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11 CommentsSteam Indie Spring Sale features 1,000 indie titles discounted up to 80 percent off
By Jenna Pitcher on Mar 22, 2013 03.22.13
The Steam Indie Spring Sale, which features a thousand indie titles discounted up to 80 percent off, is now live and will run until March 29. Featured games on sale include Super Meat Boy for $5.09, FTL: Faster Than Light for $4.99, Hotline Miami for $4.99, Deadlight for $3.74, Garry's Mod for $2.49, Legend of Grimrock for $7.49, The Binding of Isaac for $1.24, Trine 2 for $3.74 and Amnesia: The Dark Descent for $4.99. There are also PAX East and Independent Games Festival categories within the Spring Sale. Each day, the IGF category will feature different finalists and winners from past IGF Awards.
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3 CommentsHumble Indie Bundle 7 ends with $2.65 million in sales, $10 million to charity to date
By Michael McWhertor on Jan 02, 2013 01.02.13
The latest Humble Indie Bundle has come to a close with $2.65 million in total sales over a two-week period, according to the official site. Nearly 400,000 bundles — a mix of nine indie video games, game soundtracks and documentary Indie Game: The Movie — were sold. Thanks to contributions made during Humble Indie Bundle 7, the group has raised more than $10 million for charity, according to Humble Bundle's Jeffrey Rosen. Humble Bundle buyers can opt to donate a portion of their bundle contribution to Child's Play and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Humble Indie Bundle 7 launched on Dec. 19 with Windows, Mac and Linux versions of The Binding of Isaac, Closure, Shank 2, Snapshot, Legend of Grimrock, Dungeon Defenders and Indie Game: The Movie. The following week, the bundle a...
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115 CommentsHigher calling: The new gospel of Christian games
By Patrick Stafford on Dec 20, 2012 12.20.12
Christian Games Developers Conference Christian Games Developers' Conference Tim Emmerich More than 100 developers gather every year at the Christian Games Developers Conference to discuss how they can make their games better. It's a diverse group, representing five continents in the conference's best year. It's a serious affair. They have volunteers, plenty of discussion. Even matching t-shirts. The conference was founded in 2002 by Tim Emmerich, a soft-spoken engineer who works at HP to pay the bills. He wanted to improve what he thought was a lack of support and experimentation in the Christian games community. "My expectations have been really blown away by the conference," Emmerich says. "I was just expecting 12 in the first year, and we got 30. Now we're...
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8 CommentsHumble Indie Bundle 7 combines six indie games with Indie Game: The Movie
By Michael McWhertor on Dec 19, 2012 12.19.12
The latest Humble Indie Bundle combines six indie video games, six soundtracks and the film Indie Game: The Movie in a pay-what-you-want deal that benefits both independent game developers and charities. Humble Indie Bundle 7 features The Binding of Isaac and its Wrath of the Lamb expansion, Closure, Shank 2, Snapshot and Indie Game: The Movie. Buyers who pay more than the average price — currently around $6.00 — will also get Dungeon Defenders and Legend of Grimrock as part of their purchase. All games are DRM-free and available for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. The bundle boasts six Linux and two Mac OS X debuts. As with previous Humble Bundles, buyers can choose to donate a portion of the amount they spend on the bundle to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and...
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8 CommentsThe Binding of Isaac creator polls players on remake's 16-bit style
By Megan Farokhmanesh on Nov 30, 2012 11.30.12
Edmund McMillen of Team Meat has posted several mockup images for the retro remake of The Binding of Isaac, along with a poll gauging fan reactions, on his personal blog. McMillen warns that the images "aren't real in the slightest" and do not show the actual game, but are instead there to see how fans will react to a retro pixilated style. The survey asks players whether they prefer a graphical style influenced by The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, a Game Boy Advance style of graphics or other 16-bit options. Proposed platforms for Rebirth include PC, iPad, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Plans for a console remake of The Binding of Isaac were revealed on Nov. 28 during a Gamasutra post-mortem on the game. McMillen hopes to remake the game in...
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9 CommentsThe Binding of Isaac being remade for consoles in 16-bit 'Rebirth' with local co-op
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Nov 28, 2012 11.28.12
The Binding of Isaac has sold more than one million copies for PC and Mac combined on Steam in the past year, and a remake is in the works for consoles, creator Edmund McMillen wrote in the game's post-mortem on Gamasutra. McMillen said he was approached by Tyrone Rodriguez of Nicalis, publisher of Cave Story and VVVVVV, to create a remake for consoles, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. McMillen accepted, but with certain conditions. "I wanted the game to feature the second planned expansion that I couldn't do in the Flash version, I wanted it to feature local co-op, I wanted the graphics to be totally remade in 16-bit but still look and feel like the Flash version, and finally, I didn't want to deal with anything when it came to business," he said. McMillen said it's "too early" to...
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0 CommentsThe Binding of Isaac: Most Unholy Edition retail bundle includes extra content and physical goodies
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Oct 09, 2012 10.09.12
The Binding of Isaac: Most Unholy Edition, the game's newest retail bundle, will include downloadable content previously released for the downloadable version as well as several collectible items, reports Indie Game Mag. The bundle features the "Wrath of the Lamb" expansion pack, which includes an additional 100 items, 20 enemies, 16 bosses, and six new rooms, as well as extra characters. The game sports new box art and comes with stickers, the game's soundtrack, an art book, and a poster. The Binding of Issac was released in September 2011 on Steam. Creator Edmund McMillen recently announced the release of a set of collectible figures to celebrate the game's first anniversary.
'The Binding of Isaac' celebrates first anniversary with Steam sale, collectible figures
By Samit Sarkar on Sep 28, 2012 09.28.12
The Binding of Isaac, Edmund McMillen's 2D action-adventure game inspired by the eponymous Biblical story, turns one year old today, and its creator is celebrating the occasion with a Steam sale and the long-awaited release of collectible figures. The Binding of Isaac and its expansion, Wrath of the Lamb, will be available on Steam at a 75 percent discount for 24 hours, starting at 1 PM ET today. The regular prices for the game and expansion are $4.99 and $2.99, respectively, so Steam customers will be able to pick them up for a total of less than $2. McMillen is also selling the first four collectible resin figures of Binding of Isaac characters: The Blue Baby ($30), Steven ($35), Cain ($40), and Isaac himself ($40). It's a true family project — each figure was designed, made, and...
'The Binding of Isaac: Wrath of Lamb' expands on Steam
By Tracey Lien on May 28, 2012 05.28.12
The Binding of Isaac: Wrath of Lamb is now available for PC download on Steam for $2.99, with a Mac version available tomorrow. Wrath of Lamb is an expansion to Super Meat Boy's The Binding of Isaac and adds more than 70% more content than the original game had. The expansion boasts more levels, monsters, bosses, items, rooms, secrets, characters, endings, music, and challenges than the original game. The original is currently available for $2 through Because We May, the week-long initiative that sees developers discounting the prices of their games in celebration of platforms that allow them to price their games as they wish.
Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb mega-expansion to release May 28
By Emily Gera on May 08, 2012 05.08.12
The Binding of Isaac "mega-expansion", titled The Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb, is scheduled to release for $3 on Steam starting May 28. This DLC add-on brings a huge amount of new content to the gruesome indie hit, including six new rooms, 10 new bosses and an additional ending. According to an old tweet by Team Meat boss Edmund McMillen archived on NeoGAF, users should also expect to see "10+ bosses, 100+ items, 20+ enemies, 4 chapters, 1 character, 6 rooms, 40+ unlocks, [and] 4+ new tracks". McMillen stated previously that this would be the only expansion for the title. Speaking to Joystiq, he confirmed the team is now focusing on Team Meat's other success, Super Meat Boy: "Development for Super Meat Boy: The Game has started full time and once it's moving I won't be looking...
