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Time to beef up your gamerscore — Microsoft have just announced that they will be rewarding gamers based the achievements they’ve unlocked. Gamers must have a Gold Membership and must …
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Earlier this year, the folks over at NinjaBee held a contest where fans decided which kingdom in their game A World of Keflings. …
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505 Games have announced that Naughty Bear Panic in Paradise, will make its debut on XBLA October 10 for 1200 MSP. The original …
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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams began as an indie project which re-imagined the ’80s sidescroller Great Giana Sisters. Developer Black Forest Games was previously calling the …
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Starbreeze Studios and 505 Games officially announced today the first game to emerge from a partnership deal between the two companies. Brothers — A Tale of Two Sons will …
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The upcoming Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD downloadable content pack, now titled the Revert Pack, recently failed certification. The team behind the game had the following to say on …
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We had hoped that Skulls of the Shogun would be released this month alongside Windows 8. Unfortunately it looks like the release will now be sometime in mid November. This …
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Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead has been the subject of many a thrilling conversation in the past few months. With each episodic release …
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Announced mid-August, Special Forces Team X didn’t have any clear platforms listed out of the gate. This morning a listing snuck (sneaked?) onto Xbox.com, which with games like these usually indicates an Xbox Live Arcade release. If the gameplay looks mildly familiar, that’s because it’s Zombie Studios latest project. They’re the team behind Blacklight:Tango Down and its non-XBLA sequel Blacklight: Retribution. But Xbox Live Arcade has already seen its fair share of multiplayer shooters. Blacklight: Tango Down, Breach, Counter Strike: Global Offensive and most recently, Hybrid. What sets this apart?

Apart from its cel shading and third-person focus, Special Forces allows players to play dynamically generated levels. Each round players vote for one of a number of tile combinations for a given map. It’s like Halo‘s Forge maps, except as near as we can tell you don’t get the opportunity to customize the maps yourself. That may be a slight downer, but no other XBLA shooter has dynamic map generation, meaning that the replay value here is likely to be huge. Zombie Studios boasts over 100 different combinations between the game’s maps. Player characters can be customized, too. Weapons, appearance, player skills and taunts will all be at your leisure to modify.

Hit the jump for a general list of features and screenshots. Oh, and don’t worry about the CENSORED tags in the trailer. Zombie says they were just for fun. They won’t be in the game.

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Just one XBLA release for the majority of gamers this week with Marvel vs Capcom Origins releasing today for 1200 MSP. The game is actually a two-pack which includes …
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