Octopede

Nom nom megabyes! Available on Desura , Indievania and now Beamdog.

Cloud Runner

(temporary title) Follow, comment and contribute to the development of our newest game on ModDB.

Fusion Shift

A 2d, top-down, space shootin' adventure game... pew-pew! Follow the entire development of Fusion Shift and have your say on our ModDB page.

Domination Tower Defense

Traditional RTS meets Tower Defense in an all out frantic mess. Follow the entire development of Domination Tower Defense and have your say on our new ModDB page.


Fusion Shift was started as our very first project, almost 4 years ago before we had even formed Orbital Games. I was learning to program games and had created a (very) simple 2D scrolling shooter. With some ‘basic’ graphics from Charlie, we evolved the simple prototype into a game concept. Unfortunately, as I was still [...]

We are pleased to announce that our patch for Octopede on XBLIG has been approved and should now be available via the Xbox Live service. The update effects the following issues: Simpler how to play guide with larger text Left stick only movement is now default Fixed a rare issue which caused freezes when the [...]

Octopede: Reviewed on 10 Dollar Gaming

6 March 2012
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The 10 Dollar Gaming news and review site (www.10dollargaming.com) have posted a review along with a gameplay video of Octopede for the Xbox 360 (XBLIG) and Windows PC (Desura). Read the full review at: http://www.10dollargaming.com/2012/03/octopede-review Rating Octopede is hard for me because it does a lot of good things, but as a whole picture just doesn’t stand out the [...]

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Octopede: Japanese version released on Playism

3 March 2012
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Orbital Games is proud to announce that Octopede has been translated into Japanese and is now live on Playism for Pay What You Want! Playism found us on ModDB and very kindly offered to translate our latest release of Octopede a while ago. The localisation as finally been complete and Octopede has been unleashed upon the Japanese gaming world. The game [...]

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Octopede: Reviewed by Game Side Story

26 February 2012
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William Bertin (Skywilly) from a French gaming news and review website, Game Side Story (www.gamesidestory.com) has posted a review of Octopede on the Xbox 360 (XBLIG) and Windows PC (Desura). Read the full review at: http://www.gamesidestory.com/2012/02/25/gametest-octopede-pc-360/ [Translated from French to Engligh by Google Translate] Bring the arcade game of the 70s , it is the desire of developers Octopede [...]

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Octopede: Reviewed by Reviews on the Run

9 February 2012
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Ben and Jose from Reviews on the Run (www.reviewsontherun.com) have posted a review of Octopede on the Xbox 360 (XBLIG). Watch the video review at: http://reviewsontherun.com/all/spotlight/octopede-xbox-360-video-review/ Prior to this review, an Octopede Xbox update was submitted to Microsoft for approval which should fix any interface or tutorial / text size issues relating to the console release. Other than to avoid the expense of buying [...]

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Octopede: Reviewed by Vintage Video Games TV

4 February 2012
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Ryan (@MasterBlud) from Vintage Video Games TV (www.vvgtv.com) has posted a review of Octopede on the Xbox 360 (XBLIG). Read the full review at: http://vvgtv.com/2012/02/04/indies-at-first-sight-octopede-and-growing-pains-games-wort04h-your-time/ …This is why the game is called Octo ( meaning 8 ) and pede for well I think you would get that one. You have powerups in the game to help you clear the [...]

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Octopede: Reviewed by Geeky Universe

31 January 2012
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Geeky Universe (www.geekyuniverse.com) have posted a review of Octopede on the Xbox 360 (XBLIG). Read the full review at: http://www.geekyuniverse.com/archives/2499 The first thing I’m going to say is that this game is not the typical game that I’m use to playing. So when I got the call to review this game, I was a little bit nervous… Glad I [...]

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Octopede: Reviewed by Trendy Gamers

30 January 2012
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Ben Heyman from Trendy Gamers (www.trendygamers.com) has posted a review of Octopede on the Xbox 360 (XBLIG). Read the full review at: http://trendygamers.com/2012/01/29/octopede-review/ Long, long ago, in the ancient times before smart phones, one animal reigned supreme over mobile gaming. No, it was not a brightly colored bird angrily flinging itself at a pig’s shoddy fortress. No, it was not [...]

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Octopede: Reviewed on IRB Gamer

25 January 2012
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Jeremy, a writer and reviewer for IRB Gamer has posted a review on Octopede. Read the full review at: http://www.irbgamer.com/2012/01/octopede-review/ Many gamers may remember a small yet increasingly challenging game called Snake. Well it’s 2012 now and the classic title we have all know and come to love has been reimagined by Orbital Games, and re-branded [...]

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