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IndieGames.com Best-Of Features
Here at IndieGames.com, we like highlighting some of the more notable freeware and indie games of this and previous years - hence this special 'best-of' section. Check out the individual charts, and also make sure to read Indie Games: The Weblog for all the latest independent game news, interviews and features. [permalink]
 05/08/2008 Most Addictive Browser Games
[We pay tribute to the developers who are responsible for the most addictive Flash and Java-based browser games of all time, or simply prolific enough to create a library of games which most of us have spent numerous afternoons on.]
 19/02/2008 Best Freeware Shoot 'em ups 2007
[Horizontal, vertical or hybrid 2D and 3D shooters. Whatever your fancy, you'll find everything here as we unveil another twenty noteworthy shoot 'em ups released during 2007.]
 10/02/2008 Best Freeware Remakes 2007
[Gems of the yesteryear rebooted, reimagined or simply touched up for a new generation of gamers to enjoy. Indiegames.com steps into the time machine to bring these classics back to live, as we recap some of the best freeware remakes released in 2007.]
 03/02/2008 Best Freeware Games (Others) 2007
[What does Nigoro, Pixeljam and Kloonigames all have in common? They're all featured in our special 2007 Best of Features article, in which we round up some of the oddest freeware Flash games, beat 'em ups, and physics games from last year.]
 01/02/2008 Best Freeware RPGs, Roguelikes 2007
[RPGs and roguelikes - what's not to like about them? Let's explore some dungeons in The Crypts of Despair and Last Scenario, or even micromanage a fortified outpost in Dwarf Fortress as IndieGames.com examines the best role-playing games and RLs from 2007.]
 27/01/2008 Best Freeware Platformers 2007
[IndieGames.com continues to crank out the goodness, and this time it's 2007's top freeware platformers - a list of goodies which includes The Underside, Knytt Stories, and the hilariously cool but infringing GoldenEye 2D.]
 19/01/2008 Best Freeware Adventure Games 2007
[The adventure game genre certainly isn't dead, and IndieGames.com proves this by picking the top freeware adventure independent titles released during 2007, from Rorschach through the awesomely named Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy.]
 12/01/2008 Best Freeware Arcade Games 2007
[IndieGames.com has picked some of the neatest, quirkiest, and smartest freeware arcade titles released during 2007, from Chalk through Gesundheit to a host of other playable, fun and free titles.]
 11/01/2008 Best Freeware Games by cactus 2007
[A recent Gamelab interview describes cactus' prodigious indie freeware game output as having "a visual aesthetic that combines mathematical precision and unruly chaos, with tight, balanced and challenging gameplay" - here's his best of 2007.]
18/10/2007 Best Freeware Shmups 2006
17/10/2007 Best Freeware Shooter Remakes 2006
15/10/2007 Best Freeware Arena Shooters 2006
12/10/2007 Best Freeware Adventure Games 2006
10/10/2007 Best Freeware Puzzlers 2006
08/10/2007 Best Freeware Platformers 2006
07/10/2007 Geometry Wars Clones
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About The IGF
Think Services (producer of Game Developer magazine, Gamasutra.com, and the Game Developers Conference) established the Independent Games Festival in 1998 to encourage innovation in game development and to recognize the best independent game developers.
The competition, now in its 10th year, awarded a total of nearly $50,000 in prizes to deserving indie creators in Main Competition and Student Competition categories at the IGF Awards Ceremony, held in February 2008 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, as one of the highlights of the Game Developers Conference.
The Independent Games Festival will return in March 2009 at GDC in San Francisco - look for more information soon. [More information...]
About The IGS
Featuring lectures, postmortems and roundtables from some of the most notable independent game creators around, the Independent Games Summit is a yearly event, with iterations thus far taking place in March 2007 and February 2008 at Game Developers Conference.
Think Services (which curates the IGF and runs GDC) plans to continue and grow the Independent Games Summit in subsequent years. [More information...]
