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Indie EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag What? Huh? Oh! Neat: The 2010 IGF Student entries 6 By now, you have hopefully taken some time out of your schedule to tinker with the more interesting 2010 Independent Games Festival Main Competition entries. If not, it's never too late to remedy... Left 4 Dead gets an NES de-make 36 What you are no doubt watching right now, as you're reading this, is in fact a playable game. PixelForce, which mainly consists of a single person named Eric Ruth, brought it upon themselves to ... Nintendo DLC Update: WiiWare demo, Pokemon, Indiana Jones 11 Another week, another batch of downloadable games on the little console that could (and did, and continues to do). If you jump onto the Wii Shop Channel, you'll see the usual addition of Virtual ... Review: Arkedo Series - 02 SWAP! 4 A few weeks ago, indie game developer Arkedo sent me an e-mail titled "An Easy Game from Arkedo to Dtoid, with Love": "Do you think it would be possible to have your mad skillz colleague try and ... Dino D-Day: Great mod or greatest mod? 25 It finally happened. Someone made a Half-Life 2 mod about Nazis, dinosaurs, and Nazi dinosaurs. Sure, the main reason why I want to even give it a try is incredibly shallow, but even still, it's ... Tim Langdell is a dick, indies respond...from the EDGE 54 Tim Langdell, founder of EDGE Games and former IDGA board member, is evidently not a big believer in freedom of speech -- at least, not in respect to the word "edge."  After managing to remo... Attention, PS3 fans: Braid hitting PSN today 26 Jonathan Blow's beautiful puzzle-platformer Braid has been an Xbox 360 exclusive for a very long time, but PS3 fans with a penchant for time-travel and artsty fartsy metaphors will finally get a ... First look at Titmouse's Seven Haunted Seas in action 16 Titmouse Games has finally revealed an early trailer for its upcoming title, Seven Haunted Seas, shown only to press at E3 earlier this year.  The developer says it's a "prototype" video, b... Finalists for 2BeeGames' Indie Game Competition revealed 10 The ten finalists for 2BeeGames' Indie Game Competition have been chosen. Let it be known that this is the second competition -- our strict headline character limit here at Destructoid didn't wan... 'Leaked' Joe Danger video makes it a quick 'do want' 19 I've had my eye on Joe Danger since it was announced. Admittedly, it was because the games developer, Hello Games -- a small, indie start-up made up of industry veterans -- had sheepishly approa... Shattered Horizon deserves a look, so give it one 25 Why haven't I posted about Futuremark Games Studio's self-published, FPS-in-space Shattered Horizon? That's a damn good question, really. As a lover of Dead Space and all things similar in natur... Auditorium headed to XBLA, PSN, and PSP Minis 11 Cipher Prime's Auditorium is a relatively simple, very self-explanatory game that's presented brilliantly. Rather than listen to me elaborate further, you can hear Samit discuss it or even try a ... New Stonesense visualizer makes Dwarf Fortress playable 23 Forget Silent Hill or Fatal Frame. You know a game that's terrifying? Bay12's Slaves to Armok: God of Blood: Dwarf Fortress II, colloquially shortened to simply Dwarf Fortress. If being one of A... Braid bringing rewind potions to PS3 next week 43 Braid is a pretty terrific game as far as platformers go, and anyone gaming primarily on a PlayStation 3 will soon have the chance to see what all the fuss is about; cause for celebration if I've... An avalanche of indie: 2010 IGF entries revealed 10 The Independent Games Festival's Main Competition received 306 game entries, if you can believe that. I took it upon myself to scan the multi-page list for a few projects I could highlight, and w... Review: Osmos 16 Upon reading the title of this post, I assume you will have one of two reactions: 1. What the hell is Osmos what is this crap why are you wasting my 2. Didn't that game come out, like, almost thr... Meat Boy Twitter updates: Contests, menus, and creeps 7 Time for another update from the Super Meat Boy twitter. First off are a few images from "incidental" aspects of the game. We get a look at the silhouette of a mysterious dude (Tim? LL Cool J?), ... Indie platformer Igneous is like Mirror's Edge, but good 103 Igneous, the remarkably pretty and well-paced student project I highlighted a few months back, is finally complete and can be downloaded for free right here. To summarize: Igneous is a 3D platfor... SWAP!, Arkedo's second Xbox Indie game 3 Arkedo is keeping their promise of one game a month on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel with their new game, SWAP! SWAP! is a dual-stick action puzzle game where you have to move one block at a... Let's try this again: A much better Fort Zombie trailer 11 Look, we here at Destructoid are nice people. Usually. That's why we wanted to give Kerberos Studio a second chance. Perhaps you saw this footage of budget PC action RPG Fort Zombie the other da... Steampunk brawler Hammerfight now available on Steam 11 Then again, maybe "brawler" isn't the right word -- Hammerfight is, to briefly summarize, a ship-versus-ship combat game where you swing boulders, hammers, swords, and other melee weapons around ... Buy Lugaru for 75% off, spend the day maiming bunnies 10 Lugaru, the much-beloved indie game which can be most easily and enjoyably described as "a violent kung fu revenge story starring rabbits," will be available for a fourth of its usual a... Capybara talks its 'next game,' Zombie Tactics 26 Earlier today, GamerBytes found a document from the Ontario Media Development Corporation that detailed a title from Capybara Games (the folks who brought you Critter Crunch on PlayStation Networ... Nothing is sacred: killing God atop the Tower of Heaven 40 [Editor's Note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive the opinions of Destructo... CONFIRMED: LL Cool J is playable in Super Meat Boy 29 I may not post much news on the Destructoid front page, but I do, occasionally, have my moments. I've been known to investigate things. I once reported something. Every so often, when the sun is ... Too much Super Meat Boy news to fit in this headline 24 Crap, I forgot to read the Super Meat Boy twitter for a few days, and it turns out that I missed a f*ck-ton of news. First is the above video, that shows us exactly how terrifying Super Meat Boy ... Review: Eufloria 26 Eufloria -- formerly known as Dyson -- has been on my radar for a while now. Firstly, one of its creators also made Cottage of Doom. This, in itself, is sufficient reason for excitement.Secondly,... Check out Small Worlds, a TRUE exploration game 44 A week ago, I complained that too many so-called "exploration" games were actually about collecting doodads and less about the joy of progressively uncovering and understanding more of ... It's an Alientrap: XBLA shooter Capsized debut trailer 10 The trailer for Alientrap Software's physics-based action-shooter Capsized has been making the rounds for about a week now. I'd made a mental note to post it already, but I got distracted by some... In case you've forgotten: 20+ new La-Mulana screenshots 8 I'll be the first to admit that I'm not familiar with Nigoro's action-adventure Metroidvania La-Mulana or the MSX games (like Maze of Galious) to which it pays homage. (In brief, you have to guid... Beautiful Critter Crunch concepts, courtesy of Capybara 13 Nick found Capybara Games' PlayStation Network debut Critter Crunch, a colorful food-chaining puzzler, to be "one of the best values in puzzle gaming you'll find this year," but, so far... Play Killing Floor for free this weekend 26 Here's another free weekend courtesy of the cats at Steam. This time, it's Killing Floor. The promotion will start up tomorrow, so now would be a good time to commence pre-loading the game while ... Golgoth remaking gorgeous arcade monkey-shmup Toki 35 Up until yesterday, if you were to ask me about monkeys in videogames, I'd start off with Donkey Kong and then mention Super Monkey Ball, Samba de Amigo, and maybe those enemies in the Green Hill... How CommanderVideo ended up in Super Meat Boy 8 The BIT.TRIP series is faced by one adorable little CommanderVideo. The hero if Gaijin Games' mini-epic is an ambitious little figure, a spaceman with whom the different genres of the BIT.TRIP se... Gaijin Games leaps into the Void 12 Gaijin Games and BIT.TRIP. It's a dev team and a game series that has worked entirely within the the constraints of Nintendo's WiiWare downloadable channel. For those who have given their previou... Review: Machinarium 64 Machinarium may be the best adventure game I've ever played. I don't know if I outright prefer it over the motion-controlled glory that is Zack and Wiki, or the wacky time-travel-laffs of Chariot... Hell is Other People will make you loathe humanity 15 If you're not familiar with the concept of asynchronously multiplayer games, then there are two games you would do well to try out: Tetris Friends, and George Buckenham's Hell is Other People. Wh... Super Meat Boy's twitter updates got the 2600 meat funk 11 Looking forward to Super Meat Boy? Then should been keeping up with the game on Twitter, where all the major Meat Boy news first goes public. Here's a recap of the latest from Tweet Boy's meats, ... Run, jump, shoot: check out Sparky's Star Guard 4 I don't know about you guys, but it's a slow day here at work. It's raining and cold here and, to be honest, I'd rather be at home with a mug of hot chocolate and a controller in my hand. A First... Interview: Tom Sennett & Matt Thorson, creators of RunMan 14 ...": Race Around the World," the headline would say, if Elephant's character limit weren't so painfully brief.Of course, I don't have to tell you that. You've already played RunMan: RA... Knytt Online Open Beta on the way 19 Almost exactly a year ago, Andrew Noel announced on the Nifflas forums that, after getting permission from the games' original creator, he was going to work on an online version of the Knytt game... Could user-created RunMan: RATW levels be on the horizon? 6 We've already discussed the greatness of RunMan: Race Around the World in some detail. But now that you've played it, beaten it, donated money and unlocked all the characters, what's left to do? ... Tis the season: there's a pumpkin carving sim on XBLA 9 I'm a total dork when it comes to the Halloween rituals -- I love hanging the stupid skeleton on the door, going to pick out a pumpkin to carve, queuing up the scary movies. I'm not so sure how I... Sorry, no enhanced version of new RunMan game coming 12 Upon completing Tom Sennett and Matt Thorson's RunMan: Race Around the World, I had only one thought -- namely, that the two creators oughtta be drowning in money for making such a damned good pl... Review: JUMP! 73 I'll be as forthcoming as I can: I didn't finish, nor will I probably ever finish JUMP!, the first of several XBL Indie Game from Arkedo (the guys behind Big Bang Mini, if you're keeping track) p... Every time a PayPal ka-chings a meat angel gets his wings 35 So, if you check the cblogs regularly (as you should), then you probably already know that Edmund McMillen, (indie game artist/designer) just did some hospital time, and like many indie game art... There's lots of jumping in Arkedo's JUMP! 31 Arkedo, the studio behind Big Bang Mini and Nervous Brickdown, have come out with a new game called JUMP! for the Xbox Indie Games Channel. It’s a retro style platformer where you have to b... Tale of Tales' Fatale puts a price on ambiguity: it's $7 16 I do not like Tale of Tales' work, but they so fervently attempt to push against the grain of conventional game design (at least in part by not making actual games) that I feel compelled to buy e... Magicka: A tale of Norse mythology and bloody explosions 12 Now when I say "Magicka," I'm not referencing Oblivion -- it's the name of an upcoming action adventure game from Swedish indie developer Arrowhead Game Studios. At first glance, it may... Sim City meets Tetris in indie game City Rain 12 As Nick said way back in August of last year when he played City Rain, mashing the two distinct concepts together is "ridiculous enough that it actually works." The 2009 Independent Gam... Indie game 'Dyson' is now 'Eufloria,' still looks neat 6 If you haven't yet played Dyson, then you can play the free, original version here. I'm told it's very good, though I can't speak personally because -- despite how simple it looks -- I couldn't f... Indie shmup Bullet Candy Perfect on sale for as low as $1 8 Ah, the old "pay as much as you think it's worth" business model. In theory, a giant middle-finger to the greedy corporations who feel justified charging exorbitant amounts of money in ... Review: Gridrunner Revolution 11 Jeff Minter's Gridrunner Revolution is a good game, and I say that as someone who absolutely hated Space Giraffe. I have no time to play the coy, "these are the opening paragraphs so I don't... Axel & Pixel hitting XBLA soon, here's what it looks like 6 Point-and-click adventure games? Hey, you can never have to many of those -- especially when it comes to a platform like Xbox LIVE Arcade. The Czech Republic-based indie developer Silver Wish Gam... RunMan: Race Around the World is a really good game 28 If you never played RunMan's Monster Fracas, that's fine. You missed out on a great little platformer, but it's really not that big a deal. Regardless of whether or not you played RMF, my opinion... Canabalt now available on iPhone, I still suck at it 20 Remember Canabalt? The surprisingly addictive, surprisingly pretty one-button platformer that we raved about nearly a month ago? Well, you can now buy a copy of the game for your iPhone or iPod t... Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition hitting XBLA next spring 16 Previously, ACE Team co-founder Carlos Bordeu told us about his studios' interest in bringing the delightfully bizarre Zeno Clash over to Xbox LIVE Arcade. Having been powered by the Source Engin... Strange Adventures in Infinite Space is finally free! 16 Download this, right now. Strange Adventures in Infinite Space used to be the most surprisingly expensive indie game on the PC market -- $20, despite being almost a decade old -- but now it's fre... Indie game Immortal Defense is awesome, on sale for $3 20 If you haven't already played Immortal Defense -- known around the Burch household as "the single best tower defense game ever made next to Plants vs Zombies" -- you're in luck. In cele... Exclusive: The sights & sounds of Retro Super Meat Boy 23 [Surprise, a Destructoid exclusive! You saw it here first!] How do you feel about this whole "retro-revival" thing? If you're going to play a retro game, do you want it to go whole hog ... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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