Deal of the Week: Everything but the kitchen sink
The titular deal of the week, this week, offers a splash of something for just about everyone out there. Whether you’re into platformers, action and adventure, sports, racers, arcade …
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Rock Band Blitz dominates September XBLA sales
Taking advantage of its one week’s head start, Harmonix’s Rock Band Blitz more than doubled the sales of its closest XBLA rival for the month of September, according to …
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XBLAFancast Episode 76 – Take two
Bit of a slapshot show this week, so much so that rather than put outtakes at the end I just went ahead and left them in the main show. You’re welcome!
Todd provides most of the game talk this week, Perry brings the news cause that’s what he does then we ramble our way toward the end. Fun!
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Big thanks to Chris Green for the awesome theme music, be sure to check out his site BlurredEdge and why not follow him on twitter too @BlurredEdge.
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Third Minecraft skin pack announced *UPDATE*
Although the Adventure Update for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is the big update fans of the massively popular world-building adventure game are waiting for, it’s not the only new material players have to look forward to. PlayXBLA announced last week that Skin Pack 3 is coming soon.
The known skins, created by pixel artist Army of Trolls, appear to be monster-themed – fitting, given the season. Looks like fans can expect two zombies, a skeleton and…what appears to be a cow walking upright. The pack will add four skins to an already robust roster built up by the first two packs, which added looks based on Xbox favorites from games like Halo, Left 4 Dead, Castle Crashers, Trials Evolution and more. The release date and price point are currently unknown, but the first two packs each released for 160 MSP, so it’s a safe bet the third pack will release at a similar price.
UPDATE: PlayXBLA confirmed that the pack will release on October 19 for 160 MSP. Hit the jump for a skin list.
Xbox Live Back to School Sale
What better way to celebrate going back to school than spending money on books, supplies, or the most obvious purchase: video games! Microsoft has discounted over 30 games and DLC for this week’s Xbox Live Deal of the Week. These deals will run from September 4th-10th for both Xbox Live Gold and Silver members (noted below.)Study hard and enjoy these deals while they last! Read More
Indie Mega Booth returns for PAX Prime with 30+ games
The Indie Mega Booth at PAX East this year held a ton of content for us. We had previews from everything from Charlie Murder to Runner2 to Super Time …
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XBLAFancast Episode 71
With Summer of Arcade kicking off last week, we take some time to talk about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Perry brings what little news there is, including the big Polytron patch story which gets us a bit riled up. Todd Talks about his excitement over Battleblock Theater being closer to release. Andrew brings the community question, and be sure to check out the game of the week N+.
Apologies for the dip in audio quality this week, we had some technical difficulties.
Please subscribe, rate and review the podcast on iTunes. We appreciate it! Check us out on twitter (@XBLAFans) where you can win codes for games, give us feedback or just ask a question. We are also now on Stitcher, so you can stream the show on your smartphone, give it a go!
Big thanks to Chris Green for the awesome theme music, be sure to check out his site BlurredEdge and why not follow him on twitter too @BlurredEdge.
[podcast]https://xblafans.com/xblafancast/XBLAFancastEp71.mp3[/podcast]What we are playing: April 15
What we are playing is a weekly column published on Sunday. Various members of the team let the world know which games have had them hooked over the past week …
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XBLA Fans: PAX East Preview Hub
Believe it or not my favorite part about video games isn’t the games themselves but the way they bring people together. Arguably no show demonstrates this bond better than PAX. Thousands of likeminded individuals flooded Boston this past Easter weekend. It didn’t matter where you worked or what you did or what you had to do when you hit the ground again on Monday; for one glorious weekend everyone was an equal: a gamer. It didn’t matter if your weapon was a die, a mouse, a controller or one’s own body. Everyone at this show had a passion for games.
A few of us from XBLA Fans made the trip and had the honor of mingling and checking out some of the upcoming XBLA titles for 2012 and beyond. We were able to hear developers in their element talking to fans about their projects. It was an amazing experience. Our own Andrew Crews has already elaborated on this issue, but in the end you remember the little things. That being said, there were some amazing games. Check out our full breakdown below!
What to expect from us at PAX East
Find out what developers and publishers the XBLA Fans team will meet with at PAX East
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