Final month, we introduced the Indie Selects program, by way of which the ID@Xbox group highlights latest indie faves with our weekly “Featured Indies,” together with nice older titles showcased by way of rotating themes.
This system culminates in our month-to-month “Indie Selects,” the place we select six video games from the month’s featured indies to be the group’s picks for the month. We don’t wish to say “greatest,” as there are undoubtedly going to be some wonderful video games that don’t find yourself getting chosen, however these are those that the entire group has voted on and that come out on prime. With Indie Selects, we wish to shine a highlight on video games you may not in any other case see – and also you’ll get an unbelievable number of new, revolutionary, or simply downright unusual video games to play each month.
The standards is comparatively easy: we have a look at video games we contemplate to be Indies which have not too long ago launched on Xbox, and the entire group votes. The highest six vote-winners are our Indie Selects for the month. (Be aware that we’re not together with Sport Cross video games on this program, as they get tons of publicity by way of the Sport Cross channels).
With that defined, I’m extremely excited to announce the Indie Selects for February, which embrace all the pieces from a spirited lil gator, to an extremely deep puzzle recreation, to a wizard whose chosen weapon is a firearm. These are all video games that the group feels assured you’re going to like. Right here they’re, in our personal phrases (and in no explicit order):