Just look at this week’s list of releases: a dozen new games, and not a single Avatar title among them. Okay, Avatars do pop up in Turtle Casino, but there are also 2D platforming segments with reptiles, so we’ll call that a wash. Are developers finally over the obsession with Avatars? Has our dream of one day playing an Avatar babysitting sim just been flushed down the toilet? We’ll keep our fingers crossed. In the meantime, check out this weeks’ crop of non-Avatar releases.
"No matter what format, what system or what game you are developing for, there are certain things that can doom your game regardless of how good or bad it is from the start. While this article is written with a focus on XBLIG’s, much of these apply to any indie game developer looking to make a dollar off of their game."
Critical Gamer's Luke K writes: If you’ve already read parts one and two – and why on Earth wouldn’t you have? – you’ll know that my comments on DLC so far have been overwhelmingly negative. The digital distribution of games and add-ons can be a force for good, however; demonstrably so. It’s done a lot of good not only for business but for us cash-wielding consumers, too, and it will continue to do so.
ZX Spectrum classic "Manic Miner" may appear on XBLIG (not XBLA) soon, courtesy of Elite Systems; if it passes the peer review process that is.
