Bastion Launch Trailer (YES, You NEED This Game!)

Lovely and now available on Xbox Live Arcade, it's Supergiant Games' RPG masterpiece ready for your approval. It's also coming to Windows later this year (and hopefully on a disc as well as download so more people can play this gem). From the rich visuals to the innovative voice narration (it's pretty darn genius), this one is an instant classic that demands multiple replays. I'd love to see this on the PS3 and Vita as well, but I guess we'll see how it does sales-wise, right?

E3 2011: Bastion and Crimson Alliance: Beautiful, Brillaint (And They Should Be In Boxes!)

Games like these deserve more than just a mere XBLA or PC download. Stick a few copies on disc and get it out to retail so you get more people picking it up. Hell, it'll be a great "impulse" buy either direct from the developer's site, an online retailer that does both packaged and download content. Indie developers SuperGiant Games and Certain Affinity have winners here and I want to see as many people as possible grooving on their work who don't have a Xbox 360 in the house (not everyone does) or access to a high-speed connection.

Bastion Trailer: Supergiant Is One More Indie Dev To Watch...

Supergiant Games' upcoming Bastion is the sort of game I'd pay good money for if it came in a boxed retail version. Sadly, like far too many indie games this generation, this gorgeous, innovative RPG looks as if it'll only see the light of day as a digital download. Sure, that's absolutely peachy for folks who can go that easy, breezy DLC route on PC and console formats, but some games (and particularly great-looking games such as this) should be available for the masses in as many (legal) forms as possible (grrrr, end of non-rant). Anyway, ogle the trailer above and keep a eye peeled for what's looking to be one of 2011's indie games. My radar is pointed in your general direction, Bastion... don't let me down!

(Great, now I'm talking to as yet unreleased indie games...where's my medicine?!)