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The upcoming Capcom Digital Collection, a retail DVD with some of the company’s most popular downloadable games from the Xbox Live Arcade, is now scheduled to appear at the end of March. Capcom has been pretty successful on the Xbox Live Arcade, with plenty of its downloadable games reaching the hands of milli... |
26 January 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Microsoft has finally released the official details on the 2012 edition of its traditional Xbox Live House Party promo, which is set to start on February 15 and includes four great games.
Microsoft relies on special events to raise the hype around major digital releases that happen on its Xbox Live online service, i... |
12 January 2012
17:21 GMT |
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The developer of well received XBLA title Dishwater: Dead Samurai has offered some details on his upcoming project, saying that it has moved away from his initial intentions and is now linked to a number of over the top acts of violence.Speaking to Joystiq James Silva, who is the leader of the Ska Stiudios, has state... |
10 January 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Fez, the quirky puzzle platformer that’s been in development for quite some time, is now closer to release, as PEGI, the video game ratings body responsible for European territories, has just passed a rating for the downloadable game.
Fez was originally scheduled to appear way back in 2010, but was then pushed... |
30 December 2011
02:33 GMT |
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Slowly but surely more and more details about Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, the next installment in the shooter series from Remedy Entertainment, are beginning to appear, with new information now confirming that the downloadable title will have a Fight ‘til Dawn mode, similar to Gears of War’s Hor... |
19 December 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Blind Wink Productions, a game development company started by Gore Verbinki, the director behind the Pirates of the Caribbean series, has signed a long term deal with Microsoft which will see it launch a Xbox Live Arcade game during 2012.It seems that the deal aims mainly to inject more cinematic elements into the XB... |
7 December 2011
09:57 GMT |
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Good new and bad news for fans of Fez, the quirky puzzle platformer coming from developer Polytron to the Xbox 360, as the title has received a brand new video, but has also been delayed once more.Fez impressed lots of indie game fans many years ago with its interesting, pixelated visual style and the premise of offe... |
30 September 2011
10:07 GMT |
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The developers that created surprise Xbox Live and Steam hit Bastion have stated that allowing players to choose and witness consequence has been crucial to the success of their game.Speaking to Game Informer in a post-mortem analysis of Bastion Greg Kasavin has emphasized the role of player choice, saying, “Pr... |
12 September 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Microsoft's content publishing stance is quite harsh, as it doesn't allow developers to get their games onto services like the Xbox Live Arcade if they already released it on other platforms like the PlayStation 3 or PC, but the company has now defended itself, saying that this is what gamers want.
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25 August 2011
15:51 GMT |
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0-D Beat Drop, often called 0D Beat Drop or Zero-D Beat Drop, is a puzzle game created by Arc System Works and released exclusively on the Xbox Live Arcade digital download service of the Xbox 360 console from Microsoft, back on November 11, 2009.
The game is quite similar to classic puzzle game Tetris, but gives ... |
6 July 2011
15:21 GMT |
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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 |
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During its press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced that it would be hosting the second edition of its Xbox Live Arcade House Party promotion next month.
In case you're new to the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, Microsoft held the XBLA House Party promotion last April... |
7 January 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Microsoft has detailed all of the content and promotions it will be hosting on its Xbox Live online service, so that all Xbox 360 owners are able to know ahead of time when to log into their accounts.The month of January will be great for Activision and Electronic Arts fans, as Microsoft is set to host discounts of u... |
7 January 2011
03:55 GMT |
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PopCap Games has announced the release of Plants vs. Zombies for the Xbox Live Arcade. The developer promises to deliver the biggest version of their hit tower defense game, including two new multiplayer modes. The title will launch sometime in the early days of September for 1200 Microsoft Points, that is 15 dollars... |
19 July 2010
10:07 GMT |
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It seems that Microsoft will only be offering the newly announced Destination Arcade interface for Xbox Live Arcade, for a limited period. The new browsing service has been delayed to July 21, in order to be introduced when the Summer of Arcade promotion kicks off, and Microsoft plans to take it off line on August 18... |
14 July 2010
04:37 GMT |
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Microsoft has announced that it plans to launch a new game browser for the Xbox Live Arcade service it maintains for the Xbox 360 home console. The new tool is based on the look and feel of the Xbox 360 Dashboard and the company promises that players using it will be able to sort the games offered on the XBLA by empl... |
7 July 2010
05:02 GMT |
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One of the most surprising presences in the lineup of titles that will be available on the Nintendo 3DS at its launch is Saints Row. In a recent interview, Danny Bilson, THQ Core's vice president, revealed that it wasn't just his company's idea, the game also being requested by Nintendo. It seems the J... |
30 June 2010
03:14 GMT |
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Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project has been listed on Microsoft's official Xbox Live Arcade website as a future release. This game is a port of the 2002 2.5D side-scrolling action platformer and is rated Mature, like all the other titles in the Duke Nukem series. It sports an 800-Microsoft-Point price tag that transl... |
28 May 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Doom II, one of the most important titles in first person-shooter history, is going to be launched on Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow. No price has been announced as of yet for North America or Europe, but the Japanese version, which has already been live for one day, is available for 800 Microsoft Points, the equival... |
25 May 2010
15:51 GMT |
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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalker is finally making its appearance on the PC through Steam, Valve's digital distribution platform. The game was very successful on Xbox Live Arcade, gathering quite a big following and sparking new interest in the famous trading card game. Two expansions were releas... |
25 May 2010
14:21 GMT |
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Introversion Software is announcing that Darwinia+ is set to be released on the Xbox Live Arcade service for the Xbox 360 home console on February 10, after a lengthy certification process with publisher Microsoft.The new Xbox 360-only package is offering both Darwinia and Multiwinia with a host of improvements over ... |
26 January 2010
16:21 GMT |
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Darwinia is one of those games that doesn't really fall into a genre. It's an RTS and a god-game, but it's also an action title, a puzzler and a cyber-hack game. Taking place in a gigantic network of surplus Protologic 68000 machines from the 1980s, Darwinia offers a world where the simple-poly Darwini... |
22 January 2010
06:25 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 is in for some real treats this month, as the Xbox Live will get a whole-new set of features. The firmware update, which, let's hope, will fare better than the PS3 ones, will integrate Twitter and Facebook and Music Marketplace that will enable Last.fm streaming. It will also bring a News tab with a... |
11 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The weekly Xbox Live Arcade additions have been announced and one title is going to stir some mixed feelings with a lot of the more experienced gamers. There are two games that will enter the Xbox Live tab on Wednesday and they're both priced at 800 Microsoft Points, or $10. The first is a less known title, Towe... |
20 October 2009
13:01 GMT |
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The Games on Demand system has really taken off and more and more titles are becoming part of the list. The Xbox Live users have been granted special access to some of the best games the console has ever seen, while the Xbox 360 owners can get their hands on titles like BioShock, Mass Effect, Burnout Paradise, Assass... |
12 October 2009
11:01 GMT |
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It's that time of the week again, and the Xbox Live Arcade has received new items in the Games on Demand section. The first one up for sale is Call of Duty 3 but you have to wonder just who would demand this one. CoD 3 is the black sheep of the family that comes from a different mother. The game is the only one ... |
7 October 2009
06:52 GMT |
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Last year, Microsoft launched its first Summer of Arcade initiative for Xbox Live in an effort to attract more players to the Arcade section of the Xbox 360 service with better games and special prices. It seems that the initiative was a big success, with Xbox Live seeing an increase in revenue of about 67% and with ... |
13 July 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Rumors related to the demise of Team 17 and its long running Worms franchise have been greatly exaggerated, it seems. The studio has just announced that the cute worms capable of wielding a large amount of weaponry are set to make an appearance on the Xbox Live Arcade service from Microsoft next Wednesday, on July 1,... |
25 June 2009
07:51 GMT |
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Zeno Clash was a very good videogame, considering that the project was created on a shoestring budget and also tried to simulate brawling, which is hard to do. The game was released for the PC earlier this year and enough people liked it for the developers to be thinking about bringing it to other gaming platforms.Ca... |
11 June 2009
03:02 GMT |
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The gaming industry is dominated by big-time corporations like Activision-Blizzard, Electronic Arts or Ubisoft, but that doesn't mean that smaller studios or even just one man can't break the mold of conventional video game design and development. Jonathan Blow is such a man, as he thoroughly demonstrated ... |
13 April 2009
16:41 GMT |
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We live in some very troubled financial times, where a lot of budget for games has been seriously cut due to other expenses being more important. That is why a lot of companies are employing major promotions and price cuts in order to attract people into buying new things. We've already seen Steam employ quite ... |
7 April 2009
02:58 GMT |
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The Behemoth is fast becoming one of the poster boys for small team videogame development. So far, it has released two games, Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers, which have been appreciated by both critics and gamers (who have bought a lot of copies).The studio has managed to create a clear niche, with its retro gamep... |
1 April 2009
08:37 GMT |
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Last week, the Game Developers Conference offered us many pieces of news related to upcoming games and services like OnLive. But this was also the time when the ESRB, the commission in charge of rating games for the territory of the United States, revealed new classifications, including two very interesting ones, Cal... |
30 March 2009
02:18 GMT |
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Gaming today consists not only of high-quality fully fledged titles, but also of small arcade games that provide a different type of experience, one that you can enjoy as soon as you download the small file from either the Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Store or the WiiWare Channel. But among those, only the Xbox... |
11 March 2009
03:24 GMT |
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Online features tend to matter the most in the eyes of customers who want to buy a new console. That is why the top three companies are literally fighting one another to offer the best and most complete service out there. Although the efforts of both Sony and Nintendo are considerable, the fact of the matter is that... |
9 March 2009
01:46 GMT |
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Microsoft seems to be finally learning to engage its customer base. For the second year, the company is inviting all interested gamers to vote for their favorite title released in 2008 using the Xbox Live Arcade service for the Xbox 360 home gaming console.Microsoft has set up nine categories, each being comprised of... |
3 March 2009
04:02 GMT |
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Recently, games have been considered something of a very serious hobby and a lot of players have forgotten that, in the first place, games should entertain us with pure mindless fun. That was the case with the Worms series of titles, which introduced us to a variety of tiny worms that packed a huge arsenal of convent... |
26 February 2009
11:11 GMT |
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The Xbox Live Arcade system, which contains small downloadable games, has been the host of some very interesting titles over the years. We've seen the fun that the side-scrolling adventure game Castle Crashers can offer but nothing prepared us for the time-rewinding quests of Braid, created by independent develo... |
23 December 2008
02:52 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 has always had an ace up its sleeve when fighting with its arch rivals, the Nintendo Wii and the PlayStation 3, and that ace is the Xbox Live, which offers a complete online service to any Xbox 360 user, from the ability to download games, wallpapers and themes to friend lists and so on, and which became... |
9 December 2008
02:20 GMT |
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Without a doubt, one of the most popular games on the Xbox Live Arcade is Castle Crashers, as it has reached over 250,000 downloads in just weeks after launch. The game, a classic side scrolling adventure puzzler, puts players in the armor of four knights who must venture out in a kingdom inhabited by fantasy creatur... |
2 December 2008
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With more and more videogames competing for the diminishing time and money players have, preorder special offers are seen as a way of increasing the appeal of a title. This fall, the same codes have become a weapon in the increasingly bitter fight between videogame publishers and stores that are willing to deal with ... |
20 November 2008
17:41 GMT |
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Before the New Xbox Experience, rumors were going around saying that Microsoft was preparing to delist and effectively delete games from their Xbox Live Arcade service. This special section of the Live Marketplace offers small games aimed at casual gamers who want to unwind and aren't keen on playing some blockb... |
13 October 2008
03:46 GMT |
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Microsoft says that its Summer of Arcade promotion that launched in July and went on for five weeks delivered clear results. Xbox Live Arcade games went up in sales by 58% and gamers were pretty much satisfied with the quality of the new videogames released on the Microsoft created service.August also became the mont... |
29 September 2008
16:11 GMT |
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PopCap, the well known developer of casual games that also dabbled in the business of conducting surveys that show how good its own releases are for you, has just launched the sequel to Peggle, one of the most addictive games of 2007. The new title is called Peggle Nights and you can get it from the developer&r... |
19 September 2008
03:30 GMT |
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2008 has been a very good year for fighting games. Mortal Kombat is finally getting a new installment and the excitement is high about the partnership with DC Comics. Soulcalibur IV has already been out for some time and people generally like the game; Street Fighter IV is set to arrive soon. Now SNK is announcing th... |
8 September 2008
04:35 GMT |
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Capcom says that Bionic Commando: Rearmed, the re-make of the original game launched in 1988, has managed to sell more than 130,000 units in its first week on the market. The game is currently available through the Xbox Live Arcade service, the PlayStation Network and digital download from the PC.Ben Judd, who is one... |
26 August 2008
02:35 GMT |
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In traditional fashion for big corporate players, Microsoft put on an E3 show that was big on flash and surprisingly low on substance. They're not really to blame as this year's edition saw all the big players hold events where little new stuff was showed and where hyping up already announced projects seeme... |
21 July 2008
09:24 GMT |
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What was just a rumor at the end of last week is confirmed reality at the beginning of this one. Just a few days prior to the now usual E3 press conference, Microsoft has finally announced that the Xbox 360 is getting a price cut and that the standard 20 GB console version is enjoying a significant upgrade.The offici... |
14 July 2008
03:49 GMT |
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Fable II is one of the biggest titles Microsoft plans to publish this year and some early interesting promotions are a good way to create a buzz related to the game. With Peter Molyneux promising great things for the title, Microsoft had to come up with some great advertisements.The first involves pre-ordering (which... |
8 July 2008
10:14 GMT |
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There's a new trailer out for the Xbox 360 title Double D Dodgeball and it seems to imply that the game will be out on the Xbox Live Arcade service offered by Microsoft on July 30. There's no official release date from the developers but we know that the game will cost 800 Microsoft points, the equivalent o... |
26 June 2008
16:06 GMT |
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