Posts tagged dust-an-elysian-tail

Dust: An Elysian Tale bounding to XBLA in 2012

by Ben Gilbert (Jan 3rd 2012 11:55AM)

Despite the relative silence on Dust: An Elysian Tail since it won 2009's "Dream-Build-Play" competition, one man has been playing it daily for years now. That exclusive audience is the game's developer, Dean Dodrill, who says the game will finally be released at some point in 2012. Nay, he ...

Snap Judgment: XNA Dream-Build-Play 2009 finalists

by Griffin McElroy (Sep 9th 2009 5:30PM)

While nearly all of my demo appointments at PAX required me to absorb information about new games at blinding speed, the XNA Dream-Build-Play Finalists booth demo tasked me with getting a feel for six games in just under an hour. It would be difficult for me to develop any kind of deep analyses on ...

2009 Dream-Build-Play winners announced, Dust takes top honor

by Ben Gilbert (Sep 6th 2009 8:30PM)

It must be nice winning $40,000! We imagine Dust: An Elysian Tail developer Dean Dodrill will be drinking his fair share of shirley temples this weekend with all those extra duckets, after winning first place in this year's XNA Developer Dream-Build-Play competition. As you can see in the gallery ...