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Developer Candygun Games (Dead Block) and publisher Kalypso Games (Boulder Dash XL, Alien Spidey) have recently announced their newest game. Dollar Dash is a top-down game in which you play the role of a thief among thieves, placed in a multiplayer setting where only the quickest, toughest, and most creative will grab the cash. The game will come with a number of features and playing options, including:

•Gather, Dash and Fight: Be the fastest, smartest and craziest multiplayer battle thief!
•Masses of Content: 30 maps, over 20 weapons and a number power-ups to discover
•Multiplayer: 4 player Drop-in & Jump-out multiplayer for instant online action
•Single player: Defeat skilled AI opponents to prepare for Online PvP
•Three Intense game modes: Venture through different versus modes, from Dollar Dash where only the fastest win, to Hit’n’Run where the toughest will rule the field.
•Shop: Spend in-game cash on Weapon Upgrades, Character Customization, Perks and more!
•Unlockables: Collect Badges, unlock many crazy Achievements, and compete on global Leaderboards.
•Intuitive Controls: Quick to learn and simple to control, impossible to put down!

Dollar Dash will be available later this year. We have a preview in the works, so stay tuned to XBLA Fans to get an in-depth view of the game.

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Dig out your old Goldfinger CDs – Tony Hawk’s high-def XBLA reboot is just a few weeks away, and with all that HD goodness comes one thing – achievements. Xbox360Achievements.org reported the achievement list for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD this week. The game has 16 achievements for 400 gamerscore.

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If you’re wanting to race off-road or if you want to fight to survive the zombie apocalypse, XBLA Wednesday will help you through your time of need. First up, …
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Monday Night Combat, the class-based, third person online multiplayer shooter from Uber Entertainment has had it’s price permanently reduced this week. The game will now set you back a mere 800 MSP …
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XBLA Kinect game Haunt can now be picked up by US residents for free. Just click on the “Kinect Central” tab on the Xbox Live dashboard. You should see the …
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It’s no secret we’ve been big supporters of Tony Hawks Pro Skater HD. In fact, it hit our XBLA’s Most Wanted well before it was announced. We awarded Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD  in our Best of E3 highlighting the nostalgic feelings that made us wish we were back in school playing with a bunch of friends. But the game has more going for it than just fond memories, Robomodo has taken the pieces that fans loved from the original two games and rebuilt them from the ground up in a way that shreds even our most nostalgic expectations. The game looks and plays better than we remembered.

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We knew it was gonna be the end of June for Episode 2 – Starving for Help of The Walking Dead but they sure were cutting it close when …
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We only reported on Spelunky‘s trip to certification last week but Major Nelson has updated the schedule with release dates and Spelunky is slated for next week on July …
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Better try and find some friends this week for Deal of the Week from June 26 to July 2 has a multiplayer theme and sees up to 75% off …
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Released on XBLA last week, Zen Studios’ Marvel Pinball: The Avengers Chronicles DLC for Pinball FX2 offers up a quartet of new Marvel-themed tables for gamers to flip silver balls around for 800 MSP. According to the Penny Arcade Report, the foursome are the result of two years of collaborative work between Marvel and Zen. Each of the tables was in development for around eight months, with 75 percent of that time being spent on testing.

“The table I’ve been championing literally since we started this whole thing is The Infinity Gauntlet,” Chris Baker, the interactive manager at Marvel Entertainment, told the Penny Arcade Report. “I think it might actually be what prompted the idea for event-based tables in the first place, just because the idea of Infinity Gems becoming their own balls is so conducive to great video pinball missions. I think more than any table Zen has made so far, this is definitely a videogame and definitely not something you could see actualized in a traditional pinball form. One look at the Reality Gem in action, where the table warps your reality by literally flipping it upside down, and I think you’ll know what I mean.”

After going hands-on with the table at E3 and with the review copy, XBLA Fans has seen firsthand the genius of its intricate design. Zen’s blending of visually impressive comic book elements with satisfying silver ball play is the result of seasoned table designers, but the team behind Infinity Gauntlet wasn’t always capable of such innovative works, admitted Zen Creative Director Neils Sorens. “We started out as game developers who happened to be pinball fans,” he said. “Our lack of pinball design experience showed in our early work, which was derivative and doesn’t stand up well to what we’re putting out these days.”

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