Features
14 years ago
XBLA’s Most Wanted: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Arcade
Any fan of the Tony Hawk series will tell you the series went downhill after American Wasteland. The series went psuedo open world with Project 8, and then the abysmal skateboard controller came along, nearly killing the franchise. What players remember and love are the more classic titles — the titles that didn’t have a tacked on story. The best Tony Hawk games were simple. It was about the skating and nothing else. That’s where Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Arcade would come in.
14 years ago
What we are playing: Week of May 15th
This is a new piece we’re starting to let our readers know what we’ve been playing the past week. This will be coming out once a week from this …
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14 years ago
Contest: Section 8 Community Blowout
Join TimeGate Studios and XBLA Fans on Xbox Live as we play Section 8 Prejudice this Sunday, May 15th from 5-8PM. The developers will be online to teach you …
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14 years ago
Section 8 Prejudice Community Night Blowout
Drop in on Section 8 Prejudice with the developers who made the game and the XBLA Fans Staff this Sunday from 5pm to 8pm EST. You can expect to …
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14 years ago
What we are playing: Week of May 8th
This is a new piece we’re starting to let our readers know what we have been playing for fun over the past week.
John Laster – Finishing off Outland …
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14 years ago
Weekend (XBLA) Gamer: 4/24-4/30
The Weekend Gamer is brought to you each Sunday. We will post a compilation of all the XBLA News, Reviews and Features we have run giving you an easy resource to keep up with our favorite digital distribution platform: XBLA
Community Game Night: We had an absolute blast playing Hydro Thunder Hurricane with you guys. We hope to do another game night again soon. We would love to hear your ideas and suggestions for the next one.
New Game Announcements: The past week has been full of announcements for new games, including: Fruit Ninja Kinect, Hulu Plus, Pinball FX 2 Tables: Fantastic Four and Sorcerer’s Lair, three new Super Meat Boy levels, and some awesome Telltale games.
Upcoming Release Dates: This Wednesday’s title is Bangai-O HD (May 4), Gatling Gears (May 11)
Reviews: Very busy week for us with three XBLA Game Reviews and a whole lot of indie games: Nin2-Jump (XBLA), The Fancy Pants Adventures review (XBLA), Pinball FX 2 Mars Table (XBLA DLC), Weapon of Choice (XBLIG), SFG Beach Volleyball (XBLIG), Chus Dynasty (XBLIG), OSR Unhinged review (XBLIG), Fortresscraft review (XBLIG), Earth Shaker Review (XBLIG), SFG Soccer Review (XBLIG)
Podcast: Fancy Pants, Section 8 Prejudice, Bastion and Gatling Gears highlight this week’s Podcast.
14 years ago
What we are playing: Week of May 1st
This is a new piece we’re starting to let our readers know what we have been playing for fun over the past week.
John Laster – I’m playing …
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14 years ago
XBLA’s Most Wanted: Star Wars X-Wing Alliance
The X-Wing series spans a total of four games and three expansion packs. Of the series, TIE Fighter is often mentioned in top 100 games lists, and in general the entire series has been commercially and critically well received. But if TIE Fighter was the most popular, why choose X-Wing Alliance? The answer is simple. All of the games in the series are powered by the same engine. X-Wing Alliance is the newest iteration of that engine, and has every feature of the previous games and more.
14 years ago
I’ve lost my marbles
With the recent delisting of an Xbox Live Arcade classic some of us are quietly kicking ourselves for not having picked up Marble Blast Ultra for the basement price of 400MSP when we had the chance. So what can those of us who missed out on the game do now? Fret not, friends. Here you’ll find a highlight-based history of marble games and a few alternatives to take for a roll.