Besides the hostility Microsoft has had for indie developers over the years, one of the major obstacles standing in the ways of indie developers developing for the Xbox 360 was the fact that Microsoft would charge a fee to patch games. Such a fee may not be a big deal for a company like EA, but when...

Bad news for indie game developers out there. Based on an email that came out of Microsoft last week the company will no longer be supporting the XNA Game Studio. According to the letter, XNA is not in “active development”. For those of you who don’t know, XNA is a series of tools that...

Once again, Halloween is just around the corner, and so it’s time for the Halloween-themed DLC packs to start making their appearances! Starting today you can purchase the Halloween Skin Pack for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft. The deal is only for a limited time, as it’ll end on November...

A new game has appeared in a listing for Xbox Live Arcade title by the name of Star Wars: First Assault. This is a new LucasArts title that was first uncovered by Fusible earlier this year. Treasure seekers set out on the Xbox.com website and located the listing along with the game’s cover art. From what...

Zombies are everywhere. They’re in movies, games, books, TV shows, and comics. Literally they’re about everywhere you can think of. We’ve gotten some good zombie games like Dead Island, Resident Evil (the early years), and Dead Rising, and while each game takes the approach to zombies in their own...

Terraria has some similarities to Minecraft, and no one is shy about pointing them out. It’s a game where you dig holes, collect ore, build structures, and fight off monsters. One of the main differences, however, is that it’s a 2D platformer where Minecraft is a first-person 3D adventure. Still, like...

Just Add Water, the developer behind the HD version of Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath has commented on the rumor of the game being cancelled. They’ve let us know that the game wasn’t put up on the shelf, but the developer has “given up on Microsoft” due to the company’s failure to push forward with...

  During Microsoft’s E3 press conference there was a game shown that slipped its trailer into the presentation. The trailer shown was one of three teasers that really didn’t have a great hold on the audience at the time. This certain teaser I’m speaking of is for Ascend: New Gods on the Xbox Live...