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Digital Reality are making great leaps in the XBLA world with SkyDrift and the upcoming Sine Mora with Grasshopper Manufacture. But they got a new racing game in the works with Bang Bang Racing. The game is in the style of a classic top-down racer similar to R.C. Pro-Am. It’ll have nine locations to race in, 20 vehicles, and all different types of terrain from snow to mud to avoid throughout the races. No release date yet but check out some screenshots after the break as we keep you up to date on this promising new racing title.
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Last week we brought you news of the rumored XBLA Cyber Monday sales. Today we’re able to confirm the following deals thanks to Major Nelson.

Nov 28 – …
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A seventh playable character has been announced for upcoming XBLA fighter Skullgirls. Valentine is both a ninja and a nurse who attacks her opponents with medical equipment including bone …
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You may have heard about DLC for RPG puzzler Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes being released on PSN and PC way back in September, but there’s been no …
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Gears of Halo Defenders!
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Playing through Halo Anniversary this weekend with my brother-in-law I had a very eye opening experience. After all of the PR fluff and critic reviews based more on nostalgia I found myself more critical of the quality of the updates to the original Halo: CE. I wondered why I was knocking all of these little issues I found when I was having a blast playing through a game that can still suck me in. Then it hit me: Bungie didn’t work on Anniversary, and that’s who I was comparing 343’s work against. Sure, Saber Interactive provided the new HD graphics layer and Certain Affinity developed all of the multiplayer maps, but as the primary developer 343 had the end say as to whether something qualified as Halo-worthy or not.

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Fusion: Genesis was developed by Starfire Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. It was released November 9, 2011 for 800 MSP. A copy was provided for review purposes.

Fusion: Genesis certainly isn’t the first game on XBLA to put you in control of a spaceship but it is definitely the most ambitious. While it may not have the scope or freedom of a game like EVE Online it comes closer than you might expect.

After a brief tutorial area in which you are given the basics on controls and combat you are dropped into the world and allowed to go at your own pace. This means taking on missions, joining factions, mining ore and of course buying bigger, better ships. Read More

Techland, know prominently as the makers of Dead Island have revealed their next project, and it just so happens that it’s coming to Xbox Live Arcade. Simply titled Haste, Techland is pouring their efforts into crafting an ATV racer for digital download. While there isn’t exactly a plethora of details available, sources say that the game will play similarly to Nail’d, another racing game released by Techland earlier this year. Players can expect speed, stunts, and dirt to be tearing their screens when the game releases. Read on to feast your eyes on the first four screenshots of the game, which will be published by Ubisoft sometime next year. Stay tuned to XBLAFans for more coverage of the bumpy ride that Haste promises to deliver fans in the near future.

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We talk about XBLA this week! Honest!

John Carson once again joins the regular crew of myself, Perry Jackson and Todd Schlickbernd. We talk briefly about last weeks release of Xotic before spending a little too long talking about Saints Row: The Third. Then it’s onto XBLA news, of which there was some this week.

We close things out by answering some of your questions, yay for you! Thanks to everyone who sent some in.

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If you’ve not already spent all your points on the Fan Appreciation Sale, then you may want to take a look at this list of games rumoured to be …
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