One small bounce for cute little animal, one giant leap for British games development.

Space Ark is here! Our friends over at Strawdog studios are very happy to announce that their insanely bouncy, colouful and ridiculously addictive arcade title, Space Ark, is now out on Xbox Live Arcade for only 800 Microsoft Points.

Ever fans of our homegrown UK development talent, we are pleased to see Beatnik Games fantastic Plain Sight now available on Steam and other digital download platforms.

A unique, addictive and utterly beautiful game, Plain Sight has been in the works for a while and we have been fanatically following the games development since the very first concept art saw the light of day.

The buzz word “download” of 2009, in the games industry at least, has only be been mirrored by words such as “Social Networking”, “Motion Control” and more recently “3D”. Do we stand at the edge of a revolutionary change in interactive entertainment and software development; well we seem to be poised for a dramatic change in the distribution models that have shaped the industry as a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment arena.

Even Sir Clive’s mail order home computers don’t seem that far away when looking at the relationship between customers, computers and gaming, although 30+ years of inevitable technological advancement has now began its new phase of innovation.

The games industry takes its fair share of criticism, especially when compared to other entertainment media. The likes of sensationalist newspapers or floundering politicians will attack the games we love in return for improved ratings or circulation figures. As an industry we are sometimes untied and dragged out on a piece of old rope and presented as a scapegoat for all manner of reasons – this is something we have to accept.

Today is not that day. OneBigGame shows the world why we, as an industry, have feelings too.