Twas a great year for micro independent game developers on the XBLIG (XBOX Live Indie Game Marketplace). Unfortunately, Microsoft decided to feature those games that sold the most for their deference to more pronounced indie titles (we’re looking at you, Minecraft) rather than focus...

Developer: Mattini Games Genre: Action, Shooter Price: 80 Microsoft Points Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Players: 1 offline Developer Summary MSA Julie features a novel combination of...

Developer: Bounding Box Games LLC Genre: Action, Puzzle Price: 80 Microsoft Points Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Players: 1 offline Developer Summary Star Ninja is a physics based puzzle/shooter...

Game: Strategic Warfare: Conflict Developer: Dugrab Studios Genre: Strategy & Simulation Players: 1 Price: 80 Microsoft Points Release Date:3/22/2011 Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Developer...

Game: Solve It – Pack 1 Developer: Mark Lund Games Genre: Puzzle Players: 1-4 Local Price: 80 Microsoft Points Release Date:3/16/2011   It’s a concept so simple you think “it has to have been done before”. Solve It – Pack 1 calls itself “a game about giving...

Game: Bad Golf Developer: Adam Spragg Games Genre: Sports & Recreation Players: 1-4 Local Price: 80 Microsoft Points Like the developer summary says – don’t let the name fool you. Bad Golf turns out not to be so bad at all; this 2D physics based “golf game”...

Game: Dogfight SKETCH! Developer: HydraKill Release Date: 11/21/2010 Genre: Shooter Players: 2 Local Languages: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Price: 80 Microsoft Points Developer Summary: Battle out against your fiends with...

Game: Snowball Showdown Developer: The Unallied Genre: Shooter Players: 2-4 Local, 1-8 Networked Price: 80 Microsoft Points Developer Summary Snowball Showdown pits you against friends and the world! A charming top-down multiplayer shooter that provides the excitement of a snowball fight...

TITLE: Sword and Hammer – the hand of the king DEVELOPER: BM RELEASE DATE: 1/21/2011 GENRE: Other PRICE: 240 Microsoft Points Perhaps some of you are old enough to remember a revolutionary standup arcade game by Disney ex-pat animator Don Bluth called Dragon’s Lair (and its...

Games: Four Corners / Scatha Developer: Living Creature Studios Genre: RTS Game Rating: Unrated Players: Four Corners: 2 / Scatha: 1 Custom Soundtracks Developer Summary Four Corners: Use ninjas, witches, archers, vikings, samurai, and a slew of other units to destroy your...

It was an interesting year for the XBOX Live Indie (formerly known as community and XNA respectively) game platform: first Microsoft made the grave mistake of hiding the XBOX Indies inside some esoteric marketplace tab away from the central gaming area. Then the came the backlash. Then...

Developer: Zeboyd Games Genre: RPG Price: MS 240 Points Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Developer Summary The lord of insanity, Cthulhu, has lost his powers and the only way to regain them is by...