That's right, the Steam release for Q.U.B.E. is officially set for Friday 6th January 2012.
That's 1 week away!

Thanks to all Q.U.B.E. fans that have been waiting for the launch on Steam.

Great news for Mac fans!
Q.U.B.E. is currently being developed for Mac as well as PC.

The team are planning to have a simultaneous launch on both platforms by the end of 2011 or at the beginning of 2012. Keep watching for more news on Q.U.B.E. and sign up to the Q.U.B.E. mailing list currently available on our facebook page:
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Sense Of Wonder Night 2011 Illuminates Japanese, Western Indie Spirit
by Simon Carless [Console/PC, Indie, Business]

September 16, 2011

On the Friday night of Tokyo Game Show, the fourth Sense Of Wonder Night event showcased ten innovative independent games from across both Japanese and Western boundaries. The titles, picked from over 70 submissions, were presented by their creators to an enthusiastic audience of hundreds of Japanese game fans.

The event, which was originally modeled on GDC's Experimental Gameplay Workshop, was supported by Nintendo this year, and was judged by indie-friendly executives from companies such as Hudson (publisher of former IGF finalist Rooms), Microsoft, Gree, and the UBM TechWeb Game Network (GDC and Gamasutra owners - represented by the author of this article).

Each of the featured games had 10 minutes to present their titles to the audience, with noisemakers provided to the audience to 'quack' their approval when a particularly clever game feature is showcased. The concept of the night is "to discover new game ideas that will catch people by surprise".

First off was on of the most well-received presentations, the extremely odd KuraKuraMaze. From a Japanese team presenting in lab coats, it involves using an iPhone's gyroscope to rotate around and pressing the screen to move forward, and trying to reach a 'running water' goal. The 'water' gets louder, the closer you come to the goal. A unique presentation style endeared the team to the audience.

Another portable standout was Reflow, from a German team, which used the iPad camera to direct onscreen 'liquids', setting up flow of the liquids into particular buckets.

You could use one's body or a piece of paper to manipulate by setting black/white shapes - or even one of the team's T-shirts, which was specially designed to complete the final puzzle, a smart end to the presentation.

Also a particularly appreciated title was I'm Gonna Be God Of The Forest, a Japanese PC strategy title with cartoony simulation of creatures eating plants - and each other. A slightly absurd isometric-ish point of view and odd cartoony graphics made this a truly unique, Darwin-inspired proposition, and one that will hopefully see a Western release in the future.

The Indie Fund-funded Q.U.B.E., or 'Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion,' from a UK student team, is an Unreal Engine-powered abstract puzzle title with Portal-esque stark visuals, and clever mechanics around block-pushing. Already an awaited PC game title, it looks to provide a cunning new take on the first-person puzzler.

Other highlights included Sega's Takayuki Yanagihara, showing a prototype of a project called Taplib that has an interesting diagonal tap-based puzzle title, using line-connections to wipe out blocks on a board sequentially. A DigiPen team showcased Solstice, a Kinect-powered title with abstract, almost ThatGameCompany-esque beauty, adding gorgeous abstract musical ambience to pastoral flying.

Konami also presented the just-debuted Kinect XBLA title Leedmees for Xbox Live Arcade, an unconventional Lemmings-like puzzle title which has the player affecting lots of in-game miniature characters by conducting them up and down your arms and legs.

With some really clever tricks like onscreen limb switching between two players, and a video demo that featured distinctive producer, Castlevania's Koji 'IGA' Igarishi, it truly impressed the crowd.

In the absence of creator Jason Rohrer, who could not attend, his Japanese indie publishers at Playism showcased the localized Inside A Star-Filled Sky, a fractal zoom-ish tactical shooter "with the idea of infinity built into its mechanics", and a title that's difficult to explain, let alone demonstrate.

Also shown was Eufloria (formerly known as Dyson), the IGF-winning abstract strategy game by a trio of UK developers, which will debut on PlayStation Network in the near future, presenting a poignant life expansion and simulation challenge.