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[ilomilo plus finds a companion in Windows 8]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/05/ilomilo-plus-now-on-windows-8/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/05/ilomilo-plus-now-on-windows-8/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/05/ilomilo-plus-now-on-windows-8/#comments ilomilo plus now on Windows 8Southend Interactive's adorable bipartisan platformer/puzzle game, ilomilo, has made its way to Microsoft's latest operating system, in the form of ilomilo plus. Available on the Windows 8-centric Windows Store for $6.99, plus is an enhanced port of the XBLA version of the game, with two new characters, additional creatures, new cubes, more chapters and support for keyboard, touchscreen and gamepad control schemes.

That last bit means you'll be able to play ilomilo plus on your new Surface for Windows RT and/or Surface Pro without shelling out $100-plus for one the available hardware keyboards.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ilomiloilomilo-plusMicrosoftmicrosoft-studiospcrelease-dateSimogoSouthEnd-InteractiveWindows-8Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:01:00 EST<![CDATA[Joystiq Indie Pitch: Kosmo Spin]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/09/joystiq-indie-pitch-kosmo-spin/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/09/joystiq-indie-pitch-kosmo-spin/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/09/joystiq-indie-pitch-kosmo-spin/#commentsBeing a giant, beloved video game site has its downsides. For example, we sometimes neglect to give independent developers our coverage love (or loverage, if you will) as we get caught up in AAA, AAAA or the rare quintuple-A titles. To remedy that, we're giving indies the chance to create their own loverage and sell you, the fans, on their studios and products. This week we talk with Simon Flesser, half of Simogo, the team behind the adorable Kosmo Spin.

How did your company get started?
We met at Southend Interactive where I worked as an artist and Gordon as Technical Director. I had always wanted to "do my own thing" and it turned out that Gordon wanted the same thing. Times have changed and it's now possible to make games with only two people and no publishers, thanks to all the new places to distrubute your games (like AppStore). I also think that the DS, Wii and the iPhone have played a huge part in changing people's attitude to gaming. Not only are there more people playing games, I also think bite sized gaming is more accepted by "real gamers". Not every game has to be this super big epic experience. Not that we don't enjoy those games, it's just great that there's room for everyone now.

So, the time was right and everything just seemed to fit, so we decided to set up Simogo and go for it.

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