Back in 1998, Banjo-Kazooie was the duo’s first romp in adventure land. Carrying on the age-old tradition of bear and bird, the team must rescue the soon-to-be monster-ized sister from the ever so ugly but sometimes poetic witch Gruntilda. It’s a classic combination for your enjoyment. Now it’s brought to you one hundred percent intact in lovingly upgraded gaming form. And because we’re really nice, if you have the Banjo-Kazooie® Nuts and Bolts game, the legendary Stop N Swop feature is at last activated. Look out for the hungry clams and dangerous ice cubes.
The original MMA series is back!
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix receives a whole new look while improving on the innovative fighting system of the original game. Updated with 1080p HD redrawn art and widescreen support, the game offers a unique experience that appeals to new fans and Street Fighter® purists alike.
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Take the wheel as fully-loaded auto combat revs into high gear with Vigilante 8: Arcade®. It’s a down and dirty war on wheels where everyone’s riding shotgun. This brand new remake of the classic Vigilante 8 game lets you choose from among eight tricked-out retro-fine 70s vehicles with some serious firepower. Multiple special weapons let you wreak havoc on five newly-designed and destructible arenas. Complete the single player Quest story mode or test your car-crushing skills in local and Xbox LIVE® multiplayer versus or co-op modes. Rebuilt from the ground up, V8: Arcade is modern vehicular warfare at its finest!
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Portal™: Still Alive features the full award-winning Portal single player game from Valve, plus a new challenge mode. Designed to change the way you approach, manipulate, and surmise the possibilities in any given environment, Portal has earned over 70 industry honors for its innovative gameplay, with more than 30 “Game of the Year” awards.
Break the laws of physics using “portal” technology to solve puzzles and survive in this darkly comic story weaving adventure with brain-bending puzzles.
- Innovative gameplay: Experience the first first-person puzzle-action-adventure game with hours of single player gaming.
- Extras: The game includes fourteen brand new bonus puzzles to challenge even the most skilled test subjects. And, get a glimpse into the making of Portal: Still Alive with commentary from the developers.
This week on XBLA - Age of Booty (800 )
Fight for fortune and infamy in Age of Booty, Certain Affinity and Capcom’s game of pirate strategy and cannon-blasting action that’s fun for all ages. Sail the high seas alone or with friends as you build your pirate empire by plundering villages, sinking ships, and sending your enemies to the briny deep!
- Acclaimed developer: Age of Booty was developed in collaboration with Max Hoberman, designer of the multiplayer game for Halo 2 and Halo 3.
- Deep strategy: With 25 multiplayer maps and a fully-featured map editor, Age of Booty features easy-to-play game mechanics with deep multiplayer strategy.
- Multiplayer gameplay: Jump into pirate fun with up to four players on one console, and up to eight players over System Link or Xbox LIVE®. You can also play the free trial version online!
The big M are reconsidering delisting those pesky, useless non-selling XBLA games. If you remember, Microsoft were going to delist games that have a MetaCritic score of less than 65 and a trial conversion rate below 6 percent.
Microsoft Corporate Vice President John Schappert said “We have no immediate plans to act on de-listing”. Looks like the new dash will save the Rocky and Bullwinkle game - YAY!!!
This is to anyone that decides that they would cheat in the Fable 2 Pub Games; head of Loin Head studios and general gaming GURU Peter Molyneux has this to say to you "Just be warned. Molyneux has said that the cheat was no accident and that those who used it to earn their money will be in for a surprise." Here is the top five ways you are going to get pwnd by Peter (insert Top of the Pops theme tune here.)
And in at number 5. Peter Molyneux will come around your house and beat you up with a baseball bat
Number 4. Peter Molyneux will come around your house and steal your nice 1080P HDTV and leave you some old thing which he found in a skip as a replacement.
Number 3. Peter Molyneux will take you on the Trisha Goddard show.
Number 2. Peter Molyneux will take you on The Jeremy Kyle Show where Jeremy will shout at very loudly while telling you to get a job.
Number 1. Peter Molyneux will make you play Barbie’s Horse and Ride Adventure non-stop for a year.
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Press Release from the guys over at Castle Crashers!
Now we don’t have official numbers from Microsoft yet but according to our friends over at vgchartz,
“The Behemoth’s anticipated beat ‘em up smashes every record with 78,545 units”. Apparently our 3 day sales are one of the highest recorded in Xbox LIVE Arcade history, sweet! Once we get some official numbers we’ll post them heres but as of right now the leaderboards show 170,000 users listed!
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Our thoughts on this matter are definitely best coming from the man with the studio speakers, ResidentSD.
ResidentSD | “Can we get a clown over here please?” says:
In a way, this isn’t great news.
We look at that and see “great game sells well”
Microsoft look at that and see “1200MSP games are viable!”
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Reviewing those amazing 5 weeks of the XBLA Summer of Arcade!
Reviewing the 3 best games.
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Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball (800 points)
Transform the innocent childhood game of dodgeball into a vindictive, heart-thumping battle between outlandish groups of characters including ninjas, pirates, zombies, and robots! Use a red rubber ball to tag opponents out of the game, and utilize a variety of weapons, including ninja and pirate swords, to harm enemies along the way. Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball features different arenas with unique gameplay challenges, from sandy beaches and snow capped forests to a spooky graveyard.
- Presentation: The game was eveloped using Infyrno™, Blazing Lizard’s next-gen proprietary game engine. The colorful art style, theme, and gameplay are suited for all age groups.
- Multiplayer: Multiplayer games include four players locally or eight players online via Xbox LIVE®, and four-player co-op modes.
- Teams: There are four teams of characters to choose from (Pirates, Ninjas, Zombies, and Robots).
- Battlegrounds: The large, incredibly detailed arenas allow for teams to roam freely instead of being restricted to sides of a court.
- Combat action: Characters are equipped with combat moves and unique special abilities help make Blazing Lizard’s rendition of Dodgeball a fun action-packed experience.
