10. Below
Microsoft aren't known for being the most accommodating when it comes to dealing with smaller games. There have been quite a few indie developers who have spoken out about their bad relationship with Microsoft. While they clearly have a good eye, having distributed some of indie gaming's best loved hits, they have had a tendency to rub some artists up the wrong way. Here's hoping that the next generation is a new horizon. Just announcing plans to fully support indie and smaller games by being an open platform, things have gotten interesting. PlayStation and Microsoft are going to be trying to monetise the ever profitable indie scene,and their libraries will grow because of it. However, put me down as real excited to get my hands on Below specifically. By no means a console seller, the Capybara Games' new effort looks totally out of place with what we associate with the Xbox library. On a system that is heavily criticised for its dependence on AAA first person shooter franchises, it is at least surprising to see them supporting (including announcing it at their press conference) a small top down, low-fi, impossibly hard "rogue-like" adventure. Below also represents a possible new direction for the company and now there is hope that it is the first of many experimental games on the Xbox One platform.