Ian Findlay, Author at We Got This Covered

Ian Findlay

Fledgling freelancer with an almost compulsive need to alliterate and a particular penchant for indie games. As well as being the Editor-In-Chief of Just Press Start, Ian can be found scattered about the internet under various 'Finners' related guises.

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Dishonored Trailer Brings The Stealth System Out Of The Shadows

Having recently been exposed to Dishonored's disturbing world courtesy of a few new screenshots, many have wanted to know just how successfully they will be able to avoid face to (doll mask wearing) face combat with the enemies in the game. The latest trailer, entitled 'The Study of Stealth', reveals precisely that.

Molyneux’s Curiosity: The Cube Needs A New Name Due To NASA

Having turned his back on mainstream development with Microsoft, the inimitable Peter Molyneux and his indie studio 22Cans have been slowly chipping away at the details of their first project - Curiosity: The Cube. It is a title befitting such an intriguing experiment, but it is one that it apparently can no longer keep.

Browser-Based Borderlands Demake Released By Gearbox

As a franchise, Borderlands, with its undeniable character and charm, is perfect for a 16-bit demake. Usually, these projects are undertaken by the community surrounding a game, but Gearbox Software have always been as big a fan of their properties as even their most ardent supporter - and this delightful browser-based demake is the result of that passion.

Indie Megabooth PAX Prime Roster Revealed

With PAX Prime on its way, details of what will be on the show floor are starting to come to light. But for the indie inclined, no news is more important or exciting as what this year's Indie Megabooth will consist of. With 30 different studios showing off 30 incredible indie games, it is difficult to imagine an area that will be as packed with innovation as this.

Dishonored Receives Disturbing New Screenshots

Victorian London has never been rendered in a more disconcerting manner than in Dishonored. Recent videos have focussed on the diversity of your options, but it is the surreal nature of the game beyond its Steampunk setting that comes firmly into the fore with the latest screenshots.

Ubisoft’s Move Into Free-To-Play Due To 95% Piracy Rates

Piracy is one of the most complex issues facing the industry, particularly on the PC platform. It is impossible to know to what extent it affects sales, and whether it is an indictment of an industry in trouble or a cause of that trouble is equally debatable. Ubisoft, however, are claiming that piracy rates of 93-95% are driving them to explore the free-to-play model which allows them to "gain revenue".

PopCap Confirm Rumours Of Layoffs And Restructuring

PopCap are the inimitable developers of some of the casual games that defined the genre, yet they too have seemingly been affected by the staff reductions currently tearing their way through the industry. What's more, according to a VG247 source, these staff cuts have been happening "very quietly" for "several months".

Blacklight Developer Announces Special Forces: Team X

Zombie Studios' latest game has been somewhat of a retribution in more than just its name. Its success, and more importantly its quality, has given a renewed weight to the development team's name, and so this announcement for their next project, Special Forces: Team X, is coloured in many (cel) shades of excitement.

The Witcher: Rise Of The White Wolf Retail Listing Was A Mistake

The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf was long ago considered to have been cancelled, but this console port of the first game in the franchise was recently rumoured to once again be in development. Perhaps due to the success of the console versions of The Witcher 2, and the murmurs that many of the key figures behind the series were working on a new project, this listing was unconfirmed but deemed somewhat unlikely to have been in error.

Machinarium Marches Onto PSN Next Month

Machinarium, whilst never very far from my thoughts, last came to the fore when rumours of a PS Vita release of the damn near perfect point-and-click surfaced. At that point, we already knew that its adventure onto the PS3 was coming sometime this summer, but now we know in which month it will arrive.