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Indieverse: The Horror Show

Posted 05/09/2012 at 1:18pm | by Nathan Meunier

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Find yourself hankering for some good ol' fashioned gore, malevolent entitites, and soul-sucking demons? We're no different, so we found a handful of ridiculously affordable horror-themed indie games on Xbox that should let you get that fix, without trotting out the stereotypical zombie apocalypse. Read on for four XBLIG titles worth leaving the nightlight on for.

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Fez finally arriving on XBLA April 13

Posted 03/29/2012 at 11:46am | by Luke Brown

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Fez, the highly-anticipated platformer and subject of Indie Game: The Movie finally finds a home on XBLA on Friday the 13th of April.

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Team Meat, Phil Fish talk Fez, Super Meat Boy, and indie game development

Posted 03/08/2012 at 3:49pm | by Francesca Reyes

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After a recent screening for videogame-focused documentary, Indie Game: The Movie, 2012 IGF Grand Prize winner Phil Fish (Fez) and Team Meat's Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes (Super Meat Boy) chatted with the audience about Kickstarter, being broke, personal expression in game development, and Ghosts 'N Goblins. Highlights inside.

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Dev: Indie Games channel won't survive the death of the Xbox 360

Posted 02/17/2012 at 2:38pm | by Alicia Ashby

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Developer Dan Marshall, founder of Size Five Games and creator of Privates and Ben There, Dan That, has predicted that the Xbox Live Indie Games won't survive the transition to the Xbox 360's rumored successor, nicknamed the Xbox 720 by fans. Marshall has also called upon Microsoft to admit that the channel is a “failure.”

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Indie dev claims Xbox Live Indie Game market isn’t growing

Posted 02/06/2012 at 11:24am | by Luke Brown

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Hypership Out of Control developer dishes cold, hard stats to show lack of growth for indie games on Xbox Live. Read on to see the bleak numbers.

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Indie Game: The Movie to become an HBO series?

Posted 01/23/2012 at 3:47pm | by Francesca Reyes

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After its premiere at the recent Sundance Film Festival, the rights to Indie Game: The Movie gets snagged by HBO and Hollywood producer Scott Rudin for an ongoing TV series. More details inside.

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Xbox Live Indie Games: Now bigger and more economical

Posted 01/05/2012 at 11:58am | by Kevin W. Smith

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Some bright changes are on the way for Xbox Live Indie Games. Read on for the full list.

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Indieverse: Indie Alternatives to 2011 Blockbusters

Posted 12/14/2011 at 5:52pm | by Scott Nichols

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2011 has been a phenomenal year for Xbox 360 games. But, at the same time, many of the major releases were sequels. Fantastic sequels to be sure, but it doesn’t exactly paint a diverse portrait of the current gaming landscape. For that we must turn to indie games...
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Xbox Live Indie Game devs not thrilled with new Dashboard

Posted 12/09/2011 at 5:04pm | by Kevin W. Smith

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Xbox Live Indie Game developers express mixed views over the new Dashboard update.
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Markus Persson taking his Minecraft role down a "Notch"

Posted 12/02/2011 at 2:03pm | by Dave Rudden

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Markus "Notch" Persson — the notable developer who founded Mojang and was one of Minecraft's lead designers — will be stepping down in his lead role on the project, keeping him on board with the project while allowing time to work on other projects. Read on for more info...

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