In this interview, Gamasutra talks with IGF-nominated indie studio Twisted Pixel's CEO Michael Wilford about his studio's approach to downloadable content with The Maw, and why the developer isn't "trying to rip [gamers] off" with its deleted scenes concept.
Game company Twisted Pixel captured the attention of Xbox 360 owners when their action adventure title The Maw was chosen for the 2008 Audience Choice Award at the Penny Arcade Expo. The Xbox Live Arcade game was also a finalist of this year's Independent Games Festival.
Gamasutra talked with Twisted Pixel CEO Michael Wilford, focusing on their approach to recently released and upcoming downloadable content, which will debut on both XBLA and PC, the latter thanks to Valve's Steam service. In addition, we hear about The Maw's core audio design concepts, including the minimalistic yet effective use of voice acting and the score by composer Winifred Phillips.
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McDonald’s is gearing up to begin its new One Hot Holiday promotion on December 3 that features Xbox One bundles as its grand prize. That’s not so crazy; it seems like every corporation is running some sort of contest to win next-gen consoles. However, McDonald’s also happens to be giving away a whole lot of copies of Twisted Pixel titles.
Ragin, this is America only! Anyone with a code they don't need think of us,poor forgotten Irish!
i was literally ready to hop on the car to McDonalds to enter.
this is also an excellent idea,for,increasing indie games on the platform....expect this great trend to continue
Twisted Pixel Games is notorious for releasing quality titles for the XBLA. They also developed one of the few highly rated Kinect games in The Gunstringer. Today it was revealed that their four previously published XBLA titles would be released as a bundle, appropriately titled the 'Twisted Bundle.'
