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[Get 7 Unreal-powered hits in Steam's Unreal Indie Bundle]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/get-7-unreal-powered-hits-in-steams-unreal-indie-bundle/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/get-7-unreal-powered-hits-in-steams-unreal-indie-bundle/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/get-7-unreal-powered-hits-in-steams-unreal-indie-bundle/#comments Today's Steam Spotlight deal is the Unreal Indie Bundle, a steeply discounted collection of seven standout titles created using the Unreal Engine.

Priced at $19.99, the compilation features the multiplayer tower defense game, Dungeon Defenders, dinosaurian online shooter Primal Carnage, and first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. (Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion). The Unreal Indie Bundle also includes a second tower defense darling, Sanctum, along with the first-person adventure game, The Ball, side-scrolling puzzler Unmechanical, and twin-stick shoot-'em-up Waves.

Purchased individually, these games would normally set you back $79.93, making this a solid deal all around. The Unreal Indie Bundle will be available through May 6th.

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Games include Super Meat Boy, The Ball, Cogs, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and many more. You can either buy each individually for half-off, or grab the whole bundle for $20.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1-2-3-kick-it-drop-that-beat-like-an-ugly-babyAaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAAamnesia-the-dark-descentAudiosurfBeatBit-Trip-Beatcogsdefense-grid-the-awakeningkilling-floormacpcpotato-sackrushsteamsuper-meat-boythe-ballthe-wonderful-end-of-the-worldtoki-torivalveTue, 12 Jun 2012 22:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Another indie game bundle with Sideway NY, Wasteland Angel, mysteries]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/26/another-indie-game-bundle-with-sideway-ny-wasteland-angel-myst/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/26/another-indie-game-bundle-with-sideway-ny-wasteland-angel-myst/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/26/another-indie-game-bundle-with-sideway-ny-wasteland-angel-myst/#comments

Let's get ready to Bundle! The latest installment in the pay-what-you-want bundle franchise is the Be Mine Indie Game Bundle, offering five games, a soundtrack and extra incentives when the total payment reaches $3,000, $50,000 and $75,000, with 20 percent of all donations going to Child's Play Charity. The current total is just over $46,000 and the bundle is available until March 3.

The Be Mine Bundle includes Xotic, Sideway New York, Wasteland Angel, Beep and The Ball, and for hitting the $3,000 mark it now includes Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals and all DLC packs for Xotic when they're released. The $50,000 includes a bunch of soundtracks and $75,000 hits a mystery bonus.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Be-MineBe-Mine-Indie-Game-Bundlebeepbundlecharitychilds-playmacpcsidewaysideway-new-yorkthe-ballWasteland-AngelxoticSun, 26 Feb 2012 15:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Have a Ball by downloading this new demo on Steam]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/have-a-ball-by-downloading-this-new-demo-on-steam/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/have-a-ball-by-downloading-this-new-demo-on-steam/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/have-a-ball-by-downloading-this-new-demo-on-steam/#comments If you're looking for a wonderful way to kill some time (and monsters), you can't do much better than The Ball -- a clever little PC action-adventure title in which your main weapon is, in fact, a giant, titular sphere. You can grab a demo for the game on Steam, or on our sister site Big Download.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>demopcsteamteotl-studiosthe-balltripwire-interactiveMon, 08 Nov 2010 01:00:00 EST<![CDATA[The Joystiq Indie Pitch: The Ball]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/27/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-the-ball/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/27/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-the-ball/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/27/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-the-ball/#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 Sjoerd De Jong, Project Lead at Teotl Studios, about how his team has spent one-and-a-half years polishing The Ball.

Joystiq: How did you or your company get started?

Sjoerd De Jong, Teotl Studios: Our game started out as a mod for Unreal Tournament 3, and was originally made for Epic Games' Make Something Unreal contest. Our first version was released in May 2008, and it was received so well (double first place in the first round of the contest), that we decided to carry on. We continued working on our project and we regularly released new versions all the way until the end of the contest, one-and-a-half years later. By the end of the contest The Ball had secured five first places, and won the second place in the Grand Finals. That gave us the confidence to quit our day time jobs, and start up our own small game development studio: Teotl Studios. We used the money we won throughout the contest to fund our company, and we have recently also been awarded a government grant. We are very happy with that, it has given us some financial stability and allowed us to get this far with no publisher or investor breathing down our necks.

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JoystiqThe Joystiq Indie Pitch: The Ball originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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