Independent Games Festival

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More Than 300 Tiny Indie Games In One Free Pirate Kart Bundle

7:20AM October 20, 2011 | Mike Fahey

More than 100 independent developers gather together more than 300 games they deemed not “big” or “polished” or “real” enough to be worth the entry fee for the 2012 Independent Games Festival awards into one massive bundle, and you can download and play it for free. Everybody wins! More »

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And The Year’s Best Indie Games Are…

2:30PM March 3, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Each year the Independent Games Festival awards recognise what are often the most interesting, most innovative games of the year. This year was no different. More »

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Minecraft And Amnesia Vie For Top Honors At The 2011 IGF Awards

3:40AM January 4, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The Independent Games Festival has released its list of finalists for its 2011 awards, with Mojang’s world-building Minecraft and Frictional’s Amnesia: The Dark Descent duking it out with three other competitors for the $US20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize. More »

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The Eight Unusual Video Games Up For The ‘Nuovo Award’

2:20AM December 21, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

One is a zen-like game about creating a tree. One is a beautiful, abstract fencing game. Another sees its players fighting physically to win. In another of 2011′s Independent Game Festival Nuovo Award nominees, you play as a dictator’s cat. More »

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Minecraft Is Just One Of 391 Indie Game Festival Entrants

12:00PM October 22, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

The 13th annual Independent Games Festival has named the nearly 400 entrants vying for awards in this year’s competition, an impressive list that includes surprise hit Minecraft, Cave Story, Explosionade and hundreds more. And you can preview every single one. More »

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The IGF Mobile Finalists Get Front Page ITuning

3:20AM March 4, 2010 | Brian Crecente

We’ve spent the past month or so talking about the Independent Games Festival finalists, but we haven’t really touched on the mobile category. More »

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The Road To IGF Is Paved With Good Games

4:00AM February 11, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Indie games are important. No, not because they’re sometimes “art“, but because of the innovations, the stirring of the pot they sometimes lead to. More »

In Real Life

My Favourite Indie Fest Entry So Far: The Swapper

4:00AM December 12, 2009 | Brian Crecente

I have for a number of years now been fortunate enough to help judge entries for the annual Independent Games Festival. More »

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Indie Games Fest Looking For A Few Good Games

3:00AM July 10, 2009 | Brian Crecente

The annual Independent Games Festival is now taking submissions for the 12th annual festival which takes place duing the 2010 Game Developers Conference. More »

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IGF Awards Semi-liveblog Challenge

11:30AM March 26, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

The Independent Games Festival is underway, giving the indie game developers of the world a chance to accept awards in t-shirts, possibly recently washed. Let’s list the winners!

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