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Ahhh Unreal Tournament. The Quake killer. The time sinker. The first worthwhile shooter that didn’t have some over-the-top story. It was just you, a gun, and an agenda. There were no worlds to save, no personal vendetta, just the tournament–the Unreal Tournament. And 1999’s success story was followed up multiple sequels and even a console spinoff, the Unreal Championship series. To most the culmination of UT hit with Unreal Tournament 2004. Sure, 2007’s Unreal Tournament 3 was great, but it went up against the likes of Halo and Call of Duty. It’s not surprising it didn’t float.

That’s why today we set our hopes on a digital UT2004. Xbox Live Arcade is a unique beast; a game can be successful on gameplay alone. It’s a place where flashy graphics are nice, but not necessary. And more importantly, it’s digital. That means people won’t be trading the game in as soon as they get bored. They’ll put it aside for a bit and come back to it once a week or so. And that, my friends, means a persistent community.

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Earlier this year, we brought you an in-depth preview of Nexuiz, a fast paced multiplayer arena shooter in the same vein as Quake and Unreal. Yesterday, the game resurfaced …
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One of the biggest risks of making a new video game on any system is whether or not it will sell. With digital distribution becoming one of the forerunners …
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Recently Super Meat Boy and Microsoft cleared up there differences and are once again BFF’s. Now Super Meat Boy turned one and in celebration of this, Team Meat has …
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We were more that a little disappointed when Polytron announced that Fez was being delayed to 2012 but they are still working hard on their highly anticipated 2D/3D game. Just to …
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Hit tower defense game Defense Grid is set to receive some Portal themed DLC. Defense Grid: You Monster is a full story expansion featuring GLaDOS, the menacing AI from …
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Fans of the classic 80’s cartoon Voltron and the recent XBLA game Voltron: Defender of the Universe can now show their fandom with thier Xbox Live Avatars. The release …
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Robot Entertainment announced the first DLC pack for their amazing tower-defence Orcs Must Die!. The Lost Adventures packs will feature five new, extremely deadly fortresses playable on all difficulties, including …
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Square Enix and Doublesix Games have announced that they will be releasing All Zombies Must Die! for Xbox Live Arcade sooner rather than later, with a surprise release planned …
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Konami has announced that they are teaming up with inXile Entertainment to publish the previously announced Choplifter HD for Xbox Live Arcade this winter. Based on the classic arcade series from the 1980’s, Choplifter HD puts you in the shoes of a helicopter pilot tasked with rescue missions ranging from extracting prisoners from POW camps to helping survivors of zombie outbreaks. Konami has provided us with six new screenshots of the game in action (which also features a Duke Nukem cameo) which can be viewed by clicking the link below to read on. Additionally, check out our interview with the game’s Senior Game Designer, Jairo Silva from back in August to get more of the nitty gritty details straight from the horse’s mouth. As always, stay tuned to XBLAFans for more Choplifter HD coverage coming your way in the weeks ahead.

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