Wednesday, August 8, 2012

XBLIG Indie Games Uprising III begins in September

Xbox Live Indie Games third annual summer promotion, Indie Games Uprising III, will begin this year on September 10 and run through September 20. During this period, Indie Games Uprising will launch one of nine hand-picked indie game every day of the work week, each meant to reflect the best of the best being created by the Xbox Live Indie Games development community. The full list of Uprising games and developers is as follows:

-- DieHard Dungeon, Tricktale
-- City Tuesday, Chris Zukowski
-- Gateways, Smudged Cat
-- Pixel, Ratchet Game Studios
-- Sententia, Michael Hicks
-- Smooth Operators: Call Center Chaos, Andreas Heydeck
-- XenoMiner, Gristmill Studios
-- Entropy, Autotivity
-- Qrth-Phyl, Hermitgames

DieHard Dungeon is a roguelike, City Tuesday is about gathering bombs before a city blows up,Gateways is a 2D take on Portal, Pixel is a first-person puzzle game, Sententia is a game about the impact of aging on imagination and creativity, Smooth Operators: Call Center Chaos is a strategy sim, XenoMiner is a sandbox game, Entropy is a 3D puzzle game, and Qrth-Phyl is a take on classic arcade maze games. You can see footage from each of the nine games in the official Indie Games Uprising III trailer, embedded above. For more on the Xbox's diverse indie game selection, check out our regular Indieverse column.

SOURCE: Indie Games Uprising III