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The Advent Calendar of Indie Games
Little doors and fun-sized prizes aren't just for the kitchen wall. The Indie Games Advent Calendar reveals a new game each day counting down to Christmas. It's a neat way to see what's out there and support indie devs. More »DVR Alert: Spike Televises Top 2009 Indie Developers Tonight
Spike TV's second-annual special celebrating indie games airs on Spike tonight. Host Geoff Keighley shared a copy of the show early with Kotaku and it does indeed feature visits with the makers of Osmos, 'Splosion Man, Trials HD and Flower. More »Sticks Up, Lacrosse Breaks Into the Xbox 360
Let's be real. It would take a nuclear war for lacrosse, even though it's literally more American than football or baseball, to displace either game on TV. It would take even more to put it in a retail video game box. More »Hitting Zombies With Cars Never Gets Old
Independent Polish developer EXOR Studios proudly presents Zombie Driver, a PC game that combines the fun of driving through zombies with the joy of shooting them and setting them on fire, available today on Steam and GamersGate. More »Lacrosse Title Debuts on Xbox Live Indie Channel
Absolutely, it's an exciting and physical sport. But even lacrosse fans admit the game has a niche following. But lacrosse does have its own video game now, which just went up on Xbox Live yesterday. Suck on that, water polo! More »Read the Bible on Your Xbox 360
If four-hour gaming sessions of killing, stealing, coveting thy neighbor's ox or donkey, and breaking every other Commandment leaves you feeling distant from the Lord, a Bible application is coming to Xbox Live's Indie Games channel. More »Pumpkin Chop Makes Top 10 Indie Games List
Major Nelson's got the Xbox Live numbers up for the week of October 26th and who should be in third place on the Indie list but Pumpkin Chop. More »You Want It, You Got It — College Lacrosse on Xbox 360
Great, Another sport I've never played in my life, but will have to review because, you know, I'm the sports guy. Here's lacrosse, game of Native Americans, Jim Brown, and every Volvo-driving L.L. Bean family between Charlottesville and Albany. More »IndieCade Games Fest Kicks Off In California Tomorrow
The IndieCade International Festival of Independent Games kicks off in Culver City, California tomorrow, October 1, a four day blowout of events, exhibitions and keynotes that highlight the best of independent games. You should go! More »XNA Studio Adds Zune HD Dev Support
To coincide with the retail launch of the shiny new Zune HD, Microsoft has released extensions for XNA Game Studio 3.1 to aid indie developers in creating games for the mobile media player. More »Indie Games Go Dirt Cheap On Steam, Direct2Drive
Digital distribution services Steam and Direct2Drive are battling it out this weekend, attempting to see which PC gaming platform can offer the best indie bundle. The clear winner in this price slashing bloodbath? YOU!! More »GameStop, SMU, AIAS Announce Indie Game Challenge
GameStop is teaming up with The Guildhall game development graduate program at Southern Methodist University and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences to create the Indie Game Challenge. More »Xbox Live Community Games Renamed
Buried in the official announcement of XNA Game Studio 3.1 is news that, come late July, Xbox Live Community Games would be getting a much-needed name change. More »You Could Have Won $2,500 If You Were Better Than These Guys
The good thing about the second annual Bay Area Game Jam's make-a-game-in-4824-hours contest is you get free games the day after the contest ends. More »Where When I Need It
IndieGames' freeware pick, Where, is exactly what I need to come down from the towering rage brought on by a traffic-y, wet Monday. More »Indie Games Get a Mainstream Closeup
In its "All New" issue, discussing the cutting edge of trends in American culture, New York Magazine lauds four indie titles for "ushering in a golden age of smart, beautiful, and really weird games." More »A Case for Indie Development on Mac and Linux
MacOS and Linux's install base is dwarfed by Windows, so in terms of which platform to develop for, that ends the argument right there. Right? Wrong, says Wolfire Games' Jeff Rosen. More »Mixing Music in a Video Game for the Blind
Video, of course, takes its root from the Latin word for "see." So a "video game" for those who have lost their sight might look like a paradox, but it doesn't sound like one. More »The Top 5 Indie Games of '08
Gamasutra's been rounding up the top titles of the year in a variety of categories; up recently were the top five 'indie' games (plus ten honorable mentions).Weird Artistic Timewaster: The Majesty of Colors
The Majesty of Colors is weird, lovely little game by Gregory Weir that's been making the rounds as of late. There are five different endings, and your (in)action throughout determines the outcome.Plain Sight Beta Signups Begin - Robots, Swords, And Explosions
London-based independent developer Beatnik Games announces beta signups for their first game, Plain Sight, which features bouncing robots killing each other with swords. What more do you want? More »