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14 CommentsHumble Indie Bundle 8 includes Hotline Miami, Dear Esther, Proteus and more
By Michael McWhertor on May 28, 2013 05.28.13
The latest Humble Bundle packs seven impressive indie titles — Hotline Miami, Awesomenauts, Dear Esther, Proteus, Capsized, Thomas Was Alone and Little Inferno — into one pay-what-you want package for Windows, Mac and Linux. Humble Indie Bundle 8 also includes six soundtracks, featuring the music of each PC game included in the bundle, save for Hotline Miami. Two of the featured games, Hotline Miami and Proteus, are available only to those who pay more than the average purchase price for the package. Currently, the average is hovering around $5.66. The seven games included in Humble Indie Bundle 8 are cross-platform and DRM-free. As with previous bundles, Humble Bundle purchasers who spend more than $1 for the games will receive Steam keys for each of the games. And, like...
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10 CommentsLittle Inferno coming to iPad Jan. 31
By Tracey Lien on Jan 29, 2013 01.29.13
Little Inferno, a game about children burning their toys for warmth, is coming to iPad on Thursday Jan. 31 after originally releasing on the Wii U and PC, the developers announced on the game's website. The result of a collaboration between the developers of World of Goo and Henry Hatsworth, Little Inferno tasks players with throwing their most prized possessions into a fireplace in order to stay warm on a planet that is freezing over. Developer Kyle Gabler said back in December that the game was inspired by the Yule Log TV program, which is the burning log that can be found on TV during winter time in hotel rooms. "We thought, ‘Man, that's a super boring game that some awful company will make for the Wii or smartphones.' And then, ‘Wait, We could be that awful company! I wonder...
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0 CommentsLittle Inferno's John Williams-inspired soundtrack released as a free download
By Dave Tach on Dec 15, 2012 12.15.12
The soundtrack for Little Inferno, the Yule log-inspired fireplace simulation game from the developers of World of Goo, is now free to download, according to a post on the developer's website. "I'm a big fan of movie music from the 80′s and 90′s — like John Williams (1993 was his most amazing year), Danny Elfman's 90′s heyday, Vangelis in the early 80′s — all with strong melodic themes and instantly identifiable orchestration," composer Kyle Gabler wrote in the post announcing the free soundtrack. "It was my goal with this soundtrack to write music that sounded like it could have been written in that time of VHS tapes and Stan Winston special effects, with clear, hummable melodies for each character and theme." You can check out a trailer of the smoking hot gameplay...
