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Twelve new screenshots have been released for the upcoming fighter, Skullgirls. The game is in development at Reverge Labs and features art by Alex Ahad of the Scott Pilgrim fame. No official announcement has been made that the game is coming to XBLA, but the developer’s focus is to “[create] high-quality downloadable and online games.” Check out additional screenshots after the jump.

Source: Gamergeddon

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Wrecked: Revenge Revisited was initially slated for a Summer release, but 505 Games has up-shifted to a Spring release for their follow up to Super Sonic Games’ 2004 car combat hit, Mashed. Wrecked will join the likes of TNT Racers and Scrap Metal in the ever-growing list of XBLA car combat games, bringing with it some features unique to the series.

Players will enjoy plenty of customization options for their vehicles as well as an awesome revenge mechanic allowing wrecked racers to thank their destroyer with an aerial strike- of love. The carnage will take place across a 24-challenge Championship mode divided into four different racing styles. The XBLA racing style has lends itself well to the offline/online four player setup, and Wrecked: Revenge Revisited will take full advantage of that. Read More

South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play was developed by Double Six and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released on October 7^th, 2009 for 800MS points.

South Park LGTDP is a tower defense game with twist. The twist is that you can control one of fifteen available characters from the South Park world as you build your defenses. This adds a very welcomed action element to the game making it much more than a strategic experience. South Park fans have waited a long time for a quality console game based off the show; there was quite a large amount of expectations with this title. Thankfully, South Park LGTDP delivers a great amount of fun, content, innuendos and laughs for a minimal fee. Read More

Kotaku has listed the tournament times for Season 1 of Full House Poker. These tournaments follow the same “live programming” model that the now-defunct 1 VS 100 had, meaning that these particular tournaments are only available at their scheduled times. Tournaments take place three times on their scheduled day. From 5-7PM Eastern, 8 -10PM Pacific and 8-10PM UK time. See the full schedule after the break.

Source: Kotaku

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The Contest is over. Congradulations to the following people:

Twitter Winner: @agentcoop007

Necor23, who had the comment: “Remember when I said Cats and Dogs living together was mass hysteria? …
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Namco is begging to slowly unveil their next Xbox Live Arcade title, Aero-Cross. Set as an enhanced remake of Metro-Cross, the title is being showcased, bit-by-bit through Pac-Man Championship …
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Trine 2, and upcoming platformer for XBLA, PC and PSN, looks incredibly stunning. Who would have ever guessed so much life could be put into a 2.5D side-scrolling adventure? …
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Swarmites are coming to XBLA this Wednesday, but that’s not the only place they’re showing up. You may also see them as a new employee in your workplace. If you …
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The AAA titles are continuing to look for ways to make the player feel that they have an effect on the game world. We have seen the continued success of games that feature choice, as well as multiple endings. The only issue is that many games still contiue to tell the story through in-game movies, to help move along the narrative, as well as captivate the player. Most players do not like the feeling of losing control. They hold a controller for a reason. With Bastion, it is not the cutscenes or trailers that are capturing people’s attention, it’s the narration. This isn’t just some voice walking your through a tutorial. The dynamic narration in Bastion is telling the story that you are creating. The narration in this game is designed to react tho the actions of the player, and tell the story the player is creating. Having only seen a demo at PAX, I cannot say how well this is implemented throughout, but the experience certainly stuck with me.

I reached out to Greg Kasavin, Creative Director at  SuperGiant Games to delve a little deeper into the concept of dynamic narration; from how it came to be, to how it’s turning out. Read More

Want a cooperative game that has a similar feel and style to Shadow Complex, but the gunplay of Halo? Well then you want to play Fallen Frontier. The game is currently in development at Moonshot Games, a new studio which houses some ex-Bungie developers, and already it’s looking impressive.

Fallen Frontier is a 2D platformer that has a dark, cel-shaded art style. Moonshot also added a small bit of photographic art touches, like very subtle wall sections on the forefront. It adds something small, but it’s worth mentioning because it’s the little things that really sets this title apart from the others.

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