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A few days back Zen Studios sought to defend Microsoft from the consistent attacks by naysayers. In a press statement they not only detailed their own positive experience, but  …
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During gaming’s golden 16-bit era, Sega released a side-scrolling action-platformer called Vectorman. Players take control of an “orbot” (robot composed of orbs) aptly named Vectorman, with the task of cleaning up Earth and making it habitable again after it has been transformed and polluted by other orbots that have gone insane. Enter Vectorman, a game that had a strikingly unique visual style, smooth action packed gameplay, and a stand out soundtrack that earned it both commercial and critical success when it was released in 1995.

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Grasshopper Manufacture has released a new trailer for its stylish side-scrolling action title Black Knight Sword. Developed in collaboration with Digital Reality, Black Knight Sword is set in a …
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Konami’s freestyle motocross game Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour is set to be unleashed onto XBLA September 14 2011. Players will take on the role of one of the world’s best FMX elite riders as they travel across London, Mexico City, Madrid, Rome, Moscow and Giza, launching themselves from huge ramps in an attempt to pull off amazing tricks whilst reaching heights of up to 40ft in the air. Featuring four main game modes including: Show Off, Pressure, Time Trial, and Performer and earn bragging rights by getting a spot on the XBLA leaderboards.

The game will cost just 800 MS points on release and you can check out these latest screenshots over the page while you’re waiting.

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Battleblock Theater is showing off its classy side with this new video. A mustachioed man tells a tear-jerking poem about tar blocks, sticky enough to slow you down or …
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Brad Muir and Greg Rice of Double Fine Productions have just announced on Whiskey Media’s Big Live Live Show Live that Trenched will be known as Iron …
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Majesco and Wayforward released their side-scrolling action title BloodRayne: Betrayal all around the world on Xbox Live Arcade earlier this week…except down under. The game mysteriously never made it …
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Digital Reality has released the official launch trailer for their newly released XBLA title, SkyDrift. This action-packed aerial racing game is currently available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for …
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It seems like everyone likes to gang up on Microsoft, but I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s for attention, maybe it’s from bitterness, maybe they’re ignorant to the goings on behind the scenes, and maybe, just maybe, their beef with MS is justified. But honestly I’m tired of what I largely consider to be whining. I just want to break out the world’s smallest violin and play a sad song for them. I realize that sometimes the process developers must follow complying with Xbox Live is tough, but that’s why we don’t get several patches for a game, why we have the most secure network, and why we as consumers are happy with our service.

What’s coming next may seem a little sharp to some. Please remember that this is an editorial, so it’s my opinion, and mine only.

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Disappointed with the recent lack of XBLA titles making it onto DOTW? Skint after the recent overload of 1200 MSP priced games released this summer? Well never fear as Microsoft …
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