Prolific XBLIG developer Stegersaurus Games brings us some simple but effective platform gaming in the form of Lots of Guns, released 5th January and available for just 80 of those awkwardly denominated points on the Microsoft marketplace.

Hot on the news of some certain XBLIG changes, comes a rather exciting announcement from Zeboyd Games with regards to their most recent RPG: Cthuhu Saves the World. The title is now 80 MS Points, or $1, on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel. This was not possible before under Microsoft’s rather strict pricing requirements which required Cthulhu Saves the World be at least 240 MS Points ($3).

Since its inception the Xbox Live Indie Games program has been very limiting for many developers. Not only is it code restricted and very difficult to market, but also there were physical size limits for games thus forcing any ambitious developers to reign in their plans a bit should they get too large. Today that changes…

Well it appears XBLIG developers are in a sharing mood this week, with Going Loud Studios’ Ben Kane releasing 2011 sales for this games yesterday and now Zeboyd Games releaseing their entire XBLIG sales history to date for both of its two titles on the channel. I gotta say, I know that revealing sales information is a very private issue, but getting a look at XBLIG sales info, specifically, really helps us see the inside picture.

We don’t usually report on Windows Phone 7 games. Unfortunately, none of us editors have one. That said, when one of our very, very favorite indie developers and developer to one of our very favorite Xbox Live Indie Games releases a game onto WP7, we pay attention.

It’s that time of year. Once again, as everybody gets prepared for the new year, we’ve been slaving away over a massive pile of indie games that got released in 2011 in order to bring you our very best. And what a year it was!

There are so many zombie games out there, specifically amongst the indie scene. It makes sense though considering that the setting seems to be so popular amongst the core gamer demographic, men and women alike. Admittedly I love them. Zombie games just get me, y’know?

Good news! Mommy’s Best Games, developers of such great indie games as Explosionade, Serious Sam Double D, Shoot 1UP and others, has released a new Xbox Live Indie Game! The bad news? You probably won’t be able to find it due to Microsoft’s new dashboard.

With a new year approaching it’s often easy to forget what has transpired in this past year. As such, I’ve put together a little list to help remember some of the biggest indie game stories of the year, after all we’ve had a memorable year.

Good ol’ hybrid games. Often times it can be difficult to stand out from the pack when creating a new game. I mean, on some level you can only innovate so much in story or even basic mechanics. That’s why we’re now seeing so many “hybrid” games consisting of two or more genres. Today, I’m going to show you a game that’s taken the tower defense and twin stick shooter genres and smooshed them together.