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Konami has announced their first kinect-enabled XBLA game, an “innovative full body puzzle experience”. Leedmees has players use their whole body to solve puzzles. Leedmees are a hapless species …
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Slated for a Summer release this year, Konami has announced a new XBLA puzzler, Puddle. According to developers Neko Entertainment, Puddle will have players controlling the tilt of the …
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Some early XBLA news this morning brought us the first trailer for Gotham City Impostors, a first person shooter for downloadable platforms developed by Monolith. Since we first heard …
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It has been confirmed that Street Fighter III: Third Strike – Online Edition will be coming our way this summer. This will not be just a simple port, it is getting the “HD XBLA makeover”. Widely considered one of the best 2D fighters, the gameplay will remain untouched. To go along with the HD options that will now be there, they are also including a “vault” system where you will find unlockables, last, but not least, there will also be a match replay mode with YouTube uploading built in. When it hits Xbox Live Marketplace it will cost 1200msp.
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Amongst the crazy amount of news from E3, Twisted Pixel have been hard at work on 2 upcoming XBLA titles with one sharing a brand new trailer. Ms. Splosion …
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As many of you know already, Fruit Ninja Kinect was confirmed earlier today as one of the Summer of Arcade games. Now that it is official, there’s nothing more …
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Dead Block takes the traditional zombie game and throws it out the window. Gone are the grotesque parts-hanging-off zombies, gone are the photorealistic graphics. In their place is an art style that’s reminiscent of the 2006 CGI film Monster House. It’s got that 3D comic look that was popularized by Team Fortress 2, and it looks great. The game is set as a campy classic TV show featuring characters from all different walks of life. The horrific sound of Rock ‘n Roll has caused the dead to rise from their graves. Now it’s up to the few remaining survivors to set traps in a tower defense like manner to stop the oncoming hordes.

It’s certainly a fresh take on a genre that, in our opinion, went stale long ago. Maybe comical tower defense is just what the zombie genre needs. We’ll find out this summer when Dead Block comes to XBLA. Check out our initial coverage of the game here and hit the jump for another trailer.

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It seems that orcs not only have to die, but they do in a variety of ways.  Wall blades have been featured in the newest trap spotlight video, a …
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Fans of the classic helicopter series Choplifter will be getting a brand new HD facelift this Autumn. Choplifter HD brings back the classic gameplay of playing a helicopter pilot rescuing survivors from POW camps and zombie outbreaks in 20 high-flying missions. The original creator, Dan Gorlin has been brought on by developer inXile Entertainment as a design consultant. “He has added valuable touches, including ways to connect the pilot to the rescued hostages in a meaningful way, which have helped us create a really rich Choplifter experience for players.” says inXile chief Brian Fargo. If you look closely past the break, you might see a classic XBLA character needing to be saved that’s quite ‘meaty’.
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We’ve got lots of news about Section 8: Prejudice that should make every fan smile. First the Overdrive map pack went live today, which you can download from Xbox Live Marketplace for 320MSP. What a lot of people didn’t know the TimeGate Studios kinda just slipped in there is that from Friday at 1AM till Monday 1AM, it will be double XP time. So strap on your jet pack and get ready to drop into a experience filled weekend.
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