A new Humble Bundle has launched, celebrating the games of Amanita Design -- including the newcomer, Botanicula. The nature-themed adventure title is the standout of the set, but it includes five games in all for paying above the minimum. Plus, true to the game's message, you can contribute to a conservation charity.

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Fabulous indie developer Amanita Design has unveiled a full slate of projects at a GameCityNights event in England, including several new games and a PlayStation 3 edition of top adventure game Machinarium.

New adventure game Botanicula is expected around the end of the year, PC Gamer reports. The site describes it as "a point-and-click adventure about five tree critters on a quest to save their home’s last seed from a pack of evil parasites." Splendid! Read more »

Indie developer Amanita Design's delightful adventure game Machinarium is heading for a downloadable release on Wii, ported with Defend Your Castle dev XGen Studios.

The puzzling adventure game was originally released for PC and Mac in October 2009, winning the award for 'Excellence in Visual Art' at the 2009 Independent Games Festival. Read more »

Microsoft has revealed the winners of the third-annual Xbox Live Arcade Awards, which are determined by Xbox Live community votes. Best Overall Arcade Game went to Trials HD.

The rest of the winners are: Read more »

Available now over on FileShack is a 35MB demo for Machinarium, offering a peek at the robotic charms of Samorost developer Amanita Design's puzzle-adventure game.

The Indie Games Festival award-winning title is due a downloadable release this month, with digital retailers listing a date of October 16. Machinarium can be pre-ordered from Amanita itself, Impulse or GamersGate for $20, and discounted to $15 at Direct2Drive. A Steam release is also planned. Thanks DrWaffles for the tip.

Amanita Design, developer of the delightful browser-based puzzle game Samorost, has announced that its latest project Machinarium will arrive October 16 for PC and Mac.

The charming puzzle-adventure game will hit digital download platforms including Steam, Direct2Drive and Gamersgate for $20, though you can pre-order direct from Amanita for $17 and immediately receive an advance portion of game's soundtrack. Read more »

Microsoft today dubbed Chair Entertainment's action-adventure game Shadow Complex "the most downloaded single-player title in Xbox Live Arcade history," as the Metroid-inspired game sold over 200,000 copies in the week after its August 19 release.

Priced at 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), the downloadable Xbox 360 game has drawn high praise from a variety of outlets, including Shacknews. Much like Metroid and Castlevania, the side-scroller has players exploring a large map and finding new gadgets along the way, which then allow one to open up new areas and backtrack to uncover bonuses. Read more »

The release of a launch trailer for Chair's Xbox Live Arcade game Shadow Complex is a convenient time to echo the seemingly unanimous sentiment that Shadow Complex is a great game.

Comparisons to Castlevania, and in particular Super Metroid, are spot on. It's a real crate and grate sidescroller, with plenty of optional exploration, backtracking, and stealth. Most importantly, Chair's nailed all the basics--shooting enemies in the 2.5D environments is immediately satisfying. Read more »

Update: The below list has been tweaked to reflect a "last minute schedule change" that sees 'Splosion Man moved up to July 22 and TMNT bumped back to August 5.

With Microsoft readying its annual "Summer of Arcade" promotion, the company has priced and dated the five downloadable Xbox 360 games that fall under the campaign: Read more »

While the artificial size constraint on Xbox Live Arcade titles has been steadily increased since the platform's launch, Microsoft now tells us that no Xbox Live Arcade game can exceed 2GB in size due to technical limitations.

The current "limit" stands at 350MB, but several Arcade games already exceed that boundary, including Portal: Still Alive (629MB), Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (368MB) and Watchmen: The End is Nigh (1GB). Read more »

Revealed earlier today during the Microsoft E3 press conference, here is the first set of screenshots for Shadow Complex from Epic Games and Chair Entertainment.

A trailer is available as well featuring cinematic and gameplay footage

Gears of War and Unreal Tournament developer Epic today revealed its next Xbox 360 exclusive title, a downloadable action-adventure game titled Shadow Complex.

Developed by Epic subsidiary Chair Entertainment, Shadow Complex is a side-scrolling game inspired by Metroid and Castlevania, focused on exploration and big boss battles. As with Chair's Undertow, Shadow is powered by Epic's Unreal Engine 3. Read more »