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Beyond Good & Evil HD was originally developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, ported to XBLA by Ubisoft Shanghai and published by Ubisoft. It was released for XBLA on March 2nd 2011 and retails for 800MSP.

Beyond Good & Evil is considered by many to be a cult classic. It was well received by critics and gamers alike during the last generation of consoles. However it didn’t sell particularly well and as such the apparent sequel has been in limbo for a while.

The game tells the story of Jade, a photo journalist living on the planet of Hillys. Jade also runs an  orphanage for children whose parents have gone missing during attacks from the Domz, an alien race who currently have the planet under siege. A group known as IRIS soon recruit Jade to help expose a conspiracy between the Domz and the Alpha Sections who rule Hillys.

Ubisoft Shanghai were tasked with porting the game to current-gen consoles, which in this instance also meant reworking some of the games graphics. It’s this extra work that sees the game add the ‘HD’ moniker. To sweeten the deal the game has been released for the lower price point of 800 Microsoft points (with most big releases lately costing 1200). It seems Ubisoft is trying to give this game more of a chance than it got before, but does it deserve it?

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Signal Studios announced a new sequel to the RTS/Third-person shooter hit Toy Soldiers today. Entitled Toy Soldiers: Cold War the game is set in the 1980s. While the original game focused on old generic tin toys Cold War looks to parody the GI Joe toys of the 80s. It’ll be shown at PAX East, so be sure to stop by Signal’s booth and give it a whirl. See the trailer below and a list of features after the jump.

Source and images courtesy of Signal Studios

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With no hint of when Moon Diver will drop onto our consoles other than sometime in 2011 (the sooner the better), we are teased with more screenshots and character art. Feelplus inc. and Strider director Kouichi Yotsui are creating what looks to be a fast paced co-op action sidescroller in the vein of classics such as the aforementioned Strider and Ninja Gaiden. If you have not seen the trailer for Moon Diver yet, then find a way to pull yourself away for the pictures below and check it out here.

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The above image speaks for itself, Ska Studios have finally revealed the release date for The Dishwasher sequel Vampire Smile. Players can get the game …
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The House Party rages on for another week as Torchlight hits the Xbox Live Marketplace today. You can pick up the Diablo-esque dungeon crawler for 1200 Microsoft …
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It’s happened to all of us — we pick up a game we’ve been waiting to play only to find something horribly broken in it. Achievements don’t unlock, characters get stuck in walls, scripted events don’t fire, or at times even core gameplay feels off.  It’s frustrating, and so often the issues kill sales for what could have potentially been a great game.  So often our hopes lie in a patch, known on Xbox Live as a title update.  But for some games that patch never comes.

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Three Xbox Live Arcade titles received a permanent price reduction this month.  Players can now get Penny Arcade Episode 1, Penny Arcade Episode 2, or Lode Runner for …
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Swarm, the upcoming XBLA game from Hothead Games, puts you in control of 50 little blue swarmites at the same time. The numerous hazards in the game world can bring some unlucky …
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Alot of news came out of GDC this week so it’s a slightly longer show as the guys try to hit some of the bigger stories and announcements. Double Fine revealed their next XBLA game and the guys are pretty excited by the prospect, 5th Cell finally showed off Hybrid and it has peaked some interest and the guys talk about some other trailers and sneak peeks that came out of GDC.

Beyond Good & Evil was the XBLA release last week, all three of our hosts tried it and have varying things to say about their time with the game.

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Microsoft has posted advertisments on LinkedIn for 3 jobs which look like the inital steps in developing a next-gen console.  There are 3 jobs listed: a “hardware …
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