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New Zune Game Revue, Coming Right At You
12:00PM Mike Fahey | A batch of new, free, 3D games have shown up on the Zune Marketplace for the new Zune HD. How do titles like Audiosurf and Project Gotham Racing fare on Microsoft’s handheld? More »
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So Apparently No One Cares About Valve’s Conflict-of-Interest
6:30PM AJ Glasser | We’ve heard one developer say they didn’t feel exploited by Valve, despite Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s assertion that that’s exactly what Steam does. Today, Ars Technica lets us hear from a few more. More »
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Project Gotham, Audiosurf Coming To Zune HD
4:30PM Luke Plunkett | This is agonising. I mean, on the one hand, my favourite racing series of all time – Project Gotham – has a new game coming. But on the other… it’s not for the Xbox 360. It’s for the Zune. More »
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Indie Games Go Dirt Cheap On Steam, Direct2Drive
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Digital distribution services Steam and Direct2Drive are battling it out this weekend, attempting to see which PC gaming platform can offer the best indie bundle. The clear winner in this price slashing bloodbath? YOU!! More »
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Audiosurf Dev Working On iPhone Version?
9:40AM AJ Glasser | Apple’s preview of the iPhone OS 3.0 had less to do with games than it did new functionality. But the new iPod library accessibility could mean we get indie hit Audiosurf on the iPhone. More »
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Steam Drops Major Audiosurf Update
7:40AM Mike Fahey | Audiosurf players are urged to log into the Steam service today, as a massive international patch is released, fixing bugs and adding new functionality to the popular indie music game.
Audiosurf Update Adds New Awesome
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Dylan Fitterer’s Audiosurf—which joined Steam in February—has been on the receiving end of a batch of new features, the kind that makes your ten dollar purchase of the music riding racer that much more of a value and is the very definition of marketing via software version updates. Audiosurf has added new Last.fm support for “audioscrobbling”, the ability to use the game as a music visualizer and mod support. A press release is pretty upbeat about the whole thing, but the list of new features should bring Audiosurfers back for another go.
Audiosurf Tops Steam Charts
3:28PM Michael McWhertor | Independent developer Dylan Fitterer’s Audiosurf put a walloping on the rest of the Steam catalog last month, outselling everything else, in terms of dollars and units sold, Valve announced today. The IGF nominee was released mid-month, which makes the accomplishment even more impressive. We’re sure that $US 9.95 price tag didn’t hurt, but it sure sounds like there’s money to be made for indies on Steam, something I’m sure the Valve marketing team wants to make sure everyone knows. More »
