Wargame: Airland Battle trailer details dynamic campaign
Halo 'Bootcamp' confirmed by Microsoft
Weekend PC download deals: Tomb Raider for $14
Game Dev Tycoon studio outlines future plans
Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced already has 350,000 words of new content
Evening Reading
by Brian Leahy, Nov 02, 2010 5:00pm PDTSo the real guitar for Rock Band 3 isn't going to be out until March 1, 2011, which is a really long time after the game's release. I'm curious how people will rush out to get the MadCatz controller, which is certainly capable of handling Pro Mode, but isn't a real guitar.
Furthermore, will people that can't wait and snag the MadCatz controller be upgrading to the real deal in a few months? Time will tell!
Gaming News o'the Day
- Xbox 360 holiday bundle coming your way.
- Rumor: Slant Six working on a Resident Evil game.
- Dota 2 website launches with first Q&A by IceFrog.
- Medal of Honor gets patched on PC.
Links from Morning Discussion
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31319/Microsoft_Relocated_Indie_Games_Store_Will_Attract_Many_People.php
Microsoft released a statement on why the new dashboard has XBox Live Indie Games under the "Specialty Shops" (with the Avatar Marketplace and Game Room), and not under the "Games and Demos" section (with other games):
"The intent of the Specialty Shops section was to provide access to marketplaces that focus on a specific type of content, with unique ways of sorting through that content. We wanted to give Xbox Live Indie Games that full marketplace experience and felt this was the best place to do it, alongside other popular channels like the Avatar Marketplace. In fact, since the launch of Avatars, Xbox Live members have made more than 290 million customizations to their Avatar's clothing, so we expect many people to regularly visit the Specialty Shops section.
"We've updated the Xbox Live Indie Games marketplace and Xbox.com to provide new ways for people to browse and sort indie games. You can now browse the top-rated, top-selling and most recent games by genre. You can also find indie games by 'best selling today' and 'best selling of all time' on Xbox.com. In addition, the Top Rated and Top Downloaded lists have grown from 20 games to 50, allowing for greater exposure of more indie games. We've also kept the Contest Finalists and the IGN Picks sections, so users can sort through titles in a number of different ways."
I'm not an XBox Live user, but why aren't indie games classified along with other games? A commenter in the Eurogamer article says that in the beta of the new dashboard, XBLIG titles were showing up alongside XBLA titles in name searches and genre searches.
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