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YouTube Bans Indie Dev’s Trailer Account As ‘Commercially Deceptive’

10:30AM June 24, 2011 | Owen Good

Whomever at YouTube banned Crosse Studios’ account might want to reconsider that action. Inexplicably, the entire collection of trailers for the independent sports video game developer was taken out of commission yesterday, on the grounds that the videos violate YouTube’s policy against “scams, spam and commercially deceptive content”. More »

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Indie Sports Game Updates With Motion Capture

8:20AM November 4, 2010 | Owen Good

College Lacrosse, which released last year on Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel, returns this year with a new version and a slew of upgrades – including motion capture animations and an augmented control set. It will cost $US5. More »

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Licensed Pro Lacrosse Video Game Arrives For Xbox 360

9:20AM April 24, 2010 | Owen Good

Promised for delivery by April 30, NLL Lacrosse 2010 arrived a week early on Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel. The $US5 download delivers all the players on all 11 teams of the National Lacrosse League. More »

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Indie Sports Game Unites Developer’s Dream With A League’s Ambition

9:20AM April 1, 2010 | Owen Good

By the end of April, Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel will see a very unusual first: The service’s first sports title licensed by a professional league, and backed with the sponsorship of a major brand. More »

Can Sports Video Games Win One For The Little Guys?

4:00AM January 10, 2010 | Owen Good

Of the independent games available on Xbox Live, a sports title is currently the No. 1 downloaded title and another is the No. 2-rated game, across all offerings. But sports is far from the service’s dominant genre. More »

Sticks Up, Lacrosse Breaks Into The Xbox 360

4:00AM December 6, 2009 | Owen Good

Let’s be real. It would take a nuclear war for lacrosse, even though it’s literally more American than football or baseball, to displace either game on TV. It would take even more to put it in a retail video game box. More »

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Lacrosse Title Debuts On Xbox Live Indie Channel

2:00PM November 20, 2009 | Owen Good

Absolutely, it’s an exciting and physical sport. But even lacrosse fans admit the game has a niche following. But lacrosse does have its own video game now, which just went up on Xbox Live yesterday. Suck on that, water polo! More »

You Want It, You Got It — College Lacrosse On Xbox 360

1:40PM October 10, 2009 | Owen Good

Great, Another sport I’ve never played in my life, but will have to review because, you know, I’m the sports guy. Here’s lacrosse, game of Native Americans, Jim Brown, and every Volvo-driving L.L. Bean family between Charlottesville and Albany. More »