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PSA: Indie Games Uprising 3 goes live today
The third Indie Games Uprising begins today, running through September 20 on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel. The Uprising offers a promotion blast for nine new XBLIG games, beginning with "arcade documentary" qrth-phyl from Cornish developer Hermitgames, which is out today. The third lineup also ...
Indie Games Uprising 3 costs you $11, max
The Indie Games Summer Uprising is almost upon us: the coordinated rollout and promotion of high-profile (for XBLIG) games will begin on September 10 with the "arcade/documentary" Snake game, qrth-phyl. Find the full schedule for the two-week promotion after the break. The Uprising has a much lower ...
CastleMiner Z crests 900,000 sales, becomes fastest-selling XBLIG
As 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 ...
Indie Games Uprising 3 highlights new Xbox Live Indie Games in September
The "Indie Games Uprising" is back to remind people of the Xbox Live Indie Games Service's existence, and to promote a series of upcoming games. From September 10 through September 20, nine new games will be released as part of the grassroots "Indie Games Uprising III" promotion. Those games ...
Indie Games Summer Uprising community vote crests soon [Update]
The Indie Games Summer Uprising promotes the ten hottest (Get it?) games in Xbox Live's Indie Games collection – eight of those titles are chosen by developers and the XBLIG team, but two of them are up for a fan vote. This year, community voting will be possible via a link on the Indie Games ...
Penny Arcade's XBLIG game delayed on the precipice of release
The release window for Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice 3 has been tricky to nail down. First, it was due on July 10 on PC and Xbox Live Indie Games, and then PA boldly moved the date forward to June 25, with mobile versions to follow. Now, due to the late discovery of a bug (the game ...
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 lands July 10
Zeboyd's pixelated refresh of the Penny Arcade RPG series will arrive on Steam and XBLIG on July 10. Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 (phew) will cost $5 on either platform, the developer reports, though the XBLIG version is obviously sold in Microsoft's imaginary fun money. ...
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 ...
