Final month, we introduced the Indie Selects program, via which the ID@Xbox staff highlights latest indie faves with our weekly “Featured Indies,” together with nice older titles showcased through 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 staff’s picks for the month. We don’t wish to say “greatest,” as there are undoubtedly going to be some superb video games that don’t find yourself getting chosen, however these are those that the entire staff has voted on and that come out on prime. With Indie Selects, we need to shine a highlight on video games you won’t in any other case see – and also you’ll get an unimaginable collection of new, revolutionary, or simply downright unusual video games to play each month.
The factors is comparatively easy: we take a look at video games we contemplate to be Indies which have not too long ago launched on Xbox, and the entire staff votes. The highest six vote-winners are our Indie Selects for the month. (Word that we aren’t together with Sport Go video games on this program, as they get tons of publicity via the Sport Go channels).
With that defined, I’m extremely excited to announce the Indie Selects for February, which embody 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 staff feels assured you’re going to like. Right here they’re, in our personal phrases (and in no explicit order):