Posts tagged xblig 
FortressCraft reaches 750K downloads
Xbox Live Indie Game FortressCraft – better known as "that game that looks an awful lot like Minecraft" – has sold 750,000 units. Word of the achievement comes from developer Adam Sawkins' Twitter. As Eurogamer points out, the game has taken heat for being a Minecraft clone. "You can ...
Cast Of The Seven Godsends brings retro running, gunning to XBLIG and Windows 7
Cast Of The Seven Godsends is a Ghosts 'n Goblins-inspired action game from Raven Travel Studios, a relatively new indie development house out of Italy. Launching sometime "soon" this year on Windows 7 and XBLIG, Cast Of The Seven Godsends drops you into an 80s-esque side-scrolling fantasy world ...
XBLIG Companion app available now for Windows Phone
The Xbox Live Indie Games Companion app we first reported earlier this month is now available on Windows Phone. The app allows for easy browsing of Xbox Live Indie Games, including information, screens and links for each game. The app will even point users to Xbox Live Marketplace, where XBLIG ...
Indie devs launching XBLIG app for WP7 because MS hasn't
The Indie Games section of Xbox Live has been a point of contention for indie developers since its launch, in part because the app was hard to find and confusing to navigate. Microsoft has since made improvements -- with the most recent dashboard update, even -- but a group of indie devs and ...
Activision OK's XBLIG; you probably haven't heard of it, it's pretty underground [Update]
After accruing millions of fans and billions of dollars through mainstream blockbusters such as the Call of Duty franchise, Activision is going indie. Dark Reign: Redux is a modern, fan-made remake of the 1997 title, Dark Reign: The Future of War, which was developed by Auran and published by ...
Xbox Live Indie Games get increased file size, reduced minimum prices
It's been something of a rocky road for Xbox Live Indie Game developers, often confronted with less than ideal exposure and competing with not only huge retail games, but also incredibly cheap titles on mobile platforms like iOS. Microsoft has today addressed a handful of concerns that XBLIG devs ...
Mommy's Best responds to new Dash gripes with new shmup Game Type
When Serious Sam: Double D and Weapon of Choice developer Mommy's Best Games saw the latest Xbox 360 Dashboard, a few concerns came to mind. Rather than posting an analytical blog post, MBG spent seven days creating a playable commentary -- with parkour kick laser-beam attacks. ...
New Xbox Dashboard features leave Indie Games in the lurch
Now that the new Xbox 360 Dashboard is out there, many are finding the new features don't extend to Indie Games. Sure, Indies haven't supported Achievements for a while, and there's always been a price ceiling, but it looks like Beacons don't work with them, cloud storage isn't supported, and ...
Stardock sends Elfsquad7 down the Xbox Live Indie Games chimney
Michigan-based developer Stardock may be better known for strategy titles like Galactic Civilization and Sins of a Solar Empire – not to mention its one-time ownership of PC gaming service Impulse – but what would you say if we told you Stardock made "a festive retro co-op adventure ...
Goat try out Escape Goat on XBLIG
I'm not entirely sure why developer MagicalTimeBean singled me out by name in an email to Joystiq introducing its new game Escape Goat, about a goat and his mouse friend working to escape from a labyrinth of ever-shifting rooms. I'd like to think it's because I have a reputation for enjoying ...
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Report: Battlefield 3 'Premium' service costs $50 one time, includes 'all five themed expansion packs'
Posted on May 30th 2012 12:10PM
Doom 3 'BFG Edition' brings Hell to 360/PS3/PC 'this fall' with entire back catalog in tow
Posted on May 30th 2012 10:35AM