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When you want the optimal gaming experience, it doesn’t matter how nice your TV is if the sound system can’t keep up. Games today place a high premium on audio whether it’s the haunting footsteps and echoes of Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, the upbeat pulsating rhythm of an XBLA classic like Geometry Wars Retro-Evolved or the dulcet tones of the narrator in Bastion. And with a rough economy it’s hard to throw down a large sum of money on a full surround sound system. Thankfully, that same quality level of audio comes in a head phone form for under $100 in the[easyazon-link asin=”B005T3GQLA” locale=”us”]Tritton Primer[/easyazon-link].

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There have been rumours floating around for a while about classic SEGA games being released on XBLA, but SEGA have finally made it official and provided us with some …
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It started innocently enough, which is appropriate given the the innocent faces featured in Fable Heroes. Tim Timmins, who worked as a scripter on all of the previous Fable titles, and a handful of his co-workers said to each other “Let’s make a Fable game!” There was no Molyneux-esque bravado about crafting the greatest RPG of all time. Instead, Timmins and company were content with just making a game of some sort in the franchise they knew best. The next thing they knew, they were set up in their own offices with more than a dozen staff members working under them on Lionhead Studios’ first XBLA title.

“Every year at Lionhead we have a Creative Day where everyone gets together and can make whatever they like,” Timmins explained to Xbox 360 Achievements. “It can be a game, a new piece of tech, it can be a tool, it can be a PowerPoint presentation of the greatest thing ever made… We decided to make a game.”

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Lionhead Studios has revealed another character in the Fable Heroes roster. The newest hero to be dolled up is Maze, the old wizard you may remember from the first Fable game. His Will powers are not lost in doll form: his combat is spell-based, including such spells as Lightning and Force Push. Maze will join the seven other previously announced heroes, including Lucien Fairfax, when this four-player hack-and-slash releases May 2, 2012 for 800MSP. There are still more characters to be revealed, so keep an eye on XBLAFans for more announcements. Click the jump to see some new screenshots showing Maze’s spells in action.

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A new collection of avatar items for Trials Evolution can now be found in the marketplace. Dress like the ultimate Trials player with hoodies, suits, bike helmets, and squirrel t-shirts. The …
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Josiah Renaudin from our sister site PSNFans recently had the chance to chat with MagicalTimeBean founder Ian Stocker. Ian is the man behind the hit Xbox Live Indie Games SoulCaster I & II and the recent success story Escape Goat.

Josiah talks to Ian about how he got into making games, how the process of making a game for XBLIG works and what might be in store for MagicalTimeBean in the future. If you want to keep up to date with what Ian is doing you can check out MagicalTimeBean’s website or follow him on twitter @MagicalTimeBean. If you haven’t checked out his games before then why not download the trials, SoulCaster, SoulCaster II and Escape Goat.

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Continuing with the new tradition this year of Friday releases after South Park: Tenorman’s Revenge but before Fez, Microsoft is publishing 11 bit Studios’ upcoming Anomaly Warzone Earth. It’ll …
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Update: Joystiq updated their post to unveil an awesome price of $10 which translates to 800 MSP. No more awesome jokes after this one, promise.

If there’s one game …
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PAX East is shaping up to be on great event starting next Friday, April 6 to April 8 and Lionhead is bringing Fable Heroes in style. At their booth …
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Team 17’s mystery announcement has finally been revealed as a…Worms game! But this one is brand new and developed from the ground up with a new engine. The game …
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