Community organized promotion on Xbox Live Indie Games marketplace will bring nine titles to service

It’s almost time for you all to start paying attention to Xbox Live Indie Games again for a while. There’san Uprising comingnext week, with nine games aiming to represent the best the service can offer. Starting on September 10th, one of the specially selected games will be released each weekday until the event wraps up on the 20th.

They announced these early in August, but I figured folks might want an opportunity to get a little hype a little closer to their release.

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Okay, so, what about the games? I’m hopeful. There are a few kind of curious things, likeqrth-phyl, which calls itself an “arcade documentary” exploring the primary mechanic of dot-eating/Snake games and self-professed “art game,”Sententia,an exploration-based platformer. I don’t know how I feel about those.

ButGatewayshas my attention, being a 2D platform game featuring portal guns with size, time and gravity manipulation capabilities.Smooth Operatorsis a management sim which puts players in command of a call center which looks like fun as well. And, more than a year sinceI was intriguedby early footage,City Tuesdayis part of the lineup.

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Seems like a good batch, with more than half of them being things that I’m actually enthusiastic about playing. Man, I’m going to have a greatSaturday Morning Hangoverin two weeks.

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Indie game collage of Blue Prince, KARMA, and The Midnight Walk

Close up shot of Jackie in the Box

Silhouette of a man getting shot as Mick Carter stands behind cover