SFX-360 writes: "It seems that if you want to make a successful game these days you need only one thing...zombies! Yup, the undead certainly are the popular trend in video games considering the fact that there is nothing more fun than killing something that is already considered "dead." Now Ska Studios steps into the mix with a new game called I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1, and the end result is a game that's alot of fun.
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 is pretty much a combination of games like Smash TV and Geometry Wars. That's right...another dual stick shooter. Sure we have alot of these types of games lying around on Xbox Live, but not all of them are good or have that addiction factor to make you come back for more. This game does..."
10 games. 10 dollars. Jen gives her opinion on which Xbox Live Arcade games are worth your four quarters.
Eurogamer writes: "The Xbox Live Indie Games channel is now over a year old, and more than 700 games have made their nests amongst its nurturing branches. While it would be nice to say that the service has blossomed over time, that wouldn't be entirely accurate. The good stuff is arguably better than ever, but there's still an awful lot of pointless dross clogging up the shop window with joypad massages and other daft widgets.
There's still a lack of the sort of truly innovative games that sum up the homebrew ethos - the Canabalts, Darwinias and Samorosts - with most indie devs still preferring to trial their wares as Flash games on websites rather than making use of Mr Microsoft's indoor market hall. Of course, when even the best-selling Indie Games are apparently only shifting a thousand copies or less, you can hardly blame them."
DIYgamer.com writes: "DIYgamer only launched in October, but we have been busy playing independent games all year long. As the year winds down and news comes to a crawl as people head off for the holidays, we'd like to share what we found to be the best, most innovative, most interesting and all around entertaining indie games that came out this year. Our selection process was simple. Each writer here at the site was asked to submit their top five games of the year. We chose our game of the year based on the title with the highest number of appearances in those lists and the runner-up would be the one with the next most appearances. The rest all fall under honorable mention in alphabetical order, as each one struck us in a way to remain memorable and worthy of a top five of 2009 list."
