XBLIG Price Drops

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Since Microsoft recently changed their pricing structure for Xbox Indies, larger games can can now be sold for 80 MSP. As a result, many XBLIG devs have opted to drop the price of their games. I thought it would be pretty cool to have a thread that would try to track what WORTHWHILE games are now cheaper.

DISCLAIMER: Yes, I know that Xbox Indies is a largely horrifying wasteland of shovelware and absolute garbage like "Avatar Zombie Massager" and "Look I Made a One Level Platformer with MS Paint!!!". (There's really no need to elaborate on it further, we all know this.) But there ARE some good games in the pile. And I'd like to keep the thread focused on those, if possible.

DISCLAIMER 2 (The More Important One): Xbox Live Indie Games require an internet connection to start the game. It doesn't matter if you have a Silver (Free) or Gold account, just that the Xbox is connected to the internet. Again, this is only to start the game; once the game is running you can disconnect your Xbox, but not sign out of your profile.



Price Drops:
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* = Local Multiplayer
* = Online Multiplayer
* = System Link (LAN)

The Best:
Firefly Vegas - 240 -> 80 - Clearance Bin Review
Magic Racing GP 2 ** - 240 -> 80 - XBLIG.co - Xbox Hornet
Mechanoid Army - 240 -> 80 - Two Fedoras

The Rest:
The Island of Misfit Toys
These are the games that have received poor to mediocre reviews. (Or no reviews at all.) You may find a gem among them, but don't count on it.

Absolult Firepower - 80 -> 240
Flip N Shift - 80 -> 240
Nanosquad * - 80 -> 240
Ninja Recapture - 240 -> 80
Piniq * - 240 -> 80
RC Airplane Challenge ** - 240 -> 80
Sky Ninja War - 240 -> 80
The Book of the Biblets - 240 -> 80
へっぽこ騎士 - 240 -> 80 - DIYGamer


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January

The Best:
Antipole - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Destructoid
Cavemen vs Aliens * - 400 -> 80 - Xbox Hornet - XBLARatings
Chester - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLIG Summer Uprising
Clover: A Curious Tale - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Clearance Bin Review
Cthulu Saves the World - 240 -> 80 - Metacritic
Escape Goat - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Indie Gamer Chick
Fall of Gods - 240 -> 80 - Achievement Locked - XBLARatings
Hypno Vol. 1 - 400 -> 80 - Gamergeddon - XNA Roundup
Kobold's Quest * - 240 -> 80 - Clearance Bin Review
Miasma - 400 -> 80 - Armless Octopus
REVOLVER360 - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Xbox Hornet
Rotor'scope - 240 -> 80 - XBLARatings - Two Fedoras - Destructoid
Soulcaster - 240 -> 80 -
Soulcaster II - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Take Arms ** - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLIG Summer Uprising
Veks and Silence - 400 -> 80 - XBLARatings
The Rest:
Adhara War * - 240 -> 80
Avatar Laser Tag ** - 240 -> 80
Avatar Pumpkin Smash ** - 240 -> 80
Avatar's Rock * - 240 -> 80 - Video Review
Beach Bubbles - 240 -> 80
Beach Paddle * - 240 -> 80
Biz School - Twist-Ed - 400 -> 80
Burning Fist of Rage * - 240 -> 80
Colony Defense - 240 -> 80
Corrupted * - 240 -> 80
Cyborg Mice Arena * - 240 -> 80
Delta Energy 2.0 - 240 -> 80
Dr. Mazing * - 240 -> 80
Escapism - 240 -> 80
ETMD - 240 -> 80
Extreme Jigsaw Madness * - 240 -> 80
Gamerbots:Third-Robot Shooting *** - 240 -> 80
Gemchase - 240 -> 80
Honor in Vengeance - 240 -> 80
Karnn Age - 400 -> 80
KGB Episode One - 240 -> 80
Killa Hurtz - 240 -> 80
Labyrinth - 400 -> 240
Lingolu - 240 -> 80
Little Racers *** - 240 -> 80
Mad Blocker Arcade * - 240 -> 80 - XBLARatings
 Mind's Eye of Jupiter - 01 - 240 -> 80
Mind's Eye of Jupiter - 02 - 240 -> 80
Mind's Eye of Jupiter - 03 - 240 -> 80
Miner Man - 240 -> 80
Old Spice: Fresh Card Game * - 240 -> 80
Quizocalypse * - 240 -> 80
Pushy - 240 -> 80
Raventhorne - 240 -> 80 - Review
Tower Revolution - 400 -> 80


February

The Best:
Beat Hazard * - 400 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Metacritic - XBLARatings
Dino 'Splode - 240 -> 80 - DIYGamer
Dysnomia * - 240 -> 80 - DIYGamer - Two Fedoras
Growing Pains - 240 -> 80 - Xbox Hornet - Indie Gamer Chick
Junk Fields * - 240 -> 80 - XBLIG.co
Orbitron: Revolution - 240 -> 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Indie Gamer Chick

The Rest:
Devilsong - 240 -> 80
Mars Revenge * - 240 -> 80
Pellmell - 240 -> 80
ZOMBIECRAFTT!!1 SAMPLER - 240 -> 80
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Future price drops:





XBLIG Review Sites:
Armless Octopus
XBLAFans
Xbox Hornet
Clearance Bin Review - XBLIG Spotlight
XBLIG.co
Indie Gamer Chick
Indie Theory
XBLARatings (Not really a review site, just a site listing all of the XBLIGs that come out. There are some - very few, really - reviews on individual game pages.)





Other Recommended Games:
* = Local Multiplayer
* = Online Multiplayer
* = System Link (LAN)

Adventure:
Clover: A Curious Tale - 80 - Armless Octopus - Clearance Bin Review
Decay: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - 80 - Armless Octopus - Indie Theory - XBLARatings

Fighter:
Avatar Fighter Online **- 80 - Clearance Bin Review

FPS:
Firing Range - 80 - Gamer's Abstract

Platformer:
Aban Hawkins & the 1000 SPIKES - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Akane the Kunoichi - 80 - Armless Octopus - Game Informer
Along Came A Spider - 80 - Xbox Hornet - XBLARatings
Antipole - 80 - Armless Octopus - Destructoid
Apple Jack - 80 - Armless Octopus
Arkedo Series - 01 JUMP! - 240 - XBLARatings
Arkedo Series - 03 PIXEL! - 240 - XBLARatings - Joystiq
A Voxel Action - 80 - XBLIG.co - IGN
 Blocks That Matter - 240 - Armless Octopus - Destructoid
CarneyVale: Showtime - 240 - Destructoid
Chester - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLIG Summer Uprising
Defy Gravity - 80 - Armless Octopus - Xbox Hornet
Dino 'Splode - 240 -> 80 - DIYGamer
DLC Quest - 80 - Armless Octopus
Escape Goat - 80 - Armless Octopus - Indie Gamer Chick
EXPLOSIONADE * - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Growing Pains - 240 -> 80 - Xbox Hornet - Indie Gamer Chick
Johnny Platform Saves Christmas! - 80 - XBLARatings - Joystiq
Johnny Platform's Biscuit Romp - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLARatings
Junk Fields * - 240 -> 80 - XBLIG.co
Kobold's Quest * - 80 - Clearance Bin Review
LaserCat - 80 - Extra Guy - Indie Gamer Chick
Lumi - 240 - Armless Octopus
Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess - 240 - Armless Octopus - Destructoid
Monster Hero and the Mysterious Ruins (魔物な勇者と謎の遺跡) - 80 - 1up
Orbitron: Revolution - 240 -> 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Indie Gamer Chick
Plague * - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Armless Octopus
Platformance: Castle Pain - 80 - Armless Octopus
PLATFORMANCE: Temple Death - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Tempura of the Dead - 240 - Armless Octopus - Destructoid
Volchaos - 80 - XBLARatings - Xbox Hornet
ZP2K9 ** - 80 - XBLARatings
ZP2KX: Zombies & Pterodactyls! * - 80 - Armless Octopus

Puzzle:
Alien Jelly * - 240 - XBLARatings - Indie Gamer Chick
Arkedo Series - 02 SWAP! - 240 - Destructoid
Cute Things Dying Violently * - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Fishcraft - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Armless Octopus
Gerbil Physics - 80 - XBLAFans
Gerbil Physics 2 - 80 - Armless Octopus
GREEN ISLAND - 80 -
I, Zombie - 80 - Armless Octopus - Xbox Hornet
Kaiten Patissier - 80 - Angry Bananas
NYAN-TECH - 80 - XBLIG.co
Paipa - 80 - XBLARatings
Rotor'scope - 80 - XBLARatings - Two Fedoras - Destructoid
Soul - 80 - Armless Octopus
UpBot Goes Up - 240 - XBLARatings - Xbox Hornet
Ura Kaiten Patissier - 80
Wizorb - 240 - Armless Octopus
Your Doodles Are Bugged! - 240 - XBLARatings

Racing:
Dirchie Kart * - 240 - XBLIG.co - XBLAFans
Flowrider *** - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Armless Octopus
Little Racers STREET ** - 80 - XBLARatings - Armless Octopus
Magic Racing GP 2 ** - 240 - XBLARatings - XBLIG.co

RPG:
Breath of Death VII - 80 - Armless Octopus
Bonded Realities - 80 - Armless Octopus - RPGfan - Xbox Hornet
Cthulu Saves the World - 80 - Metacritic
Cursed Loot (Formerly "Epic Dungeon") - 80 - Armless Octopus
Doom & Destiny - 240 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
EvilQuest - 80 - GamingTruth - XBLIG.co
Fall of Gods - 80 - Achievement Locked - XBLARatings
Lair of the Evil Doer - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - XBLAFans
Light's End - 80 - XBLARatings
Sequence - 240 - Armless Octopus
Soulcaster - 80
Soulcaster II - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans

Shooter:
Amniotic * - 80 - XBLARatings - Pwnem
Astro Cluster *** - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Armless Octopus
Beat Hazard * - 400 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Metacritic - XBLARatings
Bird Assassin - 80 - Xbox Hornet - Indie Gamer Chick
Decimation X3 * - 80 - Armless Octopus
Dysnomia * - 240 -> 80 - DIYGamer - Two Fedoras
Echoes+ - 80 - XBLARatings
Grave Breaker * - 80 - Destructoid
Groov - 80 - XBLARatings
Hypership Out of Control * - 80 - Armless Octopus - Metacritic
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 * - 80 - Destructoid
Infinity Danger - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Leave Home - 80 - XBLARatings - Joystiq
 Prismatic Solid - 80 - Armless Octopus
radiangames Ballistic * - 400 - Armless Octopus
radiangames Crossfire 2 * - 400 - Armless Octopus
REVOLVER360 - 80 - Armless Octopus - Xbox Hornet
Score Rush * - 80 - XBLARatings
Shoot 1Up * - 80 - Armless Octopus
Square Off * - 80 - Armless Octopus - Clearance Bin Review
Take Arms ** - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLIG Summer Uprising
Vorpal - 80 - Armless Octopus - Joystiq
Zombie Estate * - 80 - Armless Octopus

Side-Scroller:
Dead Pixels * - 80 - Armless Octopus
Ninja War: Stolen Scrolls * - 80 - XBLARatings
Parasitus: Ninja Zero * - 240 - Two Fedoras - Indie Gamer Chick
Rainbow Runner - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Xbox Hornet
Veks and Silence - 80 - XBLARatings

Sim:
Miner Dig Deep - 80 - XBLARatings
Red Tie Miner - 80
Solar 2 - 400 - Armless Octopus - IGN
Total Miner: Forge *** - 240 - Gamingtruth
Train Frontier Express * - 240 - Armless Octopus

Strategy:
Cavemen vs Aliens * - 80 - Xbox Hornet - XBLARatings
Miasma - 80 - Armless Octopus
Video Wars * - 80 - Clearance Bin Review -

Tower Defense:
Protect Me Knight (まもって騎士) * - 240 - Armless Octopus

Other:
Bloody Checkers * - 80 - Review - XBLARatings
 Fishing Girl - 80 - XBLARatings
Hidden In Plain Sight * - 80 - XBLARatings
Hypno Vol. 1 - 80 - Gamergeddon - XNA Roundup
Pixelbit Helicopter Challenge - 80 - CrushFragDestroy - XBLARatings
Trivia Or Die * - 80 - Armless Octopus





 
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You should press the upload button and then the Submit at the botttom !! They are not the same, what Kind of post under contests where ? On the website ?

Thanks to everyone who has tried the game, the support has been incredible....
 
I mean contests here: Maybe you should PM Cheapy D and tell him about your contest. http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/competitions.php?

I put my picture there then I pressed upload and it did something and then it went back to the form and said "You forgot these required fields in red" sort of thing.

I put my pic in the box again, then filled out the rest of the questions and pressed submit and it said SUCCESS.

It was a little confusing and disjointed and I'm not sure it worked?
 
[quote name='Dark Rider']Picked up DLC quest today. Totally worth the $1. Had a blast with it and laughed my ass off.[/QUOTE]

Player.
 
The developer of Fire Fly Vegas informed me that the game should be dropping to 80 points possibly tomorrow. (of course I'm also giving the game away this weekend on my site by going HERE ;)) It's a fun little twin stick shooter ala Geometry Wars.
 
If you're looking for a competitive multiplayer game to play at your next gaming get-together, I've found Speedrunner HD to be a big hit. It's 240 msp, but it's a good bit of platforming fun when squaring off against friends. I only wish there was an option to play online, and perhaps some flexibility when setting up the matches.
 
We posted our new Indie Mondays review yesterday, and this week it was on 20 Games by IndieSkies. Check it out here: http://bgbureau.com/1673/indie-mondays-20-games-xbox-360/ .

The kind folks at IndieSkies provided us with 2 free codes of the game to give away, so I am bringing them to you guys. Just click the ClicktoTweet link below to have a chance to win one of the 2 codes. We will choose and announce the two winners on tomorrow's VG Confidential Podcast on our site.

Enter to Win a Code by Clicking HERE: http://clicktotweet.com/8cY2T
Also, don't forget to follow @BGamingBureau on Twitter so we can easily contact you if you are a winner.
 
thanks for the Alien Jelly news. i deleted it a week ago after playing the trial, but it is definitely worth the 80pts. it's one of the most polished indie games i've played
 
Woohoo! OT, but I'm one of the winners in the Bloody Checkers portrait contest. This should be hilarious, and I can't wait. :whee:
 
Me three! Now my namesake might actually beat someone at checkers. I'm a total mess when it comes to playing.
 
[quote name='Mad dog']Me too. How many entries did Kilroy actually receive? It seems nice and convenient that we all won...[/QUOTE]

26 people were chosen from 445 entries (according to a post from him over @ gfaqs) at random... I don't recognize 3/4s of the names on the winners list.
 
[quote name='hufferstl']One of my most anticipated XBLIG games, They Bleed Pixels got bumped up to an XBLA release. Damn.[/QUOTE]

I've also been waiting for this for ages. I'll buy it either way.
 
[quote name='Mad dog']Me too. How many entries did Kilroy actually receive? It seems nice and convenient that we all won...[/QUOTE]

It was a truly random drawing,and there were hundreds of participants, but keep in mind I chose 25 so the odds were pretty good almost 1 in 8 ??

I haven't seen anyone disappointed so far....and if this works well, then maybe I can try it again sometime in the future.

Cheers
 
End of Days: Infected Vs Mercs has been dropped from 240MSP to 80MSP a couple of days ago.

Great online FPS - kind of like a "baby CoD". It has one map, but the developer is still working on updates to add more features too, so the game is improving all the time. I believe one of the updates is supposed to be a whole new map as well.

I bought it the other day, and from what I can see the game has a fairly decent online community too. :)
 
I wasn't going to bump the thread just for shameless self promotion but since someone already bumped it... for the rest of April at my site we are having an invasion of indie game reviews with most being XBLIG's. Check the link in my signature.
 
[quote name='chicken_soup_2']TIC: Part 1, was finally dropped to 80 points[/QUOTE]

Awesome, thanks for catching that! I've been interested in this game since June 2011 when I first saw it :) I even checked it a few weeks ago to see if it had possibly dropped. I'm not holding my breath for a part two (standard disclaimer for any non-Telltale episodic)

The only XBLIG game left to drop from my long time ago wishlist is CarneyVale Showtime...that one's still holding at 240.
 
[quote name='sp8001']Blocks That Matter has dropped to 80 MSP. I own this game on Steam and have put just about 7 hours into it. I highly recommend it![/QUOTE]

Thank you. I figured for 80 points, why not! I have been intrigued by this game for a awhile now. Appreciate the update.
 
[quote name='Kerig']

The only XBLIG game left to drop from my long time ago wishlist is CarneyVale Showtime...that one's still holding at 240.[/QUOTE]

It is possible it might drop, but I wouldn't hold my breath unless the Windows Phone version (which I believe has achievements) is only a $1.
 
radiangames is having a sale, including dropping all his XBLIG games back down to 80 points for at least the next 90 days:
http://radiangames.com/blog/?p=1124
It’s been 2 years since I released my first game, JoyJoy, on XBLIG. It was not exactly the smoothest launch. But it’s still a good thing to celebrate since Radiangames is still going and I’ve had 15 significant releases over the last 2 years.

It may not be the best week to have a sale (two of the biggest games of the year, Diablo III and Max Payne 3, come out today), but that’s exactly what I’m doing. Everything is on sale. All my iPhone/iPad games. All my PC/Mac games. All my Xbox games. And all the soundtracks too.

The iPhone/iPad games and PC/Mac games (and the soundtracks) will be on sale for a week, meaning they’ll stop being on sale on sometime on May 22nd. I can only change the price of the Xbox games once every 90 days, so they’ll be on sale for much longer, probably forever.

The Xbox Live Indie Games are now 80MSP (1 dollar) each. They were previously 400MSP (5 dollars) each for the last 10 months.
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JoyJoy
Crossfire
Inferno
Fluid
Fireball
Crossfire 2
Ballistic
 
^ Good news to those that forgot to pick them up before the price hike... Don't forget this time lol. All of them are great games.

BTW, Apple Jack 2 is currently in peer review. Keep your eyes peeled! It should be coming out any day now.
 
I've been waiting for this day! (I was one of those who missed the memo about the price hike.) I already own Fireball and Joy Joy, so I'll probably grab Ballistic, Inferno, and the two Crossfire games.

On a side note, Red Shift is a simple but pretty fun shooter.
 
Thanks for maintaining this thread. So many great finds here! Love XBLIG. I'm not sure what will happen to the service with MS hinting that XNA will be a thing of the past, but right now, it's great.
 
Just a heads up: As of today, MS has changed their policy on XBLIGs so that developers can change their game's price every 7 days. As a result, we may see quite a few drops in the days to come. Fingers crossed for Wizorb.
 
[quote name='def PD']Any "must-have" gems in here? I have never looked at or purchased any XBLIG and have some points to burn.[/QUOTE]

Lots. Dead Pixels, Cthulhu Saves the World, Soulcaster I/II, Cursed Loot, Aban Hawkins and the 1000 Spikes... all worth way more than a measly buck IMO.
 
[quote name='Turbojugend']Lots. Dead Pixels, Cthulhu Saves the World, Soulcaster I/II, Cursed Loot, Aban Hawkins and the 1000 Spikes... all worth way more than a measly buck IMO.[/QUOTE]

Good looks! For only $1 I'll look into these. Now I just gotta figure out how to get to the IG page. :lol:
 
Dead Pixels was awesome. Any suggestions for another good coop game? I was thinking one of these.


Square Off
Zombie Estate
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
 
Zombie estate is my favorite co-op indie title. It did come out a few years ago, so there might have been better dual stick shooters since then. It is a staple that my nephews want to play every time they come over. I wish the creator would put out an online-enabled sequel sometime.
 
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