Just wanted to post a quick update to the site and let people know what's going on with Xbox Indies.
First, the site is moving to new ownership. I can't say what, if anything, they might have planned for the site beyond simply hosting it, but just wanted people to know. I'm still around to work on technical issues, but the hosting and such is now moving to another person.
Second, we have a Facebook app! It has all the functionality of this site plus the ability to "Favorite" games and compare your favorites with your friends. You can discuss each game, see some recent favorites of all of Facebook, and see the games listed in order of number of favorites. I definitely hope everyone gives it a try; it's really a great new way to browse and share Xbox LIVE Indie Games.
That's pretty much it. Hope everyone is still digging Xbox LIVE Indie Games; there are a lot of good ones out there and even more in the pipeline. Keep on keeping on.
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Due to various personal issues, Matthew and myself are no longer capable of continuing our news posts here on Xbox Indies. It's been nothing but fun doing this, but we are no longer going to be able to continue with the site. We will definitely be leaving up the entire catalog which will continue to update and function just as it has since it's fully automated, but no more news posts will come.
We're planning on leaving the news blog here for about a week at which point we are planning on removing the blog from the site to return the site to just being the catalog so that newcomers will be taken straight to the games, rather than the news blog that will likely remain stagnant from now on. However, if you guys want us to keep these blog posts around for any reason, let us know. If we hear that the community of gamers wants these posts here, then we will keep them here.
Update 9/30/2009: As you can probably see, the blog is still here. I decided that people should be able to read these posts, plus the work to remove the blog meant bunches of work on the design. So here it shall stay for your reading enjoyment.
Again, it's been a blast providing you guys with news on Xbox LIVE Indie Games for the last couple of months and we wish we could keep at it, but as it is we cannot. You can follow @nickgravelyn or @mrmatthew on Twitter if you want to keep up with our personal Twitters and the @XboxIndies Twitter account will also still be active along with the catalog of this site. Thanks for reading!
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THREE GAMES FOR ALL SEASONS AROUND THE WORLD
For those uninitiated with the Halfbrick brand of bodaciousness, three games are currently available for Xbox Live Indie Games, making this the best season ever. Hey, our games are available all over the world, no seasonal discrimination here. Halfbrick Blast Off, Halfbrick Echoes and most recently Halfbrick Rocket Racing have both been released for several weeks to critical acclaim, and each is available for 240 Microsoft Points each.
If you want three Halfbrick games for less than $10, (the grand total being 720 Microsoftland Fun Bucks), you should check them all out right now from the Xbox Live indie Games channel. Mayhem mayhem mayhem!
Random Season of Halfbrick Game Giveaway
To blast through the season with spaceships, rocket racers and crazy translucent hats, Halfbrick will be giving away one free game every day on the official Halfbrick Twitter for 20 days, beginning September 18th. Just follow along, reply to the daily Tweet from @Halfbrick announcing the free game and one response will be randomly selected as the winner, with the download code sent via direct message.
About Halfbrick
Halfbrick is a professional game development studio based in Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 2001, it has developed popular titles for the Game Boy Advance, PSP, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, with expansion into Xbox Live Arcade, WiiWare and PlayStation Network development.
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What's better than a two stick shooter featuring crazy aliens, a 60 level campaign, support for up to four players, and a bunch of in-game medals to collect? All of that for free. If that sounds good to you, then today is your lucky day as we will be giving four lucky people a token to grab 'Duologue' absolutely free.
The rules of the game are simple. First download the demo and give it a play. Then take a look at the set of awesome medals you can unlock in the full game. Then head over to Twitter and tell us which medal you most want to get and why. We'll pick out four lucky entrants on Tuesday night and out the codes via Direct Message on Twitter, which means you have to be following us to win.
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Nathan over at Mommy's Best Games is in the process of updating their award winning 'Weapon of Choice' and they want your feedback. They currently have four possible choices for box art and they just can't decide which one to go with. Think you can help? Just use the poll here and let them know which of these box arts makes you most excited.
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Sorry for the delay in announcing the winners of our latest giveaway folks. PAX 2009 has been a blast and I can't wait to go back for more. Remember, check out my own or Nick's Twitter for our whereabouts and send us a tweet if you want to meet up.
Anyway, enough of that nonsense, let's get to the haikus already! We picked our four favorite 'Nasty'-related poems and each of the authors will be receiving a free download token to get their very own copy of the game! Here they are, in no particular order.
hodsey77 Nasty? Moi? Indeed / For only 400 points / Let's all get Nasty!!
9572AD Who put their Contra / into my Bubble Bobble? / Tastes great together!
Cuervo77 The Ghosts and Monsters / Try to take over the world / Time to get "Nasty"
Grukk Evil forces - yikes! / Won't you save humanity? / Just 400 points!
Congratulations to all the winners, especially hodsey77. This is her SECOND Xbox Indies giveaway win. All it takes to get those games for free is to follow us on Twitter and be a master haikuist, and that last one is flexible.
Those codes will be sent out shortly, so look forward to those later today! Thanks for playing all and look forward to even more giveaways next week!
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It's the beginning of PAX 2009 today and the Xbox Indies crew will be there! We'll be stopping by the XNA booth later today, of course. We are anxious to check out the DBP09 finalists and get a hands on with them. We'll also be meeting and greeting some of our friends while we're there.
We look forward to seeing you guys there. Keep yourself tuned to our Twitter feed for updates throughout the day. You can also follow myself or Nick on Twitter to see our more personal take on the show.
If anyone has any indie-game-related photos of the expo, feel free to leave a comment with a link. If we get some good ones, we may feature them in a PAX09 recap post. Happy PAX everyone!
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