The IGF Finalists were posted last week – and I suppose we’ve been kindof speechless about it until now – Little Inferno was recognized in 5 of the 7 categories, with three nominations including the Grand Prize, and two honorable mentions. After expecting a big fat zero for an admittedly strange and controversial game, we’re kindof astonished. So thanks judges, and congrats to all the other nominees – looks like we’ll see you at GDC in March!

A Christmas miracle! Against all expectations, Little Inferno, the weird-little-game-that-could, has been steadily moving up the American Wii U charts, up to slot #3 #2 as of today – just ahead of New Super Mario, amazingly. What’s up there anyway? We hope to find out…!

Nintendo Life has just posted some of our initial thoughts on Nintendo’s Wii U eShop, and you can read similar thoughts from other developers here. To summarize, though, indie developers have good things to say about the service, and (my favorite thing) the MiiVerse seems to be well loved. The new year should bring even more indie games, including Runner 2.

Nintendo notoriously never allowed price changes or sales on the original Wii, so we feel especially lucky to be included in the Wii U eShop’s first sale. Starting today, Little Inferno is 33% off (9.99USD and equivalents elsewhere) everywhere until January 4. We’ve also made sure the sale is available on our site, as well as on Steam.

PS. For those who are just discovering Little Inferno, you can find the soundtrack, for free, here. Stay warm in there!