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Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in Hot, Microsoft, TGS 2008, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 1 Comment »
According to this IGN story, Xbox Live boss John Schappert said at TGS today that there aren't any plans to remove badly performing titles from Live itself. If you recall, Microsoft ... Read more..Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in Platform holders, SNK, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Microsoft just announced that Metal Slug 7 will be running and gunning onto XBLA. The game will be loaded with “new missions, new weapons, colossal new bosses, new ... Read more..Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in Hot, Microsoft, Puzzler, TGS 2008, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Q's upcoming XBLA puzzler Meteos Wars has got a proper pre-TGS going over on IGN, with words, movies and screens being posted from Tokyo tonight. No release date at the ... Read more..Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Trade, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 4 Comments »
Microsoft has announced that it saw a 58 percent increase in users buying XBLA games during its five-week Summer of Arcade program. The period saw a number of high profile games ... Read more..Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in 2K, Action, Hot, PC, Shooter | 1 Comment »
The new Duke Nukem Forever screens from the XBLA release of Duke Nukem 3D have been posted on Duke4.net in decent resolution, should you be in need of such a ... Read more..Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Action, Hot, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
There's a YouTube video after the break which appears to show some new Duke Nukem Forever screens squirreled away in the XBLA release of Duke Nukem 3D. The images can ... Read more..Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Platformer, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 7 Comments »
After the break. Looks very much like the Xbox Live Arcade version of Banjo Kazooie to us, Achievements and all. Really brought it back watching the first bit, to be ... Read more..Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Action, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 4 Comments »
So says the Major. It's going to cost you 800 MS Points and it's been banned in Germany and Korea. Blurb: [ESRB: M (MATURE) BLOOD AND GORE, VIOLENCE, STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT] ... Read more..Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in Action, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 5 Comments »
According to the Major, Duke Nukem 3D releases for XBLA this Wednesday. We can say in all honesty that we've never played it, and are therefore not wetting ourselves with ... Read more..Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Hot, Puzzler, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 3 Comments »
Good news arrives this morning in the form of confirmation of a Meteos version - Meteos Wars - for XBLA in October. For a piffling 800 MS Points, Mr Press Release ... Read more..Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Action, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox Live | 4 Comments »
A Microsoft represntative told Joystiq at X08 in Toronto that Duke Nukem 3D, released on XBLA sometime in September, will have saved film and gameplay rewind features. The rewind feature lets ... Read more..Saturday, August 16th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Whoops. The movie after the break shows a cheat that allows you to win as much money as you like in Tower of Fortune, one of the now-released Fable II ... Read more..Saturday, August 16th, 2008 Posted in Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 6 Comments »
According to this Wall Street Journal piece, XBLA platformer Braid cost developer Jonathan Blow $180,000 of his own money. The game's already sold around 30,000 units - probably a lot more ... Read more..Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Strategy, Xbox Live | 2 Comments »
Gaming Today's noticed that the South Park XBLA game Microsoft announced at E3 is apparently "a fun-filled and hilarious strategy game." We must admit this one slipped under the radar, so ... Read more..Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 5 Comments »
According to this official Braid blog post, the platformer is now the best ranked game ever released on XBLA, with a Metacritic average of 92 percent. Designer Jon Blow also quotes ... Read more..
