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...

When Microsoft decided to open the floodgates and allow anyone to code, publish and market an indie game on their XBOX 360 Live Marketplace they manifested an amazing public platform for micro game developers. When they then decided to shove it into a dark corner of said marketplace, the...

Developer: Ludosity Interactive Genre: Action/Adventure Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Players: 1 – 2 Price: 80 Microsoft Points (US $1.00) Developer Summary Really Shooter and his mother...

The greatly anticipated spawn of indie guru Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes (both subjects of the upcoming film Indie Game: The Movie)- Super Meat Boy splats down on the XBOX Live Arcade on October 20th 2010. What’s more awesome, however, is this 90′s commercial they put up...

Developer: DTA Entertainment Genre: Platformer Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Price: 80 Microsoft Points Developer Summary: It’s about a super-powered squirrel with bombs, in a semi-urban...

Developer: Brendon Chung / Blendo Games Genre: Strategy & Simulation Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Price: 400 Microsoft Points Developer Summary Lead your orbital battleships to victory in...

March 17th, 2010 At long last RPG “Masters of Belial” hits the XBOX 360 Live Indie marketplace raising the bar for all comers. This may be one of the best looking games ever released for the XNA crowd. Reminiscent of King’s Bounty or Might and Magic or of course Diablo,...

By XNA Game Freak and Callabrantus It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – XBOX 360′s community games were renamed Indie in 2009 and we saw a huge surge in the number of releases, many of which flew by, and for good reason, for looking like nothing but rehashed...

There were a lot of incredible games released by the huge game developers this year, just as there were Arcade games by the smaller developers.  But what about the micro developers who worked away in their underground bunkers, testing and twisting the possibilities of game design for no...

Title: Paint Boll Developer: CandelaCreations Genre: Shooter Price: 80 Points Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Developer’s Summary: Shoot paint balls at your opponent and hit the most...

Title: ZP2K9 Developer: Jamezila / Ska Studios Players: 1 Online Multiplayer: 2-10 Genre: Platformer Price: 200 Points Countries: Canada, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Developer Summary: ZP2K9 is a super-crazy multiplayer sidescroller. Play...

Creator: Jamezila Genre: Top Down Shooter Players: 1-4 Price: 80 Points Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Developer Summary: This video game product represents a culmination of years of intensive...