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I’m convinced that shortly after ‘Splosion Man was released there was a surge of controller sales. Why? Because as fun as it was it was also one of those games that caused a lot of controllers to be thrown in fits of rage. But still we came back over and over again. It drew us in with its humor, its gameplay that was deceptively difficult, and its bargain price. As of year-end 2010 sales for the game were over 390,000 units. Clearly this was a game that, no matter how difficult, appealed to the masses.

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Eurogamer has reported that THQ Digital Warrington, the studio behind Red Faction: Battlegrounds, has been shut down. TIGA, a UK games industry body, has blamed the closure on the poor …
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Spelunky debuted in 2008 with pixels aplenty promising prominently prospecting-prioritized gameplay for the PC. Well now it’s coming to XBLA and bringing it’s intuitive cavern adventure awesomeness with it. …
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Next Thursday marks the first ever Section 8: Prejudice Clan Tournament. Both Xbox 360 and PC player will be able to register for the tournament, but registration won’t start until …
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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is slated as the last game to be released for Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade and is being shown much love. It was on display here recently at E3 for people to play and have questioned answered. Many people took advantage of this situation, quickly taking a liking to it, which is clear through all the positive feedback it has received. Even our own John Laster went hands on and had some really good things to say about it in his Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Preview.
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E3 may be over but there’s still plenty to talk about and this week we even have people who were there, which certainly helps. If you missed last weeks episode (it was a bit late going up) be sure to check it out here.

John Laster is back in the hosting chair this week and since he was lucky enough to see pretty much every XBLA game being shown at E3 he tells us about all of um. There’s really not much else to say about this weeks podcast, so get listening!

If you want to know even more about what John, Stephen and Kaitlyn saw be sure to keep an eye on our previews section. Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and hey if you like the show why not give us a review?

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Here at XBLAFans it’s Rewind Review month for all of June. Every day this month, we will feature a new Rewind Review from one of our many staff writers. You can check back right here at this post each day for a link to our latest Rewind Review along with our current back catalog of Rewind Reviews from the past. If you’ve been holding back on some of the older XBLA titles because you weren’t quite sure if they were worth your hard earned money, make sure to check this post periodically and we might have a review for the game in question. Read More

Very recently news broke on The Gunstringer’s shift to retail distribution and little was known why Twisted Pixel suddenly changed their focus. A recent blog post on their home …
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Snoopy Flying Ace was developed by Smart Bomb Interactive and published by Xbox Live Arcade. It was released on June 2nd, 2010 for 800MS points.

Snoopy Flying Ace is an aerial combat game that focuses mainly on the online multiplayer aspects. A short single player campaign is included but this game truly shines in its many multiplayer modes. You take flight as either your Xbox Live avatar or one of the Peanuts characters with one basic goal; shoot down anyone around you. With 16-player online games, the pace of each game is hectic from start to finish. Turrets, power-ups, and environmental hazards add even more chaos to each game making Snoopy Flying Ace one of the most action packed games available today on XBLA.

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xXDonReneXx’s new course is simple, visually appealing, and fun to ride.
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