[News] The PAX 10 Independent Game Competition

The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX for short), the highly successful gaming expo from the people behind the Penny Arcade webcomic, will be hosting another competition for independently produced games later this year.

This is a great opportunity for independent game-makers, as PAX gathers several tens of thousands of visitors each year. As such, it's a great place for indie developers to show off the labors of their hard work.

Last year's winner, 3D action/platform The Maw*, was released in late January this year on the Xbox 360 Live Arcade market and became both a commercial and a critical success. Moreover, it has already received a great deal of support from Microsoft in the form of special promotions and downloadable content.

For more information, including rules and guidelines, visit the Expo's official site here.

(via Gamasutra)

TL;DR version:

If you're an indie game creator, now's the perfect chance to stop being a lazy ass and actually produce something. So get to it!

* Everybody seemed to love that game, except for me. I was going to say it's because I'm too old and jaded for such cheerful games, but then again I like Boogie Bunnies. Go figure.