Posts Tagged ‘ indie games ’

Bonus Round: World of Warcraft is Expanding, Xbox Live May be Losing Steam

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Huge announcements from Blizzard entertainment, the future of indie games and a Rougelike game competition. (more…)

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GDC: Making Indie Games Ain't Easy

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SAN FRANCISCO — Making independent software isn’t all fun and games. (read on…)

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Find Hidden Indie Gems With New Xbox Phone App

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Microsoft just released an Xbox Live Indie Games Companion app for Windows Phone 7, which makes it easier to browse the Xbox’s selection of indie games. App users will be able to pursue all of the Xbox Live Indie Games, read detailed information about every title, look at game screens, and even purchase games...

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New Xbox Dashboard Promotes Indie Games – News

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Microsoft trying to address developer concerns. Microsoft has apparently listened to the mountain of complaints it has had from Xbox Live Indie Games developers, and has issued a Dashboard update that bumps the category up to the front of the Game Marketplace. Although the update hasn't hit...

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Xbox Dashboard update improves Indie presence

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The latest Xbox 360 dashboard update contains several changes that ought to please indie fans. The update, which went live this weekend, adds a tab to US dashboards placing Xbox Live Indie Games on the front splash-page, alongside Games on Demand and Xbox Live Arcade. (more here…)

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Xbox Live Indie Games unofficially comes to Windows Phone

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The “Indie Games” section of Xbox Live on the Xbox 360 has become very popular among everyone from hardcore gamers to people who whose favorite game is Angry Birds. In the most recent update to the Xbox 360 Dashboard, the Indie Games channel receives even more prominence, showing that Microsoft really likes this section...

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Privates dev predicts XBLIG won't survive transition from Xbox 360 to Next Xbox

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Xbox Live Indie Games won't survive the transition from Xbox 360 to the next Xbox, the developer of Privates and Ben There, Dan That! has predicted. Dan Marshall, founder of Size Five Games!, called on Microsoft to admit its XBLIG channel has been a "failure" in an interview with Hookshot Inc . Marshall agreed...

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Brand swings on to Xbox Live Indie Games

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Brand caught our eye all the way back in August of last year , and we've just gotten word that the game is available now on Xbox Live Indie Games, yours for the low price of just 240 Microsoft points ($3). You can see a release trailer above, and all of those swords you...

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Xbox Live’s Top Games Of 2011

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Microsoft has revealed the top list of most played games on Xbox Live for 2011. As you can imagine, Call of Duty is a monster. As detailed on Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb’s blog, Call of Duty makes up five of the top 20 most played games on the service for the year. Below is...

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360 – Neuerungen bei Preis und Größe der Indie Games

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Xbox 360 – Es gibt drei größere Neuigkeiten in Bezug auf die Xbox LIVE Indie Games für Xbox 360 S. Zum einen wurde das Speicherplatz-Limit von 150 MB auf satte 500 MB erhöht, um den Entwicklern mehr Spielraum zu ermöglichen. Dies ist dem positiven Feedback … (more…)

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