If you thought that the XBox Live Indie Games service was just filled
with massage apps, clones, and garbage, think again! We are fighting
back against mediocrity and lameness in the best way we know how by
releasing amazing games! Mark your calendars, because the first week
of December is going to be the best week of gaming the service has
ever seen. With new games from veteran developers like Ska Studios and
Radiangames alongside promising newcomers, there's something for
everyone here. Check out the lineup!
The Games:
Soulcaster 2
Equal parts dungeon crawler, strategy and adventure, MagicalTimeBean's
follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Soulcaster features an all-new
set of worlds to explore and a soundtrack glossed in late-80's redbook
audio excess. Also: exploding skeletons
Cthulhu Saves the World
The next RPG from the creators of the popular parody RPG, Breath of
Death VII: The Beginning, Cthulhu Saves the World features a new
16-bit visual style, a fantastic soundtrack, sophisticated yet
streamlined gameplay, and an epic tale of insanity, romance, and
redemption. Save the world to destroy it!
Radiangames Crossfire 2
Crossfire 2 features all new upgrades and weapons systems, along
with two main modes. Play through Conquest mode with a friend and
save your progress through 60 all-new waves and new enemy types, or
play Score Attack and match your best scores against your friends and
the world.
Chu's Dynasty
Chu's Dynasty combines the strategic fighting of street-fighter with
the multi-tiered 4 player mayhem of super-smash brothers. Chu's then
adds a new twist to the genre with time manipulation. Over 2 years in
the making.
Alpha Squad
Alpha Squad is an adventure game that has mechanics primarily used in
dual-stick shooters, to keep the action fast and heavy as you explore
the world and its characters. Up to 4 player co-op, a customizable
storyline, large world, unforgettable weapons, music from Stemage of
Metroid Metal, and art from industry veterans.
Epic Dungeon
The ultimate dungeon crawling experience! Multiple character classes
and fast paced gameplay make Epic Dungeon one of the most enjoyable
roguelikes to date.
Break Limit
Prepare to go mind-numbingly fast as you Blast, Smash and Break Limit
through every one and thing in your way! Featuring classic arcade
style play - will you survive to be the champion of our online
scoreboard, or will you end up a grease spot on the first asteroid you
see?
Decimation X3
Decimation X3 is an intense retro shoot em up with insane firepower,
progressive defenses, and a never-ending vast assortment of power-ups.
It is a classic 2D gallery shooter with elementary controls
(left/right motion and fire) set in fast paced action that jumps into
arcade game play immediately for instant gratification. Runs at a
smooth 60 fps. Sequel to the #1 rated Xbox LIVE Indie Game in Japan,
Decimation X, following the Empower the Player philosophy proven by
two-time Dream Build Play finalist, Duality ZF.
Asteroids Do Concern Me
Test your piloting skills in this addictive one button action game.
Featuring five different modes of asteroid dodging fun. The odds of
surviving this game are 3720 to 1. Have you got the minerals?
Hypership Out of Control (Update)
Space is a dangerous placed for even the most seasoned starship pilot,
full of asteroids, multicolored floating blocks, and space mines. It's
even more dangerous when you your accelerator is stuck to the floor
and your brakes are out. Can you survive long enough to get that
elusive high score or are you destined to add a new crater to the face
of an unsuspecting asteroid? Find out in this retro gaming tour de
force featuring 10 Waves (forward and backwards), 5 game modes, 1 to 4
player co-op, and online high scores.
Aphelion: Episode Two: Wings of Omega
The conclusion to one of the most popular RPG franchises on XBox Live
Indie Games, players will reprise the role of Savion Mercarte as they
pick up where Episode One: Graves of Earth left off. Featuring
numerous new features and enhancements like improved animations, more
side quests and optional content, faster paced combat, a new playable
character, and much, much more!
ZP2KX: Zombies & Pterodactyls!
In a dystopian future where humans love guns and zombies just want to
be left alone, the pterodactyls have seen to it that everyone has to
be miserable together. Take your jetpack online and splatter some
fools with blades, guns, grenades, and other instruments of mayhem.
Earn XP, level up, unlock features, clothes, and skills! Build awesome
classes! From the developer of I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 1NIT!!!1
and The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai.
Ubergridder
You are in deep space, and nasty one-eyed tentacle toting aliens have
broken your spaceship. Help Robert the maintenance robot repair the
spaceship, one grid at a time.
Rickenbacker vs. the Aliens
Rickenbacker vs the Aliens is a cel shaded 2D shooter where you fly
Eddie Rickenbacker's SPAD against a relentless enemy rendered in a
1930's movie serial style. Bomb ground targets as you defend yourself
against an arial barrage, fighting your way to victory for Earth.
One week. Over a dozen great games. Prices as low as 80 to 400 Microsoft points.
Prepare yourself, because the first week of December is going to be
legendary. The Indie Games Winter Uprising is coming!
