We did it! Breath of Death VII: The Beginning is now on the XBox Live Indie Game Marketplace! Follow this link to download the demo or purchase the full version (or you can download it directly on your XBox 360 – Game Marketplace -> Indie Games -> Breath of Death VII).
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585504bd
We’ll have the new trailer up later today.
From the look of the progress bar and peer review comments thread for Breath of Death VII, we’ve probably gotten about 4-5 reviews in peer review so far. I believe you need around 8-10 to be approved for release on the XBox Marketplace so we’re getting close! 
Bill is hard at work finishing up our launch trailer so we should have that ready when the game goes up. It’s very exciting – everyone who has played our game in playtesting and peer review have been very positive so we’re really looking forward to the moment when everyone can have a chance to play it.
We just officially submitted Breath of Death VII! As soon as it passes review, it’ll be available on the XBox Live Marketplace under the Indie Games section. The full version will cost 80 MS points ($1 USD) and like all XBox Live Indie Games, there’s a free demo as well. Although the game is only available in English, we’re releasing it to all countries that have an Indie Game marketplace (I wonder how it’ll do in Japan). It’s impossible to know how long it will take to pass review, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it comes out this week.
I’ll post again with the marketplace link when it’s up.
I finished programming what is hopefully the last version of Breath of Death VII a few hours ago. We’re going to do a little more testing to make sure everything’s working well and then it’s time to submit the game for peer review for official release!
I’ve just finished playing through a complete game of Breath of Death VII from start to finish! I’m uploading the current version of the game to xna.creators.com so if you’re an XBLIG developer, it should be available to download it for playtesting later this morning. Everyone else, you’re going to have to wait a little while longer, but it’s for a good cause – namely, ironing out any bugs that might remain in the game.
Whew! I thought I’d never finish. I went to bed last night thinking that I had only a 3-4 hours left to finish up and instead it ended up taking the entire day and into the wee hours of the night before I finished things up. I managed to have fun actually playing through it even though I’ve got the whole thing practically memorized so just think how fun it’ll be if you haven’t spent every waking hour for the last few months thinking about it!
Just a quick note to let everyone know that progress on Breath of Death VII is going well. We’ve got a list of things that need to be finished before releasing the game and we’re fast running out of things to check off. It looks like we’re still on track to put Breath of Death VII into playtesting by the end of the month, with a public XBox Live release next month.
Also, I did some timing & some calculations and it looks like the final game will be pretty close to our goal of providing the average player with 4-6 hours of playtime to complete, if not a little longer. Plus we have some extras to provide some replay value like optional dungeons, a hard difficulty mode, score attack mode, and some sort of achievement-like system.
We just finished picking out all the music we want to use with Breath of Death VII and programming it in to make sure it sounds good in-game. Now, we’re just waiting to hear back from the musicians for permission. I hope everyone agrees to let us use their music – we’ve got an excellent set of songs right now that fit the game very well and I’d hate to have to change any of them out.
Zeboyd Entertainment is proud to announce their upcoming game, Breath of Death VII: The Beginning for the XBox 360. Join Dem the Skeleton Knight, Sara the Ghost Historian, Lita the Vampire Techie, and Erik the Zombie Prince as they explore a world filled with the undead, searching for the secrets of the past. Some game features include:
Fast turn-based combat!
Retro visuals reminiscent of the best of 8-bit & 16-bit RPGs!
720p!
World map filled with several dungeons & locations to explore!
Frequent LVing up with a deep, yet easy to understand character upgrade system!
Special multi-character techniques & a combo count system add strategic depth to combat!
All this for the low, low price of 80 MS points ($1 USD)!
Breath of Death VII will be coming to XBox Live Indie Games in March-April of 2010.
Crosstown - a rather enjoyable retro Action/Shooter/Maze game – has recently had a price drop to 80 MS points. I thought it’s initial price of 400 was a bit much compared to the competition, but at its new dirt-cheap price, I highly recommend it.
Click on the Week in Review tab for a new update, or click here. Really good week this time around – I highly recommend checking out some of the titles.