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Eight Reasons Why You Should Make An Xbox Indie Game

Eight Reasons Why You Should Make An Xbox Indie Game 

Thanks to Jonathan Flook of Silver Dollar Games for submitting this article to DDGameWorld.com, it can also be read on his blog at Gamasutra.com I’ve read a few articles about the many problems with the App Hub and Xbox Indie Games, but I can’t find too many about how great it is. So I thought [...]

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3 New Games Released on XBLA Today

3 New Games Released on XBLA Today 

Holy hump day Batman! It’s finally arrived. XBLA saw a flurry of activity today as three titles were released, most notably – the game I have been waiting for more than any other game since its announcement at New York Comic Con – X-Men Arcade. Joining the nostalgic awesomeness that is X-men Arcade, is Quake [...]

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Xbox Live Arcade December Deal: Buy 2 Get 400 MSP FREE

Xbox Live Arcade December Deal: Buy 2 Get 400 MSP FREE 

Tis the season to be saving. Xbox Live Arcade is offering a special festive deal during the month of December. If you purchase two qualifying games from the Arcade Marketplace (see list below) between December 1 – 20, you will receive 400 Microsoft Points – FREE! Offer Details To qualify for this special offer, you [...]

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Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, 600,000 downloads and climbing.

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, 600,000 downloads and climbing. 

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, the prologue to  Capcom‘s zombie thriller, Dead Rising 2, has surpassed the 600,000-downloaded mark.   This $5 XBLA-title, which, before the digital download industry boom, would have likely been distributed as a free demo, sold another 100,000 units in October. This, once again, places Dead Rising 2: Case Zero at the top of [...]

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Indie Classic “The Impossible Game” Coming To Android And Windows Phone 7 Mobile Devices

Indie Classic “The Impossible Game” Coming To Android And Windows Phone 7 Mobile Devices 

Best-selling iPhone and Xbox 360 Indie game, The Impossible Game will be making its way onto two new mobile platforms. The Impossible Game has already reached some impressive landmarks for a minimalistic Indie game, such as making it to #2 in the US app charts and being hand-picked as “App of the Week” by Apple [...]

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Popular Flash Game Garden Gnome Carnage Available On XBLIM

Popular Flash Game <em>Garden Gnome Carnage</em> Available On XBLIM 

[This unedited press release is made possible by our good friends at Games Press] PRESS RELEASE Garden Gnome Carnage hits 2 million plays, Xbox360 Nov 22nd, 2010 – Ludosity Interactive announced today that its hit game ‘Garden Gnome Carnage’ has been played over 2 million times on flash portals worldwide. Ludosity also declares that the [...]

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NinjaBee Shows Off Desert Kingdom Screenshots From A Kingdom of Keflings

NinjaBee Shows Off Desert Kingdom Screenshots From <em>A Kingdom of Keflings</em> 

NinjaBee shows off third land in A World of Keflings Indie devs NinjaBee released the first screenshots of the Deresrt Kingdom, from their upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade title, A World of Keflings. The Desert Kingdom is one of three lands where players will use their Xbox LIVE Avatar to build customized cities for their vulnerable [...]

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Radiangames Fireball Now Available on Xbox Live

Radiangames <em>Fireball</em> Now Available on Xbox Live 

PRESS RELEASE URBANA, IL – November 12, 2010 – Dodge. Trigger. Destroy! Be the Fireball! Radiangames is proud to announce its fifth game, Fireball, is now available for download through Xbox Live Indie Games on the Xbox 360 for 80 MSP ($1). Did you read that line?  FIFTH GAME!  OF THE YEAR!  (And they’re all rated [...]

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The New Xbox LIVE Update Launches Today

The <em>New Xbox LIVE Update </em> Launches Today 

The new Xbox Live update has been released today. Xbox Live members worldwide will download the update automatically the next time they log onto their consoles. Microsoft said the update should take around 10-15 minutes, and those who decline the update will no longer be able to access Xbox Live. The new update will provide [...]

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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light FREE DLC & Co-op Patch Released Today

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light FREE DLC & Co-op Patch Released Today 

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light finally received its eagerly anticipated online co-op patch today. The update is available over Xbox Live and as an added bonus and thank you to the fans, the game’s first DLC pack, entitled All the Trappings, is being given away for free for 30 days exclusively on Xbox [...]

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