GameMarx News Archives

Tomorrow on GameMarx: David Johnston of Smudget Cat Games

The podcast this week is Saturday at 10 AM EST (3 PM GMT) and our guest this week will be David Johnston of Smudget Cat Games.

Sgt. Conker Is Dead, Long Live Sgt. Conker

Sgt. Conker is under new management.

Is Sunburn Going Native?

Have the big brained freaks at Synapse Gaming have created their own C# compiler?

Tonight on GameMarx: John Posey of Products for Robots

Tonight’s guest is John Posey, part of the dynamic duo that is Products for Robots.

Tonight on GameMarx: Patrick and Alex of ECMMOGamers

Our guests tonight are the hosts behind the East Coast Multi Media Outlet Gamers (ECMMOGamers) podcast.

Coffee With Mike: Why Game Publishing Needs To Change

Mike talks about why he feels game publishing needs to change.

Tonight on GameMarx: Dave Voyles Renaissance Man

Our guest tonight will be Dave Voyles, a man who can only be described as an Indie Renaissance Man!

Tonight on GameMarx: Sean Young of SmashGames talks Unity 2D

Our topic tonight will be using Unity, a 3D game engine, for 2D games. Joining us tonight is Sean Young of SmashGames. Sean is currently working on his third title with Unity for 2D development.

GameMarx 2011 XBLIG Game Awards Recap

A listing of all the 2011 awards.

GameMarx's 2011 Xbox Indie Award Show Tonight (and some charts)!

Tonight's podcast will be the live broadcast of the first ever Xbox Live Indie Games award show!

GameMarx Giveaway Survey Results

The GameMarx Indie Mega-Pack Giveaway survey results.

Announcing the GameMarx Indie Mega-Pack Giveaway!

Head over to giveaway.gamemarx.com to enter to win a collection of over 50 Xbox Live Indie Games!

Tonight on GameMarx: Matthew Leigh of Firebase Industries

Tonight’s guest is Matthew Leigh, Founder of Firebase Industries, Creator of Orbitron: Revolution

Watch GameMarx on your Xbox 360

Watch all the GameMarx videos on your Xbox 360!

Xbox 2011 Dashboard: The Movie

A look at XBLIG in the new 2011 Xbox Dashboard

Tonight on GameMarx: Adam Spragg of Adam Spragg Games

Join us tonight as celebrate the launch of Adam Spragg Games newest release Hidden in Plain Sight!

Tonight on GameMarx: Steven Hurdle of Writings of Mass Deduction

Join us as we help Steve Hurdle celebrate the one year anniversary of Writings of Mass Deduction

Tonight on GameMarx: Alex Jordan of ApathyWorks

Alex Jordan of ApathyWorks will be tonight’s guest on the GameMarx podcast

Tonight on GameMarx: XNA MVP Jim Perry of Mach X Games

Our guest tonight is XNA MVP Jim Perry

Tonight on GameMarx: Matt Davis of Barkers Crest Studio

Tonight's guest is Matt Davis of Barkers Crest Studio

Tonight on GameMarx: Mark Harvey of Checkmark Games

Tonight's guest is Mark Harvey of Checkmark Games

Tonight on GameMarx: Niklas Hansson of Defrost Games

Tonight's guest is Niklas Hansson of Defrost Games

Tonight on GameMarx: Daniel Steger of Stegersaurus Games

Tonight's guest is Daniel Steger of Stegersaurus Games

Tonight on GameMarx: Colin Totten of ThotLab Games

our guest on the show tonight will be Colin Totten of ThotLab Games.

Tonight on GameMarx: Scott MacKintosh of IndieCity

Tonight's guest is Scott MacKintosh, community manager for IndieCity.com.

Tonight on GameMarx: Guillaume Boucher-Vidal of Nine Dots Studio

XBLIG developer Guillaume Boucher-Vidal of Nine Dots Studio joins to talk about Brand

New Gameplay Trailer of Cell:emergence

A new trailer explaining the gameplay in Cell:emergence

Win 1600 Microsoft Points at IndieGamerChick.com

IndieGamerChick.com is giving away up to 3 Xbox Live point codes good for 1600 Microsoft Point each.

GameMarx is Looking for News and Review Authors

GameMarx is currently looking for a few authors to write news and reviews on Xbox Live Indie Games.

Tonight on GameMarx: Voice Actress Rina-Chan

Tonight's guest on GameMarx is voice actress Rina-chan.

Tonight on GameMarx: Andy “The Zman” Dunn

Tonight’s podcast guest is Andy Dunn, or as most know him, The Zman.

Stats and Charts for XBLIG at XboxIndies.com

Sales stats and carts are now live at XboxIndies.com

Dear Microsoft

The Official Xbox Magazine ask Microsoft to put some love into XBLIG.

Q&A Time with Your Search Questions

Time again to look at the site logs, and answer the questions asked by you, the person who found the site via search!

Welcome Sunburn and XboxIndies.com Updates

Announcing site sponsor Sunburn, game comments, rss feeds, and xml pages to XboxIndies.com

Dashboard Frozen for Two Weeks Now

Despite changes claiming to "fix the illusion" dashboard freezes are still very real.

Xbox Indies Can Now Control Release Dates (and some advice)

Developers can now control the release date of games that have passed peer review.

Jonathan Blow by Blow on Braid

Jonathan Blow goes over Braid Development

The Future of GameMarx and XboxIndies

The State of the FuncWorks Union Address

Xbox IndieGate - Microsoft Responds, Too Little, Too Late

Ratings will now require Gold accounts, no fixes to the damage done.

Win a Kinect in the Undead Empire Release Contest

Big Rook Games has announced a contest for the release of their new game Undead Empire

XboxIndies: It’s a Brave New World (Ranking)

XboxIndies now pull ratings from all marketplace regions.

Microsoft Silent as Xbox Indies Marketplace Exploited

The ratings scandal becomes a war, while Microsoft still has no comment.

The Real March Madness - XBLIG Rating Manipulation Continues

A deeper look into the ongoing ratings scandal.

Microsoft Announces Adopt-An-Indie Program

Microsoft has announced a new program to help suffering indie developers.

Ratings Scandal Numbers

Some data on the recent ratings scandal from our database backups

Kotaku’s Favorites list coming to Xbox Live Indie Games

I for one, welcome our new Kotaku overlords.

PSA: No Sex In The Champagne Room and No Nudity In XBLIG

We here at GameMarx would like you to know, there is no nudity in Xbox Live Indie Games.

Anime (and Indie Game) Fans Give Back to Japan

The GameMarx crew is releasing a series of videos to help raise donations for victims of the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan.

Is XNA good for Indie Games?

Some thoughts on the XNA ecosystem and Indie Game Developers.

Avatar Adventurers Online Thoughts

A look at the first online RPG to come out on XBLIG

The Relaunch of XboxIndies.com

Details on the relaunch of XboxIndies.com

Xbox Live Indie Game Podcasts

A roundup of podcasts that cover XBLIG

Indies and XNA at CodeStock 2011

A look at XNA sessions sent in to CodeStock 2011

A New Podcast - Xbox Indie New Releases

A new podcast of just Xbox Indie New Release discussion.

Are gamers still rating Indie Games after the Xbox Dashboard update?

A look at the numer of votes since the 2010 Fall Dashboard update.

Coming Soon to XBLIG: Oozi: Earth Adventure & Googly-Eyed Splitters

A look at two titles launching soon on XBLIG

Sales data frozen: 2011, meet 2010

The sales data for Xbox Live Indie Games that developers can pull for their games is currently stuck on December 30, 2010.

Cthulhu Saves the World has an Official Music Video

Check out this humorous take on the XBLIG Trailer.

Years in Review or How the Best Stack Up

Instead of a game of the year, we are posting reviews for games of the years 2008-2010

#ScreenshotSaturday - Block World / Mage Game - @NostaticSoft

This week on #ScreenshotSaturday we take a look at "Block World" by Nostatic Software

#ScreenshotSaturday – Project 5 - @iamrece

From the twitter meme #ScreenshotSaturday comes a look at the upcoming game "Project 5"

Xbox Indies: Come Play With Us

Xbox Live Indie Games gets a trailer video!

Notes from the Inside

A post from a developer at Microsoft appeared on Hacker News, with insights into XBLIG.

Microsoft Slowly Euthanizes Xbox Indie Games

Microsoft is quietly holding a pillow over Xbox Live Indie Games, hoping to smother the service while no one looks.

Indie games still buried, but not quite so deep.

You shall update your Dashboard and like it!

New Dashboard Lists and XNA 4.0

XBLIG gets some much needed love in the new Kinect dashboard, and XNA 4.0 is coming soon to an Xbox near you.

Please Excuse Our Mess

Hello and welcome to the GameMarx.com site beta!