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In Real Life

Plants Vs. Zombies Composer Tries Her Hand At Magic: The Gathering Rap

It’s an indie game geeksplosion as the woman behind the Plants Vs. Zombies music teams up with the programmer for Xbox Live Arcade’s Spelunky to rap about their shared love of Magic: The Gathering.

April 2, 2011
Xbox

Super Meat Boy Creators Went Through Hell To Get Their Game Done, Felt ‘Taken Advantage Of’ By Microsoft

You thought playing Super Meat Boy was hard? Because making the notoriously difficult indie platformer sounds like pure hell, according to a Super Meat Boy post mortem that lays out what went right (fun design environment, Steam) and what went wrong (financial drain, Xbox Live Arcade).

March 3, 2011
Nintendo

Super Meat Boy’s Wii Version Officially Dead

When last we heard from Super Meat Boy’s plans for the Wii, the game simply couldn’t be squeezed into the size limitations imposed on WiiWare titles. The game’s creators tried to line up a publisher for a retail release, but have now given up, finding none.

December 24, 2010
Nintendo

Super Meat Boy’s WiiWare Release Canceled; Disc Release ‘Looking Grim’

The creators of PC and Xbox 360 hit Super Meat Boy have aborted the game’s WiiWare release, saying they’re unable to fit a quality version of the game under the size limit Nintendo imposes on titles for the download service.

March 20, 2010
News

Apple Bans Game After Developer Publicly Trashes App Store

Last week, game developer Tommy Refenes publicly called Apple’s app store “awful” and “horrible”. This week, Apple yanked his game from their store.

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