'08 Ends in a BLAST!

We are beginning to see the light of day as the tinsel and confetti begin to settle. With that, Nathan and I wish you a happy new year.

To reflect, 2008 was a great year, which ended with Weapon of Choice landing on some pretty sweet 'Games of 2008' lists:

• IGN's Best XBL Community Game 2008
• Nominee for IGN's Best XBL Action Game 2008
  
• Honorary Special Mention on Console Arcade's XBLA Game of 2008,
• GamerBytes & XNPlay's Top 10 XNA Community Games Of 2008.

Oh, and we should mention the pieces in The Official Xbox Magazine: Independents' Day is in the January edition on newsstands now (pdf version) and Opinion Editorial in the February edition. Plus, we are expecting future articles in Paste Magazine, Official Xbox Magazine-UK, and 360 Magazine-UK.

In addition, we received some excellent reviews (Weapon of Choice has now 'arrived' on Metacritic but needs more reviews to get an final score):

• 4 out of 4 stars on The Toronto Star ,
• 4.5 out of 5 with Cheat Code Central.
  
• We also recommend you read the review on Wonderwallweb - we do not know how something that sounds so fun, only equals 6.7 out of 10.

We are pleased that Weapon of Choice has been in the top 5 of best selling Community Games since the launch of the channel. Unfortunately, we have no idea what that means as far as actual sales numbers, but within top 5 for six weeks sure sounds cool.

We shall close with information about a pending podcast. Nathan is scheduled to be on the AVault podcast on Friday, January 9th. Tune in-- Nathan will be announcing details for the upcoming WoC Speed Run Contest.