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Feature: Best Indie Games of 2010

by James Murff Dec 31st 2010 @ 10:00PM

2010 was a stellar year for indie gaming. We didn't think that 2009 could be beat, but this year really brought out all the stops. From classical platformers like Super Meat Boy to disturbing adventure games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent, there was an aboslute flood of excellent indie games this year. From paid to free, players who wanted to try something a little different had a huge selection of titles to choose from in 2010. Here's our favorite picks from 2010 to roll in the new year! Click on the image to check out our gallery feature.

Gallery: Best Indie Games of 2010

Filed under: Features, Indie

Super Meat Boy for PC gets another indie game cameo

by John Callaham Nov 7th 2010 @ 7:00PM

The upcoming PC port of Super Meat Boy is beginning to look like it will be the definitive version for the arcade game from the two man development studio Team Meat. There is already word that there will be a "Mr Minecraft" extra character that will be exclusive to the PC port.

Now Destructoid has revealed yet another exclusive PC character today and, well, its not much of a shock. It's Captain Viridian from VVVVVV, a game that has more than a few design similarities to Super Meat Boy. In addition the creator of VVVVVV will be making some exclusive levels for the PC port of Super Meat Boy. It's still due to be released via Steam in late November.

Filed under: Indie, Arcade

IndieCade 2010 winners announced

by John Callaham Oct 10th 2010 @ 11:00AM

This week there's been a bunch of game related events going on including IndieCade 2010. The Los Angeles based event that concentrates on the independent games movement is in its final day but earlier this week the festival announced which games had won awards for its 2010 season.

IndieGames.com has the full list of winners and as you can see it has a wide variety of titles It's likely that many of you may not have heard of most of these titles but there's still a lot of gaming goodness to be had from the games that are listed below:

Gameplay Innovation Award: Continuity
Technological Innovation Award: Miegakure
Sound Award: Limbo
World and Story Award: Games of Nonchalance
Documentary Award: The Cat and the Coup
Aesthetics Award: Spirits
Sublime Experience Award: Faraway
Fun and Compelling Award: VVVVVV
Wild Card Award: B.U.T.T.O.N.
Trailblazer Award: Tim Schafer
Virtuoso Award: A Slow Year
Vanguard Award: A Slow Year
A Slow Year Jury Award: Groping in the Dark

Filed under: Indie

Big Download's News Bits & Bytes - September 7

by John Callaham Sep 7th 2010 @ 10:30PM

Even though the Labor Day holiday is over everyone still seems to be recovering from PAX Prime 2010. And we have the Tokyo Game Show coming up next week which, while its mostly about console games, could yield a few game announcements as well.

The historical RTS game Theatre of War 2: Korea from 1C Company is now titled Theatre of War 3: Korea. We don't know why.
A new Garry's Mod update is now available via Steam.
Speaking of which, you can check out what Garry of Garry's Mod thinks about Mafia II.
And speaking of which you can now purchase the original Mafia from Steam for $9.99.
You can also get the acclaimed indie game VVVVVV from Steam for both PC and Mac with a 10 percent discount to $4.49.
Want to play older Direct Draw games like the old Wing Commander titles in Windows 7? This man has a solution.
Could South Korea ban access to all games that don't get a rating from the government? Maybe.
Check out this podcast recording of the PAX Prime 2010 panel The Five Wonders of PC Gaming.

Filed under: Downloads, Action, RTS

Download: VVVVVV Demo

by Steven Wong Jan 19th 2010 @ 5:30PM

Don't let the low-tech graphics fool you, VVVVVV is a complex action platforming game that shifts gravity around. Created by indie developer Distractionware's Terry Cavanagh, the demo is available for both the PC and Mac.

Download VVVVVV Demo (14 MB)
Download VVVVVV Mac Demo (15 MB)

Filed under: Downloads, Demos, Action, Indie

Indie game VVVVVV released

by John Callaham Jan 11th 2010 @ 1:00PM

If you like mimimalist 2D platform games made by a one man team with a twist today's your lucky day. Indie game develper Terry Cavanagh has released the full version of his newest title VVVVVV for both Windows and Mac. The game, which has the player controlling a character through a Mario-like platformer, is Cavanagh's first commercial title after releasing a number of freeware PC game titles

You can buy both the Windows and Mac versions of the game on his web site for $15 each (a Linux version is planned as well but there's no word on when that will be released). You can also download free demos for the game (again in Windows and Mac versions) on the game' web site or play a version of VVVVVV in a browser.

Filed under: Indie