What’s in a name? Shakespeare riddled off 154 numbers for his collection of sonnets. The Beatles’ second Capitol Records album was given the inventive name of The Beatles’ Second Album. Andreas Heydeck followed the same path, naming his studio, Andreas Heydeck Games, after himself. However, his games have much more inventive titles, including his newest one Smooth Operators – Call […]
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The Indie Games Uprising III has begun. As a community, the developers of the XBLIG scene have banded together to unite under a common banner, to stand shoulder to shoulder and scream loud enough that even the most aloof gamer might hear them. In that spirit, together, they have chosen to start by chanting… QRTH-PHYL… which is pronounced… qurth-phil? Qrith-phile? […]
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Celebrate the start of the Indie Games Uprising III with the original soundtrack for the Uprising. The guys of VVGTV.com took the time to put together samplings of the music from all of the games in this years Uprising into one convenient soundtrack that you can now download for free. Indie game music from indie games made by indie developers. […]
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Today marks the beginning of the Indie Games Uprising III, the community ran, community supported effort to raise awareness of the XBLIG channel and promote indie game development. A total of 9 games, 8 of which cost only $1 (80 MSP) will be released starting today and going through September 20th (on Monday-Friday). In the end, all 9 games will […]
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Breakups are hard. Just like Charlie Sheen after Two and a half men, Ringo after the Beatles and Penny Hardaway after Shaq left the Orlando Magic, when a group breaks up, the pieces are not left the same and a drop off in quality is expected. However, Toby Land of Tricktale Games plans for a better story. Land started Tricktale […]
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As part of our ongoing coverage of the Indie Game Uprising III we asked Gristmill Studios to tell us a bit about themselves and their upcoming game, XenoMiner (read our PREVIEW of the game HERE). Gristmill Studios was kind enough to take the time to tell us about their studio’s game and their career as a developer. The full interview can […]
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As part of our ongoing coverage of the Indie Game Uprising III we asked Autotivity Entertainment to tell us a bit about themselves and their upcoming game, Entropy (read our PREVIEW of the game HERE). Autotivity Entertainment was kind enough to take the time to tell us about their studio’s game and their career as a developer. The full interview can […]
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With the Indie Games Uprising III fast approaching, starting September 10th – September 20th, we thought we would stop and take a moment to put all the game’s trailers together in one, convenient location. Check out the event’s launch trailer as well as the trailer for each of the 9 indie games below and share with your friends! Launch Trailer: […]
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As part of our ongoing coverage of the Indie Game Uprising III we asked Ratchet Game Studio to tell us a bit about themselves and their upcoming game, Pixel (read our PREVIEW of the game HERE). Ratchet Game Studio was kind enough to take the time to tell us about their studio’s game and their career as a developer. The […]
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As part of CBR’s 18 days of coverage of the XBLIG Uprising III, I thought I would take a look at how the organizers of this latest release extravaganza have been getting the word out about it. I contacted the event’s coordinators, Michael Hicks of MichaelArts and Dave Voyles of Armless Octopus, for their thoughts about using the online media […]
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