Indie Games Uprising III Review: Gateways! – For science!

Gateways takes the Indie Games Uprising III through  portals and time and twist everything up in the process. To try and write this review without referencing the obvious source material would be possible, but pointless. The game is Portal, but 2D, a whole hell of a lot more difficult and with a lot more than just a simple portal gun. […]

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Download the Indie Games Uprising III soundtrack for free!

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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Indie Games Uprising III has begun!

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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Trailerocolypse: the Indie Games Uprising III collection

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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Interview with Michael Hicks and Dave Voyles, coordinators of the Indie Game Uprising III

We recently sat down with the minds behind the Indie Game Uprising III (XBLIG Uprising) Michael Hicks and Dave Voyles to chat about the uprising, indie gaming in general and even Angel Fire and Geocities.  Check out this exclusive interview below, and keep up to date on everything uprising related HERE.

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Smudged Cat Games fulfilling lifelong dream

When growing up, little kids want to be firefighters, basketball stars or even the President of the Free World. Yet, somewhere along the way, most kids give up on those dreams. David Johnston wanted to make video games. “I started messing around with coding and little games as soon as I could reach a keyboard,” said Johnston, founder of Smudged […]

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Indie Games Uprising III (XBLIG Uprising)

The Indie Game Uprising III is coming on September 10th!  Follow all of our coverage, and coverage from around the net in one spot (hint, it’s right here!).  From previews, interviews, developer profiles and reviews, we’ve got you (and the Indie Game Uprising III) covered.  This page will be updated as quickly as possible as new content becomes available, but […]

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XBLIG Uprising Preview: “Portal” turned upside-sideways equals “Gateways.”

It’s time for an uprising of the gaming variety!  Indie game fans and developers rejoice, for now is your time to RISE!  Can you hear the chanting?  Can you hear the cries?  Can you hear the Batman?  I’m kidding about that part… or am I? We here at CBR have set out to provide you with exclusive coverage of the […]

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