It’s been a little over two weeks since XBL Indie Games had its prices changed – Microsoft is dropping the old pricing for what was formerly called Xbox Live Community Games on the Xbox 360. The hobbyist/amateur-based peer-reviewed publishing system for the Xbox 360 included choices for developers to price their games at 800 Microsoft Points ($10), 400 MSP ($5), and 200 MSP ($2.50) for a tiered
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Xbox Live Indie Games
[In this in-depth Gamasutra analysis, veteran game developer Jeff Ward crunches the numbers to craft a sobering look at the realities of independent game development business models.] I’m looking at releasing an Xbox Live Indie Game in the next few months. Recently, along with colleague Darius Kazemi, I started doing a little bit of math about indie game numbers, and it’s gotten me wondering
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Analysis: Is There Money To Be Made In Indie Games? (Gamasutra)
Alongside Microsoft’s ongoing transition of Xbox Live Community games into Xbox Live Indie Games, there’s a new pricing structure for titles on the service that will see some games priced as low as $1. The company’s dropping the old pricing, which included choices for hobbyist developers to price their games at 800 Microsoft Points ($10), 400 MSP ($5), and 200 MSP ($2.50) for a tiered system
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Xbox Live Indie Games Launches New Pricing Structure (Gamasutra)
You may not have heard much about the indie game, Fez, but you will, soon. It expands on games like Super Paper Mario and Echochrome by letting a 2D character explore a 3D world, and it’s coming to Xbox Live Arcade early next year.
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Fez XBLA Bound (IGN Xbox Live)
Been holding out hope that ACE Team’s first-person brawler Zeno Clash would make the jump to consoles? According to studio co-founder Carlos Bordeu, the indie-developed PC game could be making an appearance on Xbox Live Arcade — eventually, anyway
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Zeno Clash Shooting for Xbox Live Arcade (1up.com)