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We’ve got two releases this week on XBLA and they’re both pretty highly anticipated. First up is Swarm, the latest from Hothead Games the makers of Deathspank …
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A tad late, a lot longer and a bit rougher. That’s how one would describe this weeks podcast, John, Tyler and Andrew are joined by new writer Stephen to talk about all things PAX East. Both Andrew and Stephen attended so they share their thoughts and experiences from the show, while a jealous John and Tyler quiz them.

Apologies for the spotty editing and audio this week folks, various events and technical difficulties conspired to make this show as big a hassle as possible. Still we persevere and bring you a new episode.

We’re also changing hosts for the podcast, these changes might not be reflected on iTunes right away. We’re still working out the technical details but in the meantime you can listen below or download the MP3.

We’re now on iTunes! So please subscribe, rate and review us there. As before if you have any feedback or general comments then feel free to get in touch. You can either post something in the comments below or shoot us an email to podcast@xblafans.com

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Hi-Rez Studios today announced that they will be bringing back the classic PC franchise, Tribes, as a downloadable title. Tribes: Ascend will be powered by the Unreal …
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For those unable attend PAX East Shadow Planet Productions doesn’t want you to miss out. So they’ve released a whopping ten minutes of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet gameplay. Check out …
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Atari have released the first (very brief) dev diary for Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime. In the video, found below, the games producer Jonathan Moses outlines the story concepts for the …
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In another surprise Friday release, Battle: Los Angeles can now be downloaded from the Live Marketplace. We only recently found out about the game, which looks to …
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It looks like Double Fine may have some competition in the downloadable mech game genre. Adhesive Games have just released a teaser trailer, found below, for their Unreal Engine powered …
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Fans of Magic: The Gathering have another XBLA title to look forward to. Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 will be heading to XBLA this summer. The new …
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Supergiant games and Warner Bros Interactive have announced a partnership which will see Bastion, the formers first game, brought to XBLA this summer. Bastion is a lovely …
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Beyond Good & Evil HD was originally developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, ported to XBLA by Ubisoft Shanghai and published by Ubisoft. It was released for XBLA on March 2nd 2011 and retails for 800MSP.

Beyond Good & Evil is considered by many to be a cult classic. It was well received by critics and gamers alike during the last generation of consoles. However it didn’t sell particularly well and as such the apparent sequel has been in limbo for a while.

The game tells the story of Jade, a photo journalist living on the planet of Hillys. Jade also runs an  orphanage for children whose parents have gone missing during attacks from the Domz, an alien race who currently have the planet under siege. A group known as IRIS soon recruit Jade to help expose a conspiracy between the Domz and the Alpha Sections who rule Hillys.

Ubisoft Shanghai were tasked with porting the game to current-gen consoles, which in this instance also meant reworking some of the games graphics. It’s this extra work that sees the game add the ‘HD’ moniker. To sweeten the deal the game has been released for the lower price point of 800 Microsoft points (with most big releases lately costing 1200). It seems Ubisoft is trying to give this game more of a chance than it got before, but does it deserve it?

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