Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[CastleMiner Z cracks one million, still fastest-selling XBLIG]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/17/castleminer-z-cracks-one-million-still-fastest-selling-xblig/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/17/castleminer-z-cracks-one-million-still-fastest-selling-xblig/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/17/castleminer-z-cracks-one-million-still-fastest-selling-xblig/#comments DigitalDNA Games is popping corks right now, having surpassed the one million download mark for its Xbox Live Indie Games offering, CastleMiner Z. The self-described "voxel/sandbox zombie survival game" became the first XBLIG game to sell one million copies, DigitalDNA Games says, in little over 10 months.

CastleMiner Z, the sequel to CastleMiner, surpassed 900.000 copies sold just last month. CastleMiner Z is currently available on Xbox Live Indie Games for 80 MS Points ($1).

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>castleminer-zdigitaldna-gamesmicrosoftxbligxboxxbox-live-indie-gamesMon, 17 Sep 2012 18:00:00 EST<![CDATA[CastleMiner Z crests 900,000 sales, becomes fastest-selling XBLIG]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/18/castleminer-z-crests-900-000-sales-becomes-fastest-selling-xbli/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/18/castleminer-z-crests-900-000-sales-becomes-fastest-selling-xbli/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/18/castleminer-z-crests-900-000-sales-becomes-fastest-selling-xbli/#comments CastleMiner Z crests 900,000 sales, fastest selling XBLIG in historyAs of August 15, Xbox Live Indie Game CastleMiner Z, which is priced at 80 MS Points ($1), has exceeded sales of 900,000 - making it the most successful XBLIG to date, developer DigitalDNA Games claims.

"Based on the positions in the daily best selling lists it may very well be the best selling XBLIG of all time, but I won't feel fully comfortable saying that until we have reached the top of the xbox.com best selling list, which I project should happen when we round out 1M units sales in the next 4-6 weeks, becoming the first XBLIG to do so," DigitalDNA Games' Thomas Steinke told Joystiq. Still, CastleMiner Z has been at the top of Major Nelson's XBLIG list since launching back in November. And CastleMiner Z is always at the top of the daily best-selling area of xbox.com.

Steinke only had nice things to say about Microsoft, saying that creating XBLIG games has been "an unbelievable and life changing experience," though he does wish they paid more attention to the XBLIG channel. "We have really wanted to make an XBLA title for a long time, you would think when you have a developer that has moved millions of units on XBLIG that it would get some attention from them, however that hasn't been the case for us."

Joystiq has contacted Microsoft to confirm DigitalDNA's claims; however, the company typically does not disclose XBLIG sales data to the public.

JoystiqCastleMiner Z crests 900,000 sales, becomes fastest-selling XBLIG originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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