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As reported last week, Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition was scheduled to receive a healthy dose of fixes, changes and additions in the form of a title update. Today, Major Nelson, …
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This week’s Deal of Week seems to have a board game/puzzle theme, letting gold subscribers grab these great puzzlers for half off.

Carcassonne – 400 MSP Catan – 400 …
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As the first season of Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead nears its conclusion, the developer invites players to see how their decisions from episode four, Around Every Corner, stack up against the community as a whole, just as they have with the other three episodes. See the jump for more – but be warned, spoilers for episode four abound.

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The 8-bit action-adventure parody, Retro City Rampage, is finally headed for Xbox Live Arcade, reports Eurogamer. Marred by delays, the title was initially to be released simultaneously across multiple platforms, …
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Ten years ago Microsoft launched Xbox Live. Today, they are celebrating with a slew of rewards and discounts. The first one you should claim is Wreckateer, because it’s free for today and tomorrow (November 15-16) only. Also, Microsoft is running a sweepstakes for a special anniversary edition Xbox 360 console (sorry, North America only). Their official post has all the details and a letter from Marc Whitten thanking YOU for making Xbox Live what it is today. Here is what’s on sale…

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The November 2012 issue of Game Developer Magazine features their “Power 50” list. These are 50 individuals who have made significant contributions to the evolution of game development in multiple areas. As fans of Xbox Live Arcade, we want to shout out the XBLA developers who earned their place on the list with some of our favorite games this year. We salute you.

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Gamasutra have published their Xbox Live Arcade sales analysis for October. The runaway success for October was unsurprisingly Happy Wars, XBLA’s first “free-to-play” game with over 760K downloads in …
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The end is near! Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you’ve heard of The Walking Dead. Originally an award-winning comic book series by Robert Kirkman, …
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The comic mini-series that saw the Marvel universe torn asunder back in 2006, Civil War, is coming to Xbox Live Arcade. Zen Studios, the development house behind the addictive Pinball FX2, announced today that the new standalone DLC table, Marvel Civil War, will be available for download November 21 for 240 MSP.

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Warlords, the re-remake of the classic Atari mash-up between Breakout and Pong, invades XBLA today. In Warlords, players defend their castle walls from …
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