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Should Xbox Live Indie Games be Renamed Xbox Live Apps?

"It's a funny thing; when you release a digital marketplace in this day and age and provide little restrictions as to just what can be uploaded you get content that may not have been originally intended for the platform. Case and point: Xbox Live Indie Games (XBLIG)."

-Geoff Gibson
DIYgamer.com

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kissmeimgreek5305d ago

because there are very few (if any) actual apps on the indie games. its all pretty much games

GameOn5305d ago

I don't look at the Indie games much but the only app I can think of is the vibrator one.

BacteriaEP5305d ago (Edited 5305d ago )

I've seen massage apps, as well as screensavers, interactive novels, and other such things that definitely could not be considered games.

I'm not saying it will be exactly like an app store, but calling the area Xbox Live Indie Games is starting to become a bit of a stretch with many non-games making it in.

Oh and I'm also NOT saying this is a good thing. I'd love for Microsoft to step up a little and demand content be a game, but that can't happen without tightening up the procedure a bit...

ShabzS5305d ago (Edited 5305d ago )

i liked the physics sandbox game... it was pretty good.. the vibrator game just seems..... odd?

DLA2K95305d ago

I MADE A GAME WITH ZOMBIES IN IT!!!!!!

edgeofblade5304d ago (Edited 5304d ago )

If you get anything from Indie Games, get Kodu. Trust me... endless hours of low-stress coding and fun.

Or Avatar Drop. Rag doll Avatars in a fun little mini game... more than worth your money.

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KingKionic 5305d ago

indie games and indie apps .

That would be good .

DelbertGrady5305d ago

But I think there are too few apps for it to make sense dividing it into 2 categories. Seems like the writer is just trying to take a stab at MS. Indie games is a great service. Giving exposure to up and coming devs.

BacteriaEP5305d ago

Not a stab!

More of an observation. I won't say that the XBLIG will every fully become like an app store, but there's little stopping it from becoming so in the future unless MS steps in and starts steering it a bit more.

I mean, come on, 5 massage apps?

For the record, I love the XBLIG service. My recent fav is Jump! but I always dug Biology Battles, Clover, Being, and... of course... I MAED A GAME WITH ZOMBIES!!!1

I mean nothing against MS on a personal note.

PS3 slim5305d ago (Edited 5305d ago )

There are great games but lets make the developers earn that wanted money and fame. I own 10 Very good games from that service. It might be a MSFT cap though keeping them in a different genre to XBLA games but still.

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PS3 slim5305d ago (Edited 5305d ago )

They should be named >step that Sh8t up in development games<. The XBL arcade games are pulling away fast in better quality.

KingKionic 5305d ago

Indie games wasn't made to compete with the xbox live arcade .

But Microsoft has got a good amount of games from indie games and turned them into xbox live arcade games .

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Indie hit Dredge is getting its own movie adaptation

Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.

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The INDIE Live Expo 2024 event is to feature over 100 game titles

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