One of my most anticipated platformers, Vessel, has finally been given a release date of March 1st. For those of you who have been with us for a while, we first covered Vessel way back in 2010 when former Managing Editor Peter Eykemans took it for a spin in a lengthy preview at GDC. Since then, however, the game has gone through a lot more development. In fact, I’m wondering just how much has changed.

Well, for those of you without Windows-based PCs we’ve got some good news. It looks like popular first person puzzler Q.U.B.E. is set to land a few other places before it complete’s its developmental life. In a conversation with Joystiq, co-founder Daniel Da Rocha said that a Mac version was two months into development and that an OnLive version was also on the way. They’re also prototyping an iOS version although there’s no guarantee with that.

Stickmen Studios’ invent and adventure game Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time is heading to the Playstation Network sometime soon, so says the New Zealand-based developer. The port will receive Move motion control support, a sandbox level to tinker around in, and new in-game abilities.

A few notable indies have recently come out with some music-related items that ought to be enjoyed, so I thought it best to pass them along here. Each of these titles have major musical support behind them that goes above and beyond serving the simple purpose of looping audibly in the background during gameplay, and what results from these efforts are sounds so good they stick with you far beyond the point when you put down the controller.

Yesterday, Xbox 360 gamers were treated to one of the best PSN indie games released: Joe Danger. For those of you who remember the “good ol’ days” of gaming this newly minted XBLA version should remind you of the time honored classic: ExciteBike, only with more stunts and danger because it’s 2011 not 1984.

So here’s some interesting, non-bundle related news for you. Over on the official Playstation blog Sony has released the top 10 best selling PSN indie games for the entire year and, well, I wouldn’t call it too surprising although the way they have it broken down can be a bit confusing.

We actually, probably should have covered this a little over a month ago when it was officially released onto the PSN store, but we forgot. Or rather, we didn’t know it existed! Sorry about that. In any case, Mediatonic has created another drool-worthy PSN Mini for you guys to check out. If you were at all a fan of Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess or Who’s That Flying?! then you’ll want to looking into this game as well.

I gave it away during my “thanks” post yesterday, but now I’m here to spill all the beans. Starting today, we are kicking off our biggest game give away ever. In fact, it could be the biggest game giveaway of any gaming blog ever. I know… we’re pretty serious about this!

Great news PC gamers who also love platformers (me!) as it looks like the formerly PSN exclusive physics platformer Rocahrd is set to launch on PC next week! That would be November 15th, for those of you who want something more concrete -and- didn’t read the title.

And that’s that. Amanita Design has confirmed to Eurogamer that their indie point and click hit Machinarium will not, after all, be appearing on Nintendo’s Wii console as it was originally confirmed.

According to the Jakub Dvorsky: