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They say imitation is the best form of flattery, but is this truly the case when it comes to video games? Many of you know about the Splosion Man rip off MaXplosion for iOS, which Twisted Pixel took in stride and in return had their own fun. Now there is a Super Meat Boy rip off called Tobar which appears on iOS as well. This is in no way, shape or form a coincidence as you can see for yourself; square main character, check, buzz saws everywhere, check, wall jumping and sliding, check. Read what Edmund McMillen, the co-creator of Super Meat Boy, said to Destructoid on the issue after the break.
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This new trailer shows what it takes to be a Warlord and achieve total supremacy. With castles, shields, minions, and fireballs, this Xbox Live Arcade update to Warlords is shaping up to be one heck of high speed intense game. We also have the new box art that was just released after the break.
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The idea of playing as the weather might sound strange to some but in Storm, it’s the only way to solve puzzles. You must grow trees by utilizing the weather and the climates in order to complete each level. Above, you’ll see the trailer for Spring which uses a lot of wind and after the break, be sure to catch the Summer trailer. It looks like Storm is shaping up to be an interesting puzzler, it was slated for Summer 2011 at 800 MSP so make sure to keep an eye on this storm later this year.
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The fantastic Ms. Splosion Man was just released today, but Twisted Pixel just launched a new trailer (above) and announced their plans for a Title Management Storage, or TMS, …
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Those following the progress of Windows 8 or indeed to progress of any Microsoft products know that Xbox Live integration is something they take very seriously. We’ve …
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MLB Bobblehead Pros was developed by Power Pros Production and published by Konami. It was released on July 6, 2011 for 800 MSP.

Not many MLB games are on Xbox Live Arcade, with only one being currently available, MLB Stickball. MLB Bobblehead Pros tries to add drollery to baseball, but unfortunately falls short of being even a little humorous. With lackluster gameplay, creepy player models and features being locked up as future DLC, MLB Bobblehead Pros is a poor attempt at making an arcade baseball game.

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As many MLB fans know the Home Run Derby was yesterday and the All-Star game was on last night. This is exactly why the folks at Konami Digital have just released the MLB Bobblehead Stars Pack for only 400 MSP. This new DLC will add the full Home Run Derby line up to you roster, as well as bring the new My Bobble game mode, where you take one player through a full season. Read the full press release after the break.

*This has still yet to be released, no word yet as to why or when, but we will let you know when it finally releases.
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Another triple release this week with another three  completely different games. On the retro-revamped side we’ve got Boulder Dash XL, XBLA revamp of the old Boulder Dash games featuring …
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Take a trip around a very RedLynx-style course.
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It’s another three man show this week with John, Andrew and myself. We’ve officially decided to bump our episode length to one hour, we weren’t very good at sticking to the 30 minute one anyway so here’s hoping this works out better!

A little bit of a slow news week this week but we still find a few stories that spark some interesting conversation. Including Ms Splosion Man getting a table in Pinball FX2 and those Resident Evil ports heading to anywhere but XBLA.

We had a few new releases last week, John and Andrew played with them some so they talk a bit about those. Spoilers: Andrew is not a fan of MLB Bobbleheads. Since I haven’t played the newer release I talk about my continuing love of Half-Minute Hero (and it’s music) and of course Trenched.

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