You may, or rather should have heard of the Indie Games Winter Uprising by now. But if you haven’t here’s what you need to know. The developers behind the Indie Games on Xbox Live Marketplace decided they wanted an event in the vein of a “Summer of Arcade” and other such promotions. Resigned to the fact Microsoft wasn’t going to make one for them they took it upon themselves to do so. Thus the Winter Uprising was born, originally intended to take place during the first week of December it has now been extended to include the entire month.

We here at XBLAFans are passionate in our feeling that the Indie Games section deserves more recognition than it currently receives. As such we have created this hub for the games that will be included in the Uprising. Here you’ll find a brief description of the games, a link to the developers website, screenshots, trailers, pricing (if available), and for those games already released there will be download links and reviews.

The games are being released pretty irregularly, with several having already been delayed due to last minute bugs so be sure to check back often and see what’s new!

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Soulcaster 2
Developer: MagicalTimeBean
A dungeon crawling action RPG with an 80’s sheen. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Soulcaster, now with 100% more exploding skeletons.

Price: 240 MS Points

Review | Download

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Cthulhu Saves the World
Developer: Zeboyd Games
Cthulhu must save the world, so he can destroy it! An RPG molded after the 16bit classics that doesn’t take itself too seriously. From the guys who brought you Breath of Death VII: The Beginning.

Price: 240 MS points

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Radiangames Crossfire 2
Developer: Radiangames
The sequel to Crossfire, an arcade shooter with a twist. Includes new upgrade and weapons systems which you can check out alone or with a friend.

Price: 80 MS Points

Trailer: Coming soon

Screenshots:


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Chu’s Dynasty
Developer: Tribetoy
An ambituous combination of Street Fight and Smash Bros with a beautiful 2D art style. Can be played as an epic single player tale or a 4 player party game.

Price: 240 MS Points

Review | Download

Trailer:

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Alpha Squad
Developer: Dragon Divide
An impressive looking twin stick shooter with a branching storyline, up to 4 player online co-op and a kick-ass soundtrack.

Price: ?

Trailer

Screenshots:

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Epic Dungeon
Developer: Eyehook Games
A rogue like dungeon crawler with a simple but evocative 8 bit styling. Choose from 4 classes nd loot your way through 90 levels. Death means death in this dungeon, how far will you get?

Price: 80 MS Points

Review | Download

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ0GGQEMi_Y

Screenshots:

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Break Limit
Developer: Zombie Monkey Games
An old school arcade shoot ‘em up where the whole world is you enemy and speed isn’t on your side either.

Price: 80 MS Points

Review | Download

Trailer:

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Decimation X3
Developer: Xona Games
A sequel to one of the craziest looking arcade shooters on Xbox Live, Space Invaders mixed with some bullet hell and a killer soundtrack to cap it off.

Price: 80 MS Points

Review | Download

Trailer:

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Asteroids Do Concern Me
Developer: Evil Robot Logic
Your only goal in this one button flight game is to survive, through 4 different modes each with it’s own unique graphical style.

Price: 80 MS Points

Trailer:

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Hypership Out of Control
Developer: Fun Infused Games
Your ship is stuck on accelerate, all you can do is move and shoot. How long will can you survive?

Price: 80 MS Points

Review | Download

Trailer:

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Aphelion: Episode Two: Wings of Omega
Developer: Lunatic Studios
The follow-up and conclusion to the ambitious JRPG inspired Graves of Earth. With a classic turn based battle system and slick art style.

Price: ?

Trailer: Coming soon

Screenshots:

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ZP2KX: Zombies & Pterodactyls!
Developer: Ska Studios
From the acclaimed creator of Dishwasher comes an online multiplayer game with Zombies and Pterodactyls. Complete with levelling system, unlocks and customisation.

Price: 80 MS Points

Review | Download

Trailer:

Screenshots:

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Ubergridder
Developer: Badger Punch Games
Guide Robert the Robot around your damaged spaceship in this Qix inspired puzzle game.

Price: 80 MS Points

Review | Download

Trailer:

Screenshots:

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Rickenback vs. the Aliens
Developer: Smokin Skull
A 1930’s styled, cel shaded top down arcade shooter. There are Aliens, you need to kill them, get to it!

Price: ?

Trailer:

Screenshots:

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Indie Games Uprising

You may, or rather should have heard of the Indie Games Winter Uprising by now. But if you haven’t here’s what you need to know. The developers behind the Indie Games on Xbox Live Marketplace decided they wanted an event in the vein of a “Summer of Arcade” and other such promotion. Thus the Winter Uprising was born, originally intended to take place during the first week of December it has now been extended to include the entire month.

We here at XBLAFans feel fairly passionately that the Indie Games section deserves more recognition than it currently receives. As such we have created this hub for the games that will be included in the Uprising. Here you’ll find a brief description of the games, a link to the developers website, screenshots, trailers and links to our reviews so you can see our thoughts those games already released.

The games are being released pretty irregularly, with several having already been delayed due to last minute bugs so be sure to check back often and see what’s new!

Soulcaster 2
Developer: MagicalTimeBean
A dungeon crawling action RPG with an 80’s sheen. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Soulcaster, now with 100% more exploding skeletons.

Price: 240 MS Points

Cthulhu Saves the World
Developer: Zeboyd Games
Cthulhu must save the world, so he can destroy it! An RPG molded after the 16bit classics that doesn’t take itself too seriously. From the guys who brought you Breath of Death VII: The Beginning.

Price 240 MS points

Radiangames Crossfire 2
Developer: Radiangames
The sequel to Crossfire, an arcade shooter with a twist. Includes new upgrade and weapons systems which you can check out alone or with a friend.

Price: 80 MS Points

Chu’s Dynasty
Developer: Tribetoy
An ambituous combination of Street Fight and Smash Bros with a beautiful 2D art style. Can be played as an epic single player tale or a 4 player party game.

Price: ?

Alpha Squad
Developer: Dragon Divide
An impressive looking twin stick shooter with a branching storyline, up to 4 player online co-op and a kick-ass soundtrack.

Price: ?

Epic Dungeon
Developer: Eyehook Games
A rogue like dungeon crawler with a simple but evocative 8 bit styling. Choose from 4 classes nd loot your way through 90 levels. Death means death in this dungeon, how far will you get?

Price: 80 MS Points

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ0GGQEMi_Y

Break Limit
Developer: Zombie Monkey Games
An old school arcade shoot ‘em up where the whole world is you enemy and speed isn’t on your side either.

Price: 80 MS Points

Decimation X3
Developer: Xona Games
A sequel to one of the craziest looking arcade shooters on Xbox Live, Space Invaders mixed with some bullet hell and a killer soundtrack to cap it off.

Price: 80 MS Points

Asteroids Do Concern Me
Developer: Evil Robot Logic
Your only goal in this one button flight game is to survive, through 4 different modes each with it’s own unique graphical style.

Price: 80 MS Points

Hypership Out of Control
Developer: Fun Infused Games
Your ship is stuck on accelerate, all you can do is move and shoot. How long will can you survive?

Price: 80 MS Points

Aphelion: Episode Two: Wings of Omega
Developer: Lunatic Studios
The follow-up and conclusion to the ambitious JRPG inspired Graves of Earth. With a classic turn based battle system and slick art style.

Price: 240 MS Points?

ZP2KX: Zombies & Pterodactyls!
Developer: Ska Studios
From the acclaimed creator of Dishwasher comes an online multiplayer game with Zombies and Pterodactyls. Complete with levelling system, unlocks and customisation.

Price: ?

Ubergridder
Developer: Badger Punch Games
Guide Robert the Robot around your damaged spaceship in this Qix inspired puzzle game.

Price: 80 MS Points

Rickenback vs. the Aliens
Developer: Smokin Skull
A 1930’s styled, cel shaded top down arcade shooter. There are Aliens, you need to kill them, get to it!

Price: ?