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PSA: Indie Games Uprising 3 goes live today
The third Indie Games Uprising begins today, running through September 20 on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel. The Uprising offers a promotion blast for nine new XBLIG games, beginning with "arcade documentary" qrth-phyl from Cornish developer Hermitgames, which is out today.The third lineup also includes (in order of their release days) Sententia, Diehard Dungeon, Gateways, Smooth Operators, Entropy, City Tuesday, Xenominer and Pixel. Think of the Uprising as a 10-day indie cleanse to prepare yourself for the triple-A drop coming in the holiday season.
Indie Games Uprising 3 costs you $11, max
The Indie Games Summer Uprising is almost upon us: the coordinated rollout and promotion of high-profile (for XBLIG) games will begin on September 10 with the "arcade/documentary" Snake game, qrth-phyl. Find the full schedule for the two-week promotion after the break.The Uprising has a much lower barrier to entry than something like Summer of Arcade. Even if you decide to buy absolutely everything in the Uprising, you're out just $11, less than the cost of most single XBLA releases.
Indie Games Uprising 3 highlights new Xbox Live Indie Games in September
The "Indie Games Uprising" is back to remind people of the Xbox Live Indie Games Service's existence, and to promote a series of upcoming games. From September 10 through September 20, nine new games will be released as part of the grassroots "Indie Games Uprising III" promotion.Those games include puzzle-platformer Gateways by Uprising vet Smudged Cat Games and qrth-phyl, an "arcade documentary of classic maze/snake mechanics" by hermitgames. Entries by new developers include Michael Hicks' Sententia, "a game that explores the challenges we face to keep our imagination and creative spirits alive as we grow;" Chris Zukowski's City Tuesday, about a man reliving five minutes before a terrorist attack; tricktale's Roguelike Diehard Dungeon; Gristmill Studios' Xenominer, a "block-building sandbox game;" Autotivity's puzzle game Entropy; the first-person Pixel by Ratchet Game Studios; and a call center strategy game (!) by Andreas Heydeck called Smooth Operators.
