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From a bowling game controlled by kissing to a four-year-old's Ponycorn epic, every one of IndieCade 2011's 36 finalist fully deserves their moment in the spotlight, except for maybe The Bridge. More »
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Every two weeks, we weigh in on our favorite selections on Xbox Live's indie channel. These are not Microsoft-approved games. They're created by everyone from the average Joe to upstart game companies, and reviewed by users like you. More »
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A total of ten titles will make up the Indie Games Summer Uprising, representing the best titles Xbox Live's Indie Games has to offer. The first eight have been chosen. Let's take a look! More »
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In this moving six-minute microtalk from GDC 2011, Independent Games Festival chairman Brandon Boyer champions the countless independent developers that still have something sincere to say through gaming. More »
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Nominated for awards in Art and Technical Excellence for obvious reasons in the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival, Playdead's stunning black and white puzzle platformer Limbo is heading to Xbox Live Arcade this summer. More »
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ACE Team's first-person melee combat game Zeno Clash is getting the retail box treatment courtesy of Tripwire Interactive, a publisher that truly understands the plight of the independent developer. More »
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Edmund McMillen, co-creator of the popular independent PC game Gish, dropped us a line to let us know that he was making the jump to WiiWare with his latest, Super Meat Boy. More »
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Initially released a little over a year ago, Bit-Blot's fanciful aquatic adventure game Aquaria is now available for purchase via Steam, with a special price available to folks who purchase before December 31st. More »
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Crayon Physics Deluxe, the 2008 Independent Games Festival Grand Prize Winner, is getting dangerously close to release, and to prepare for the waxy buildup that is sure to ensue, creator Petri Purho has launched a brand new website for the game and is now actively accepting pre-orders. What does a pre-order of Crayon Physics get you? How about $5 off the already ridiculously low price of $20, plus a guaranteed spot in the Crayon Physics Deluxe beta? I declare it not too shabby indeed. More »
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The CMP Game Group, the bigger company behind sites like Gamasutra and GameSetWatch, as well as the Games Developer Conference...(the list goes on), has launched the new website IndieGames.com. To those who don't really follow independent media, just know that attaching "indie" to any art form implies depth, importance and loads of subsequent associated personal worth. Because let's face it: Gears of War is a great game, but playing it won't get you laid by an intellectual chick (though if it does, please hit our tips line asap, photographic proof preferred). More »
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Sexy Videogameland has some interesting musings up on independent games, along with yet another challenge: "describe a game so trendy it hurts, so independent, so individual, that it makes sense to no one but you — because everyone else is an Extreme Mountain Dew-chugging juvenile with Electronic Arts' dick in their mouth." I really like seeing off-the-wall delights that independent developers turn out, but there are plenty that can come off like a bad dream combining post-modern philosophy and a low-rent version of MoMA. Alexander explains her stance, using fl0w as an example: More »
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Former Electronic Arts and Black Box Games veterans have combined to form a giant robot. Atomic Robot Games is a new independent development studio in Vancouver consisting of top industry talent complete with their own proprietary engine and tool-set, ready to mix things up while at the same time issuing press releases using the same tired language you get in every new studio forming announcement. Pushing the boundaries. Game play first. Truly unique. More »
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Well, this looks lovely: a game in which you appear to play a gigantic fat baby covered in paint who must roll through a drab, monotone city and infuse magical color into the world. It's The Blob, a heavily Katamari inspired project from some clever Dutch students: More »
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