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Read More »Limbo is No.1 XBLA summer game
Acclaimed platformer Limbo is the best-selling Xbox Live game of the summer, Microsoft has revealed. The downloadable Xbox 360 exclusive was released as part of the Summer of Arcade promotion in July which also featured Square Enix’s Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light. Our number one Summer of Arcade …
Read More »Independent studios form Indie Fund
Famed indies establish new body to aid next wave of renegade studios
Read More »US: Braid gets boxed release
US publisher and developer MumboJumbo is to release a boxed version of XBLA hit Braid for the PC in North America. The time bending platform game has been a huge success as a download on the Xbox 360, and its retail release goes some way to demonstrating the potential of …
Read More »Braid coming to PlayStation
Jonathan Blow’s celebrated indie game Braid will become available to download from PSN on December 17th. Publisher Hothead Games has announced that the title will cost just €9.99 (around 9) for PS3 owners. The game, ‘a puzzle platformer’, allows players to manipulate time and control protagonist Tim. Braid won plaudits …
Read More »Hothead Games to bring indie titles to new platforms
Canadian developer and publisher to port Braid to Mac and launch The Maw for Windows
Read More »XBLA Deal of the Week returns
Microsoft has announced that, following a successful trial last December, it is to resurrect its Xbox Live Arcade ‘Deal of the Week’ this year – and it begins today with a 33 per cent cut to the price of Jonathan Blow’s Braid. MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz has the full story …
Read More »Daily Mail praises XBLA’s Braid
Almost everywhere you look, Jonathan Blow’s ambitious Xbox Live Arcade platformer Braid is garnering praise. But one of those fans may surprise you: the notoriously game-hating Daily Mail. For the full story head over to MCV’s sister site Develop.
Read More »Braid’s least likely admirer: the Daily Mail?
Newspaper hopes Blow's platformer 'ignites a market for DIY games'
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