans may have seen this news coming, but today it is official! Akupara Games will be publishing the upcoming release of The Darkside Detective: Season Two as well as taking over as publisher for The Darkside Detective: Season One! We’re proud to partner up with Spooky Doorway, some of the wittiest and most […]

Two months ago, Relic Hunters Zero: Remix launched on the Nintendo Switch eShop. While that launch went great and we have since moved on to our upcoming titles Gone Viral and Spinch, we also wanted to collect and publish the full list of GIFs made for social media during that campaign. If you’ve ever wondered what goes into the […]

Programmer DnD Class: Druid Hogwarts House: Slytherin Pokemon Go Team: Mystic Empire or Rebellion: Rebellion Turtle: Franklin     When did you first get started in games and how? I was the kid who wasn’t really allowed to play games growing up, so everytime I went to a friends house and played Halo or Mario […]

In a world where getting the word out about indie games gets harder and harder, we as developers and publishers need to find new opportunities and avenues to rise above the chatter and make a place for ourselves and our games. There are dozens of ways to do this – Victoria Tran of Kitfox fame […]

From a game jam in 2015 to a premium title on the Nintendo Switch, Relic Hunters Zero has gone through quite a journey! One of the most impactful changes made to the game over its lifetime has been the efforts to localize the game for its 1.5 million players worldwide. As a game driven to […]

You might have seen this news during the Day of the Devs event, but the rumors are true! The psychedelic 2D precision platformer will be landing on Nintendo Switch and Steam on September 3rd, 2020 for just $14.99 USD! Featuring the mind-blowing art of indie comic legend, Jesse Jacobs; the chiptune music of Ontario rapper, […]

Today, we’d like to highlight black developers and black owned indie game studios in an effort to help the cause of representation within the games industry.     Notion Games LLC Notion Games is the vision of Andrew Augustin, a Forbes 30 under 30 dev from Texas. His game, Super Ubie Island, brings a cartoonish […]

As a final capstone to May’s launch of Relic Hunters Zero: Remix on the Nintendo Switch, we held an AMA on the Nintendo Switch subreddit where Mark, Lucy, and Buddy got to sit down and answer questions from redditors across the globe! In case you missed it and don’t want to trawl through the comments, […]

  In our second episode of the Akupara Podcast, Ashley Sarroca joins Buddy Sola to dive deep into the art of Relic Hunters Zero: Remix! From the pixel art sprites to the brand new skins, Ashley gave the Relic Hunters a fresh look and a new style with her skills as an animator and illustrator. […]