T-Rot The Last Probe features a challenging fusion of third person shooting and mazing-style tower defense as you attempt to defend cargo ships from robotic invaders.

In T-Rot The Last Probe you control a little robot that’s tasked with defending cargo ships from invaders. You do have some firepower in the form of guns and rockets, but to stand a chance against the invaders you’ll … Read More

Pe@ce, an ASCII-styled platformer made for the Ludum Dare 41, has you attempting to make it through a deadly trap-filled facility!

in Pe@ce you control a nimble little ‘@’ sign that flips around and moves quickly through each platforming level. The world around you – a strangely abandoned facility – is full of traps, doors to travel through, and keys to find. You need … Read More

Check, Please! is a super silly little physics based dating sim that sees you clumsily attempting to impress your date in a restaurant.

In Check, Please! You control a disembodied hand using the mouse, with the left mouse button used to grab things and the right mouse button to rotate. Your hand is pretty clumsy and you’ll most likely knock most of the items on … Read More

Christmas Present is a fun festive puzzle platformer that’s played out via multiple browser windows and sees you attempting to guide lots of little Santas to their presents.

In Christmas Present your aim it to collect all the presents on each level using Santa’s special powers that allow him to be in multiple different locations at the same time. The game is played out in … Read More

Mabby is a vibrant action platforming adventure which draws inspiration from Mega Man and infuses the blue bomber’s traditional jump and shoot gameplay with stylish blocky 2D visuals and a nice dose of cerebral puzzle platforming.

In Mabby you play a young girl who’s the only free member of her civilisation after the rest of the population of her planet is captured inside a giant … Read More

It’s been an exciting year at Alpha Beta Gamer, we’ve played a LOT of games, had a lot of fun and hopefully helped spread the word about cool games that are worth shouting about.  Thanks for sticking with us and playing the games we feature on the site, it really does mean a lot!

We’d like to give a special shout out to anyone who’s … Read More

Gunnihilation is a fast, colourful and rather violent run n gun arcade shooter with ragdoll effects and plenty of carnage.

The game is early in development, but the current prototype includes 19 levels (including 4 boss levels) all created with a wonderful retro pixel art graphical style.  Gameplay is fast and fun, with the customisable dificulty settings (with score multipliers) and a system that rewards … Read More

Catlateral Damage is a first person mischievous cat simulator, where your objective is to knock as many of your loving owners belongings onto the floor within a 2 minute time limit.

It’s a fun game, and there’s a lot of satisfaction to be had from knocking things over and making a mess (That’s probably why cats do it in the first place).  The Alpha features … Read More

Rehearsals and Returns is a video game about conversations that will never take place.  It’s a odd game where you’ll travel along a short platforming stage (in which you can’t jump!), then meet up with someone you might know or someone famous (alive or dead), offering them words of wisdom, love or hate.  This makes for some very interesting scenarios, as you meet people such … Read More

Obsidian are certainly busy at the moment as well as SCi-Fi Fantasy MMO Skyforge, they’re also set to take on World of Tanks with their new Military MMO.  Armored Warfare is a new massively multiplayer online tactical military video game that allows you to drive general purpose combat vehicles, to main battle tanks, and long-range high-powered artillery.

You’ll be able to build your private … Read More

Proven lands is a vast procedurally generated science-fiction sandbox roguelike with en emphasis on exploration, inspired by Star Trek, Don’t Starve, Project Zomboid and Cataclysm.

This isn’t just another sandbox survival game, here there is an emphasis on exploration and storytelling.  The story of Proven Lands unfolds in two distinct ways, one is a scripted story about friendship, bravery and even a pregnancy, while the … Read More

Age of Ascent (AoA) is a great looking new space-based sandbox MMO, that is so big, that they’re planning on breaking EVE Online’s world record (4070 concurrent pilots fighting) by staging the largest PvP battle ever seen.

As if that wasn’t enough, they’re planning on beating EVE Onlines record with the battle taking place in a single, continuous unsharded battlezone, all in real time (EVE … Read More

The Hunter is an excellent minimalistic 2D top down stealthy horror/action game which takes place in total darkness, with you only being able to identify your surroundings through the use of echolocation.

There’s a deeply foreboding atmosphere to The Hunter, as you’re instructed to hunt down and kill ‘him’, with no idea who or why.  You do get some limited weaponry, but your main weapon … Read More

In 2014 SKYNET became self aware, decided not to wipe-out mankind, but to create video games instead.  The OTON X is a unique new console that claims to be able to self-create games, without user input.  Quite how it manages to do this, we’re not sure (it’s something to do custom algorithms, pre-set design parameters & magic dust), but it is a very interesting concept, … Read More

_Speed_ is a fun top-down futuristic racer inspired by Micro Machines and WipEout, with clean, colourful aesthetics and fun fast paced gameplay.  There’s a nice selection of game modes, race-crafts, and power-ups all wrapped up in a stylish futuristic setting.  Ships handle superbly, races are fast paced and fun, and it’s got an excellent soundtrack.  It really does feel like a 2D, top-down WipEout, and … Read More

Rodina is a wonderfully ambitious space exploration RPG inspired by Freelancer, Star Fox, and the Elder Scrolls.

Like the upcoming ‘No Mans Sky’, it features large, procedurally generated planets that you can seamlessly land on and explore, going from the depths of space to walking the planet with no load times whatsoever.  You can also wander around your ship in first person, or or upgrade … Read More

Legend Of Silkroad is a great looking new MMO set in ancient Asia that sees 3 kingdoms fighting to hold supremacy of silkroad.  The game features a great variety of OTT special moves, fun combat, guilds, some real historical quests, PvP and some very pretty graphics and animations.  Players will also battle to take control of the Legendary Forbidden Skill, an extremely powerful weapon which … Read More

Super Mega Bob is a beautifully retro platformer/shooter, inspired by Mega Man, The Legend of Zelda, Adventures of Lolo, and Kirby.  Gameplay is fast paced and fun, with beautiful 16-bit style graphics, lots of enemies, big bosses, and awesome upgrades, including assorted hats and costumes.

It’s a wonderful slice of retro action, with vibrant visuals, fun gameplay and lots of character.  Super mega retro fun.… Read More

It’s still early in development, but already the handling, visuals and gameplay all make Nuclear Storm feel like a fitting tribute to the Strike games.  Indeed, at times all that it is missing is the ‘Strike’ at the end of the Title.  … Read More

Chroma is an interesting new music based FPS from Harmonix, creators of Rock Band, Amplitude, Dance Central and the upcoming Fantasia: Music Evolved.

Harmonix claim that you can play the game as a straight-up shooter, but If you understand the shape of the song, you can play the game better.  Knowing the song you’re playing along to lets you understand what’s going to happen as … Read More

While you will not interact directly with the population that inhabits … Read More

To the Death is a very stylish side scrolling hack n slash shooter in development for PS4, PS Vita, PC, Mac & Linux, made by former Call Of Duty and God Of War Devs.

The finished game will allow you to switch between 2 great warriors who killed each other, but have a vendetta so deep it continues after death.  You’ll be able to upgrade … Read More

Path of Shadows is a great looking 3rd person cel shaded stealthy assassin game with supernatural overtones, inspired by Tenchu, Metal Gear Solid, Dishonored and Mark of the Ninja.

You take control of an assassin who has been given a second chance at life by a mysterious goddess.  She brings you back from the dead and grants you the ability to manipulate shadows to your … Read More

Blue Saga is a new pirate themed MMORPG with gorgeous retro 2D graphics that’s inspired by Dark Souls, Pokemon and the One Piece anime.  It’s a great game, with a huge world to explore, by land or by sea, some interesting characters, and a wide variety of monsters to battle in real-time.

It’s a great game with lots of character, it’s a bit like the … Read More

In all cases power is key, you need to protect your power stations, while trying to reach across the map and destroy the enemies.  As well as transporting energy, … Read More

Standpoint is a first-person puzzle-platformer, where you can manipulate the orientation of your surroundings to allow you to traverse levels.  It’s an inventive mechanic, when combined with the striking visual style and accompanying narrator, it comes across as a great mixture of VVVVVV and Portal.

Standpoint is shaping up to be an enjoyable and intelligent first person puzzler, the Beta Demo includes the prologue for … Read More

Want to play a zombie MOBA?  Or ZOMBA if you prefer, but that might sound too much like a fitness workout.  Either way, Beta testing for Dead Island: Epidemic is due to start very soon, and it’s looking quite good.  With pick-up-and play gameplay, nice visuals and over the top cartoony violence, it could be worth giving a go.

Sign up for the Dead Island … Read More

The Last Disbeliever is a Satirical, Art-Driven First Person Action/Adventure/Shooter game set in an alternate world, where the US has started a merciless campaign for global domination.  It tells the story of an ATF Special Agent Sebastian Arise who was sent to track down a suspicious cargo delivered by a US illegal firearms dealer.  You end up stranded near a small village in eastern Europe, … Read More

Grey Phobia is Sin & Punishment style Run and Gun, hack and slash game with RPG and multiplayer mechanics, set in a very cool comic book style post apocalyptic world.

The game is viewed from behind the character, as you run into the screen shooting enemies, dodging bullets and battling bosses.  It can be played in single-player Story mode or multi-player co-op, features a variety … Read More

Levels are cluttered with a variety of school themed obstructions to impede your progress and are generally pretty tricky, especially as your paper plane is remarkably fast. … Read More