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Developer Says Beyond Good & Evil Should Not Have Received HD Remake

Gamers have been clamoring for remakes of their favorite titles for the modern gaming consoles for some time but at least one developer believes that High Definition versions of the old titles might do more harm than good.Stewart Gilray, who is the leader of the Just Add Water development team, has stated, “I l...

13 January 2012
14:01 GMT

Xbox LIVE Games Coming to iOS

Microsoft has posted an online job listing according to which the Redmond software giant needs an experienced developer who will bring the greatest gaming experience to numerous mobile platforms, including Apple’s iOS. Microsoft has shown quite some interest in developing software for third-party platforms rec...

9 January 2012
10:51 GMT

Bastion Passes 500,000 Copies Sold

The developers at Supergiant Games have announced that they have managed to sell more than half a million copies of their action adventure game Bastion, mainly because of the recent sales that took place both on the Xbox Live Arcade service for the Xbox 360 home console and on the Steam digital distribution service f...

3 January 2012
12:11 GMT

Independent Games Festival and Microsoft Partner for XBLA Prize

The organizers of the Independent Games Festival, one of the main forces behind the promotion of indie games, have announced that they have entered into a partnership with Microsoft, the video game publisher and hardware maker, to create long-term opportunities for the showcased titles.A jury of independent game make...

6 December 2011
22:01 GMT

Altered Beast Achievements (Xbox 360)

Altered Beast is a classic video game developed and published by Sega for a variety of retro consoles, including its own Mega Drive, but also for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Commodore or PC, as well as adapted for more recent platforms like the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, on which it was released on June...

12 September 2011
13:51 GMT

Trine 2 Delivers More Three Way Action in Winter 2011

Video game developer Frozenbyte and publisher Focus Home Interactive have announced that they are working together to launch Trine 2 during the fourth quarter of this year, with players able to once again control three characters during a fantasy-themed quest. It seems that Trine 2 will have the same basic mechani...

26 August 2011
13:41 GMT

Virtua Fighter 5 Gets Final Showdown Ultimate Version

Video game publisher SEGA has announced that it is planning to launch the definitive version of its fighting game Virtua Fighter 5 as a stand alone title on both the Xbox Live Arcade service from Microsoft and on the PlayStation Network from Sony. The game will bear the title Final Showdown and the developers are ...

24 August 2011
03:25 GMT

The Adventures of Shuggy Achievements (Xbox 360)

The Adventures of Shuggy is a video game developed by Smudged Cat Games and released as a download title, exclusively for the Xbox 360, via the console's Xbox Live Arcade online service, published on June 15, 2011, retailing for 800 MS Points, meaning $10. The Adventures of Shuggy is a 2D platformer, with ove...

25 July 2011
15:21 GMT

Double Fine Announces Trenched XBLA Title

The newest game coming from Double Fine Productions, the studio of famous games designer Tim Schafer and, more recently, Ron Gilbert, has just been announced in the form of Trenched. Double Fine has been striking gold since it focused on releasing lightweight downloadable games, with its two previous games, Costum...

7 March 2011
02:35 GMT

New Batman Imposters Game Might Come to Xbox Live Arcade

Publisher Warner Bros. and developer Rocksteady have already talked quite a bit about their upcoming Batman: Arkham City action adventure title but it seems that fans of the comic book detective could get a chance to play him again soon in a game which will only be delivered on the Xbox Live Arcade. XBLAFans has rev...

15 February 2011
17:31 GMT

Carmack Might Do Kinect Powered Title for XBLA

John Carmack, the Chief Technical Officer at id Software, has said that Kinect, the motion tracking system launched by Microsoft in early November, is not suited for the main games that the company is creating, like RAGE, but could be used to power smaller titles for the Xbox Live Arcade service.Talking to Joystiq as...

22 November 2010
17:41 GMT

Capcom Remakes Street Fighter III: Third Strike

Capcom is ready to explore the history of the Street Fighter series and revive some of the titles it finds there for launch, in a remade form, on the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Arcade. The company has confirmed the Comic Con news that it will be bringing Street Fighter III: Third Strike back to life, altho...

28 July 2010
02:54 GMT

XBLA Summer of Arcade Games Dated

Microsoft has announced the release dates of the titles that will be launched under this year's Summer of Arcade promotion on the Xbox Live Arcade. Xbox 360 owners will have the chance to purchase and download quite an impressive lineup of games, including Limbo, Castlevania HD, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Li...

8 July 2010
02:57 GMT

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Will Be Released This August

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, the first Xbox 360 exclusive of the famous vampire hunting action series, has finally received a release date from Konami. The title will launch on the 4th of August on the Xbox Live Arcade and will be priced at 1,200 Microsoft Points. It is part of the XBLA Summer of Arcade program, ...

7 July 2010
17:21 GMT

Perfect Dark Comes to XBLA, Part of Xbox Live Block Party

Microsoft has announced the release dates and prices for the games that will be making up the Xbox Live Block Party event launching in early March. There is also an award reserved for those who are interested in all the content the software giant has to offer.On March 3, players can long into Xbox Live in order to ge...

25 February 2010
03:35 GMT

RISK: Factions Conquers XBLA in Spring

EA Play, a division of Electronic Arts, which focuses on delivering smaller games that can be played on consoles and on social platforms, has announced that it plans to release a version of the popular RISK game on Xbox Live Arcade. The Hasbro title is well known as a board game and the EA Play port will have an new ...

14 January 2010
03:01 GMT

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Coming in Late July

June 29 was supposed to be a big day for three groups of people: fans of Marvel comics, fans of fighting games, and fans of Capcom characters. The reason was the imminent re-release of Marvel vs. Capcom 2, the fighting game launched for the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation 2 from Sony and the Dreamcast, ...

30 June 2009
13:21 GMT

Serious Sam Returning to the Xbox and PC

Croteam, the developer of the franchise, and publisher Majesco have announced that Serious Sam, one of the biggest heroes of old school shooters, is coming back. The two companies, with help from Devolver Digital, will be releasing a remake of Serious Sam: The First Encounter on the Xbox Live Arcade service from Micr...

29 June 2009
03:23 GMT

Konami Will Bring the Zombie Apocalypse to XBLA and PSN

Video games have been around for quite some time, and it hasn't been long since zombies joined in on the fun, as they have been featured in a wide variety of titles over the years. But recently, largely due to Valve's extremely solid and successful Left 4 Dead, the undead have gained a new amount of popular...

14 April 2009
11:21 GMT

PopCap Announces the Peggle Art Contest

PopCap Games, the creator of Peggle, announces that it has launched the first edition of the Peggle Art Contest, which aims to use the power of the crowds and players in order to get the very best art for the next game in the series.The contest is set to begin today and will run until June 3, as part of the Peggle Fe...

4 March 2009
15:21 GMT

XNA News from Microsoft

As part of its publicity campaign for the November 19 release, Microsoft has confirmed that the XNA Games service would launch integrating the Xbox Live Experience. There will be more information available and options related to getting games, plus an improved visual experience for the Xbox 360 user.XNA Games wi...

20 October 2008
12:21 GMT

Schizoid Achievements (Xbox 360)

Schizoid is probably the ultimate co-op game where teamwork is essential for survival and players really have to cooperate to protect each other from the never-ending stream of enemies. Schizoid is the first-ever Xbox LIVE Arcade title built using Microsoft's XNA Game Studio Express. Featuring addictive simple g...

20 August 2008
08:29 GMT

Warlords Achievements (Xbox 360)

Warlords is an arcade game originally released by Atari in 1980 but ported to different other consoles and platforms. The latest installment was on the Xbox 360 console via Xbox Live Arcade, on the 28th of May 2008. The main changes brought by this next-gen version were the support for Xbox Live Vision and HD graphic...

13 August 2008
10:22 GMT

Time Pilot Achievements (Xbox 360)

Time Pilot is an arcade shooter game originally released in 1982 by Konami for Arcade systems. This game designed by Yoshiki Okamoto was eventually ported to more systems, including the Xbox 360 thanks to the Xbox Live Arcade service. The XBLA version was released on the 30th of August 2006. It is also available on P...

1 August 2008
11:46 GMT

Microsoft Announces Summer of Arcade, Prizes to Be Won

The last summer days will bring us a real Xbox 360 mania, since Microsoft plans to offer goodies, freebies and quality products to all the fans of its console. Starting tomorrow, the 30th of July, and continuing for five full weeks, the Summer of Arcade will offer everybody entertainment and prizes through the Xbox L...

29 July 2008
15:06 GMT

Super Robot Taisen XO Achievements (Xbox 360)

Super Robot Taisen XO is a tactical role playing game in the Super robot Wars series developed by Banpresto, a division of Namco Bandai. The games in the series are well known for mixing mecha units from different Japanese cartoons and short movies, all of them battling for the champion position. The first game in th...

29 July 2008
08:42 GMT

Valve Considers Bringing Classics to XBLA

Valve holds one of the best and most appreciated multiplayer games ever released: Counter-Strike. This title is still played by tons of people worldwide and its popularity is not fading away yet, even though the visual aspects are not something we could call current-gen. Now, just imagine how cool it would be to play...

29 July 2008
04:12 GMT

Street Fighter 2' Hyper Fighting Achievements (Xbox 360)

Street Fighter 2' Hyper Fighting is a console port of the Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition, developed and published by Capcom. The title, released on the Xbox 360, continues the saga of the fighting games started by the first title in the franchise. Street Fighter 2 made characters like Ryu and Guile f...

28 July 2008
11:46 GMT

Samurai Shodown 2 Achievements (Xbox 360)

Samurai Shodown 2 is a fighting game initially released on Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld systems in 1999. The title was eventually released on Xbox Live Arcade, bringing back some sweet memories to the fans of the franchise or to those of the fighting genre. Samurai Shodown 2 is set in the 18th century and featurs bl...

18 July 2008
17:06 GMT

Roogoo Achievements (Xbox 360)

Roogoo is a puzzle game available for download on Xbox Live Arcade, developed by SpiderMonk Entertainment and published by SouthPeak Interactive on the 4th of June 2008, with a PC version released eight days later. The XBLA variant costs 800 MS Points, or $10.Although the release offers a simple, basic gameplay, it h...

18 July 2008
15:06 GMT

Rocketmen: Axis Of Evil Achievements (Xbox 360)

Capcom's game not only allows you to save the galaxy alone, as you were used to by playing other games, but you will have the chance to do it in cooperation with up to three other players over Xbox Live or locally, on the same console. This means that, basically, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil tries to provide some non...

17 July 2008
21:06 GMT

Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm - Achievements (Xbox 360)

There are ten scenarios which can be tackled, each one featuring a different danger zone and characters to be saved. We're happy to announce that a way you can save one of your friends is by deep freezing it using something that resembles a giant extinguisher.Ticket to Ride does not have the notoriety of Happy T...

14 July 2008
07:17 GMT

Golden Axe - Achievements (Xbox 360)

It isn't really a remake, but rather a re-telling of the Golden Axe story: players will only be able to control Amazon warrior Tyris Flare in her quest to defeat the Death Adder. The story is quite simple and predictable: Tyris has lost all her loved ones to the evil Adder and now, she wants revenge. Both magic ...

14 July 2008
06:40 GMT

Double D Dodgeball - Achievements (Xbox 360)

Even though your parents would probably prefer you would actually go out on the "hot playground", it seems that this is the future and one thing's sure: there's no pain involved! But you should know the rules before even thinking about playing dodgeball. The Western type of dodgeball brings the traditional ...

14 July 2008
05:59 GMT

Outpost Kaloki X Achievements and Unlockables (Xbox 360)

Outpost Kaloki X is a city building simulation game for Xbox 360 and Windows-based systems developed by NinjaBee and published by Microsoft. The XBLA version of the title was released on the 22nd of November 2005 and it is still available as a download for 800 MS Points ($10).Outpost Kaloki X is basically a tycoon ga...

11 July 2008
11:46 GMT

First Game Built Using XNA Game Studio Goes Live

Microsoft and independent developer Torpex Games deliver you the first title created using the XNA Game Studio platform. Named Schiziod, it is presented as the "most co-op game ever" and promises to create a new category in the action gaming genre - the survival teamwork. We must admit that it sounds pretty interesti...

10 July 2008
03:19 GMT

Mutant Storm Empire Achievements (Xbox 360)

Mutant Storm Empire is a shoot 'em up game developed by PomPom and published by Microsoft on the Xbox 360 console, via the Xbox Live Arcade service. The title was released on the 31st of October 2007, during the Halloween celebrations. It offers single, as well as multiplayer modes.Mutant Storm Empire is a sci-f...

8 July 2008
11:46 GMT

Metal Slug 3 Achievements (Xbox 360)

Metal Slug 3 is a classic run and gun video game - one of the most appreciated in the history of the genre. It only seemed natural to see a port of it on the Xbox Live Arcade service from Microsoft - it got released there on the 2nd of January 2008 for 800 MS Points ($10). However, even though most of the fun gamepla...

7 July 2008
11:46 GMT

Lost Cities Achievements (Xbox 360)

Lost Cities is a video game developed for the Xbox 360 console by Sierra Online Shanghai and published by Sierra Entertainment. This XBLA arcade title was released on the 23rd of April 2008 and it is still available for purchase for 800 MS Points ($10). It is based on the card game with the same name developed by Rei...

1 July 2008
11:46 GMT

Interpol Comes to Xbox 360

When you hear something like "The Interpol is coming to the Xbox 360", you start wondering what have those "way too talkative kids" done now? However, the answer is completely different from what you might be expecting: they did nothing bad and this Interpol that's coming to the console is only a casual game wit...

18 June 2008
17:06 GMT

Gauntlet Achievements (Xbox 360)

The classic Gauntlet game released by Atari back in 1985 was a fantasy hack and slash that managed to put under its spell lots of RPG fanatics. It is no surprise that the game was released on multiple platforms later, one of them being the Xbox 360, which is known for the affinity it has for great classic games. Gaun...

13 June 2008
17:06 GMT

Enchanted Arms Achievements (Xbox 360)

Enchanted Arms, a RPG from Ubisoft was set to be an Xbox 360 exclusive but the developers changed their mind and it became a PS3 title, too. The game is set in a fantasy world, and features more than 50 hours of gameplay and over 500 characters, out of which 130 are unlockable and controllable. And this, no matter ho...

11 June 2008
11:46 GMT

Elements of Destruction Achievements (Xbox 360)

Industry veterans who have worked for games such as Quake IV, Homeworld or Anarchy Online have created a studio called Frozen Codebase that developed a sweet little title for the Xbox Live Arcade, Elements of Destruction. Based on the concept that anything can be destroyed by the forces of nature, the game brings a t...

11 June 2008
08:49 GMT

Schizoid - Achievements (Xbox 360)

If you feel there are no more genres to be invented, you couldn't be further from the truth. Schizoid is possibly the ultimate co-op game where teamwork is essential for survival and players really have to cooperate to protect each other from the never ending stream of enemies. Schizoid is the first-ever Xbox LI...

10 June 2008
09:31 GMT

Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm Achievements (Xbox 360)

Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm is a game developed exclusively for the Xbox 360 - it was in the works for over three years before it got released. Good thing we have the achievements here, right? At least, this way, we know what to expect from it. The other way would be to watch the documentary it's based on... ...

9 June 2008
19:06 GMT

Culdcept Saga Unlockables Part I (Xbox 360)

Culdcept SAGA combines the strategy of a board game with the depth of a trading card game to create a unique fusion of traditional turn-based play. There was a demo available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Gold members which even allowed players to have a go at the game's multiplayer mode. It also featured a singl...

9 June 2008
11:46 GMT

Commanders: Attack Of The Genos Achievements (Xbox 360)

Commanders: Attack Of The Genos is a turn based strategy (TBS) game released by Sierra Online for the Xbox 360 console via the service. The game was developed by SouthEnd Interactive and published worldwide on the 13th of February 2008. The game was not a huge success, partly because of its genre, which is not at all...

5 June 2008
11:41 GMT

Aces of the Galaxy Come to XBLA and PC

The retro-arcade space combat shooter genre has been completely revived by the quality releases on XBLA since the beginning of the year. To prove that the entire genre is up and kicking, Sierra has decided to launch Aces of the Galaxy, not only for XBLA download, but for PCs, too. The Xbox 360 version costs 800 MS Po...

5 June 2008
02:33 GMT

Chessmaster Live Achievements (Xbox 360)

Chessmaster Live is part of the famous Chessmaster series that exists ever since the late 80s. With much improved graphics and AI, Chessmaster Live has been developed by Ubisoft Romania and published by Ubisoft on the 20th of January 2008 exclusively on Xbox Live Arcade. It costs 800 MS Points.The biggest goof made b...

3 June 2008
09:53 GMT

Catan Achievements (Xbox 360)

Catan is an Xbox Live Arcade version of the highly appreciated and very original board game Catan, the one that inspired the creation of many other similar board titles, the best example being the successful Carcassonne. The Xbox 360 version of Catan has been developed and published by Big Huge Games who have closely...

3 June 2008
09:17 GMT


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