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Indie game development duo Team Meat has become a poster-child for indie game development since Super Meat Boy started making us pull our hair out in 2010. Though they haven't exactly stayed quiet - developer Edmund McMillen created The Binding of Issac with a separate team, and the two-man team has denounced Microsoft for their failure to support Super Meat Boy's XBLA launch - there hasn't been much talk about plans for a new game either... That is, until the duo announced that they've been working on something completely new on the Team Meat blog. According to McMillen, Mew-Genics is the "strangest" game that either he or programmer Tommy Refenes has ever worked on.

Indie game developer Mikolaj Kaminski has decided to take an interesting approach to online piracy: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Kaminski's game, McPixel, is the first game to be sold on everyone's favorite online piracy site, The Pirate Bay, as a legal pay-what-you-want torrent. That's right, you can download the game for nothing, but if it's good, Kaminski hopes that you'll come back and throw him a few bucks for his trouble.

Security was a major issue for Sony when they designed the PS Vita. Anyone who's familiar with the PSP likely knows that the console is one of the easiest consumer gadgets to crack out there: It was (and is) very easy to pirate PSP games, and that's something Sony does not intend to allow on the PS Vita. Despite Sony's best efforts, no device is "unhackable": Self-proclaimed reverse engineer Yifan Lu says he's found an exploit in the system that will eventually allow custom software to run on the device. While many gaming pirates are hopeful that the breakthrough will lead to hackers eventually jailbreaking the PS Vita, Lu says that his work doesn't allow people to pirate games, and he has no intention of helping them figure out how to do so.

Steam decided to re-release their 11 Indie Bundles all at once as "Indie Bundle Madness." Now's your chance to get in on anything you missed during the Summer Sale! Steam isn't the only kid on the block, though; bundles from Indie Gala, Indie Royale, and Groupees make for a tough decision about where your hard-earned cash is going. Geekosystem is here to help! We'll be taking a look at the bundles in question and helping you decide which ones will make both you and your wallet happy. That said, good things can't last forever, so you better get your hands on these great deals before they disappear for good.

Independent developers are taking the video game industry by storm, but a majority of games can't quite make the hurdle onto home consoles. All of that is about to change with the Ouya, an affordable, open-source game console that is aiming to reclaim consoles for the little guys. The Kickstarter for Ouya lasts until August 9 and seems to have a great deal of support already. Will the Ouya change gaming as we know it? Read on, friend!

Yesterday, the folks over at Indiegamebundles.com came out with the Recession Bundle, a bundle of 8 great indie games. But this isn't your average bundle; a portion of the profits go to the charity, SOS - Children's Village Croatia. Find out more about the bundle and a little bit about each game after the jump!

It's been a little more than a week since Indie Game: The Movie was released to a worldwide audience via Steam and iTunes. I finally got around to watching it and I cannot recommend it more highly. When I pressed play in my iTunes window, I was expecting your typical video game documentary, but what I watched was a truly inspirational peek into the lives behind the games. These are people who make games, not because they want money or fame, but because they simply love making games. The film leaves its audience with the idea that anyone can make a game, not just the bigwigs at EA Games.

It's been four days since the conclusion of the very first "7 Day FPS Challenge" or "7DFPS." Participants in the challenge are presented with the task of designing a first-person shooter in only 168 hours. There were no winners declared or trophies given away; we are left, however, with dozens of new and interesting FPSes. Some of these games push boundaries, some of these games open doors, and some of these games are just a mighty good time. Make the jump to see just a few of the games we really liked!

If there are any indie games you've been waiting to purchase in hopes that they might go on sale, today might be your lucky day. Or rather, this week might be your lucky week. Because We May is a week long sale celebrating indie games and, more specifically, the fact that direct sale gives indie developers complete control over the prices of their games. Until June 1st, dozens of indie developers are dropping their prices like crazy, because they may.

Kotaku reports that South Korean authorities have been cracking down over the weekend on unrated games, and this may mean considerable bad things for Korean Steam users. Korean law states that all games available to the public must be rated by the Game Rating Board. That's all well and nice, except that game makers must pay to get their game rated, and many cannot afford the price. When South Korea says all games, they mean all games. Tiny indie games, flash-based or mobile whatsits, big blockbusters, and everything in between. Team Liquid, a StarCraft community site, reports that Steam games may even be in the sights of Korean authorities.