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We’ve been up to our ears in sales these past few days and today is no exception. The latest Deal of the Week has just gone up offering 50% …
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Once upon a time many eons ago, two men teamed up at LucasArts and created classic games such as Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, and Maniac Mansion. One of those …
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Following in the long and proud (?) tradition set by classics such as Cool Spot, Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest, and most recently the XBLA Doritos duo: Crash Course …
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Digital Reality are making great leaps in the XBLA world with SkyDrift and the upcoming Sine Mora with Grasshopper Manufacture. But they got a new racing game in the works with Bang Bang Racing. The game is in the style of a classic top-down racer similar to R.C. Pro-Am. It’ll have nine locations to race in, 20 vehicles, and all different types of terrain from snow to mud to avoid throughout the races. No release date yet but check out some screenshots after the break as we keep you up to date on this promising new racing title.
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Last week we brought you news of the rumored XBLA Cyber Monday sales. Today we’re able to confirm the following deals thanks to Major Nelson.

Nov 28 – …
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A seventh playable character has been announced for upcoming XBLA fighter Skullgirls. Valentine is both a ninja and a nurse who attacks her opponents with medical equipment including bone …
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You may have heard about DLC for RPG puzzler Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes being released on PSN and PC way back in September, but there’s been no …
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Gears of Halo Defenders!
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Playing through Halo Anniversary this weekend with my brother-in-law I had a very eye opening experience. After all of the PR fluff and critic reviews based more on nostalgia I found myself more critical of the quality of the updates to the original Halo: CE. I wondered why I was knocking all of these little issues I found when I was having a blast playing through a game that can still suck me in. Then it hit me: Bungie didn’t work on Anniversary, and that’s who I was comparing 343’s work against. Sure, Saber Interactive provided the new HD graphics layer and Certain Affinity developed all of the multiplayer maps, but as the primary developer 343 had the end say as to whether something qualified as Halo-worthy or not.

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Fusion: Genesis was developed by Starfire Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. It was released November 9, 2011 for 800 MSP. A copy was provided for review purposes.

Fusion: Genesis certainly isn’t the first game on XBLA to put you in control of a spaceship but it is definitely the most ambitious. While it may not have the scope or freedom of a game like EVE Online it comes closer than you might expect.

After a brief tutorial area in which you are given the basics on controls and combat you are dropped into the world and allowed to go at your own pace. This means taking on missions, joining factions, mining ore and of course buying bigger, better ships. Read More